How BAD were medieval TEETH?

Jason Kingsley CBE, the Modern Knight, discusses medieval tooth brushing and attitudes to dental care #history #documentary #historyfacts
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[@Tacitus-qd3ev]

Some millionaires spend their money to get a new ferraris. Others buy yachts. At least one spends his time showing people how to brush your teeth with a twig. Now ask who really impresses me.

[@schlomoshekelstein908]

he's a millionaire?edit:wtf he's a game developer...

[@damncritics]

@@schlomoshekelstein908 Founder of Rebellion Developments to be precise. That surprised the hell out of me too when I found out. I played the fuck out of Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron when i was a kid.

[@evn2787]

@@damncritics im surprised they don't make all medieval games only a few I have noted

[@silverAceband]

Wait... are you serious? Now that's a surprise. O.o

[@silverAceband]

@@evn2787 this guy must lead a sequel of kingdom come hahaha

[@Lee_NV]

10pm: "I should probably go to bed.." 3am: "Here's how medieval people brushed their teeth"

[@TheCivildecay]

This is basically all my evenings

[@Treiunrey]

What happened between 10pm and 3am?

[@boxingexpert9065]

@@Treiunrey KZbin on mobile

[@Aj-tu4gv]

Yep me

[@saabajoe]

😅 happens just like that to the best of us so.. no worries!

[@Hoi4o]

It's awful how misrepresented the European Middle Ages are in cinema. Life was hard, people, especailly peasants, truly did die of disease and hunger , but this doesn't mean they dressed themselves in rags and ate mud for dinner like in a Monthy Python sketch. I love how this channel busts such myths with style and facts.

[@jamesmaysflyingwashingmach7459]

Yeah, a lot of morons seem to think along those lines, and don’t realize Monty Python was satirizing that exact conception of the middle ages

[@averytucker790]

And what makes it sad, is everyone takes these ideas made up in Hollywood. As if it's a solid fact.

[@Findalfen]

They had indeed quite colorful dresses and robes, albeit usually simple and made of very few pieces. Definitely not rags. Orange and yellow (surprisingly common), brown, some shades of green and blue were also common. Red was less common and velvet was pretty rare. And of course beige if you couldn't afford anything except simple linen clothes.

[@k_alex]

There is an agenda to paint the Christian past as dark, uneducated etc. If you dig a bit deeper you will see why and who.

[@dominiccanis406]

@@k_alex , Exactly.

[@grimxsoldier]

Day 3 of quarantine: I'm learning how to brush my teeth with a twig in preperation if stores run out of toothpastes

[@xianxiii3029]

Good lad.

[@grimxsoldier]

@ZapNinja Nice

[@richardpeterson3753]

We all are feeling this crises.wiether we are locked down,or just waiting for a lock down to be ordered.your deffanatly not alone.be safe,and keep that head up.we will get through this.

[@Potatomatoo]

, 😂

[@saddleridge4364]

Doubt they will , but.. you can make toothpaste with coconut oil, baking soda and a little sea salt. Add a drop or two of peppermint oil. Mix it up in a small jar, dip and brush. Voila

[@unitron2005]

Most people who put a question into the title of the video usually drag the answer out for at least 10 minutes. You gave us the answer in the first 10 seconds, and then explained in more detail. That's refreshingly respectful. No clickbait, no stalling, very informative and straight to the point.

[@englishinba]

Agreed! I often stop watching videos because 1 minute into the video, they haven't even addressed the question that was in the title.

[@unitron2005]

@@englishinba The best is, when that 10 minute video ends with "So is it true? Well, we don't know actually..." XD

[@matiasgoinheix366]

Very true.

[@lumps17]

Daily dose of internet does that as well. He always starts with what was in the title.

[@CitrusTsunami]

This video is proof that nothing is ruined by him explaining it's nonsense right away, and then demonstrating. It didn't make me want to click away, it made me want to watch more because I know my time (as he addresses in the video) isn't being wasted.

[@stanleylee5358]

I just spent 8 minutes watching a man brush his teeth with a twig. Liked. Subbed. Commented.

[@collinwilson2776]

What a time to be alive🤟

[@peterdonov6157]

Wait till you see him wield a sword. Hankies are dropping everywhere ...

[@4philipp]

I’m glad you enjoyed that. My ex would sometimes stand in the bathroom door when I brushed my teeth and imitate me and make comments as if I was practicing BJ’s.

[@elwolf8536]

Legand

[@khoavo5758]

I replied to your commented.

[@georgechanturidze1409]

Today I learned how to make soap from ash, and brush my teeth with a twig. Bring on the apocalypse, I'm ready. EDIT: Accept my apologies for causing a worldwide pandemic with my comment.

[@user_mac0153]

You fergit pooh paper ter wype yore self. Unless you haf a plentiful supply of ragge. And perhaps a spade wherewith to scoop out a small dump pit, to set forthe a load, therein, and to backfill the spoil.

[@Astuga]

@@user_mac0153 He can use Butterbur [Petasites hybridus, syn.: P. officinalis, Tussilago hybrida] for this purpose. One of the methods they used back then. And as things are, this plant is also somewhat beneficial for Hemorrhoids.

[@scarletpimpernelagain9124]

user_mac01 crikey your spelling is really bad...🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂✌🏻🇬🇧

[@you2449]

at least ready for Dating after the apocalypse.

[@30AndHatingIt]

@@scarletpimpernelagain9124 He's actually using old English, I believe, on purpose... considering the context of the channel we're on.

[@carrieseymour5197]

Parents when I was a child: don't chew your toothbrush Parents of medieval child: chew your tooth-twig

[@christopherstein2024]

Don't lick the tooth powder!

[@feijo6519]

why would you chew your toothbrush in the first place

[@carrieseymour5197]

@@feijo6519 Because it's in your mouth and you are a small child.

[@Eshkanama]

I laughed way too hard at that lol

[@francismiller6652]

lol tooth twig

[@lordblazer]

Of course they had fewer cavities. Sugar cane wasn't a commercial crop yet.

[@elizabethdorchester5307]

lordblazer not true though . Sugar has been around since way before that. Years ago they brushed the teeth with battery powerd sticks

[@notimportant3914]

@@elizabethdorchester5307 probably true, but we didn't buy our food at stores where everything on the freaking shelves has sugar or corn syrup in it!! It's hard to find things that don't have sugar. Drinking soda, everyday, I was told, contributes to most cavities.

[@ThePipojp]

@@elizabethdorchester5307 Sugar was around, but there weren't as many sugar based food due to the lack of industrialization

[@aliceakosota797]

Off topic salt is way more abundant good luck keeping salt levels low

[@notimportant3914]

@@aliceakosota797 ikr?

[@skaruts]

Oh, a youtuber that doesn't take 15 minutes to half-answer the initial question. That's getting rare these days. :) Makes me want to watch the rest of the video. Edit: nice video too, btw. Thanks for doing this. :)

[@lunarmodule6419]

So true! They also think they are movie producers with extra long stupid intros 😃

[@TheDragonfriday]

As long it's not over 10 minutes long you know you can trust it

[@Shendue]

@@StrawberryKitten Judging from the resolution of some videos I would be inclined to think so.

[@doctorsmiles2209]

Or half-answer before randomly plugging some website you likely don't care about.

[@nabis2424]

Much appreciated

[@seekwisdom7757]

My Punjabi grandfather lived to over 103 and still had his own near perfect teeth. He used twigs & bark from neem trees as a toothbrush, an ancient practise. Neem has antibacterial properties & is used in Ayurveda medicine & leaves are used in cooking- neem trees are still grown in villages all over India though modern toothbrushes & toothpaste have been adopted by the majority of people. Plus he told me chewing sticks of raw sugar cane kept his teeth white and strong and they grew all their own sugar, wheat etc for their needs.

[@mademoiselledusfonctionell1609]

Lucky people living where there are neem trees.

[@OscarOSullivan]

Dentists had to travel around for a reason

[@eekee6034]

@@mademoiselledusfonctionell1609 In Britain, we have so many plants with medicinal properties. I was never very good at learning all this, but from what little I remember, dock leaves are good for healing, nettle teas are good, and hazel itself is good too. I nearly wrote "Hazel is our neem," but I don't remember enough to be sure of that. :) We also have the tree from the bark of which aspirin was developed, but I can't remember which tree it is. The properties of these plants and many more are all chronicled in traditional British... I hesitate to say "folklore" because that sounds like it means "stories". Perhaps "cultural knowledge" would be better. It was all very separate from academia until relatively recently, and I think the toffs tried to suppress it for a few generations. Besides this, all wood is antibacterial if I understand right, but some are better for your health than others. Some kinds of wood are actually toxic, so you have to know which is which.

[@GrainneMhaol]

I'm an archaeologist working in Ireland and I've dug a number of medieval burial sites. The condition of the teeth depends hugely on status. On a high-status burial ground behind an abbey, the teeth were generally in fantastic condition, except for wear due to grit from the bread they ate (from the milling querns). In a lower-status site I dug, the teeth were OK, but a number of individuals had horrendous abscesses in their gums which would have been at best excruciating, at worst, fatal.

[@arpioisme]

as a dentist, i can say that you are correct and spot on there. clove oil (eugenol) is still used today as local pain reliever for pulpitis, irritation of the pulp tissues (not for rotten pulp though, that need different treatment). in middle east, even today some people still use chewing sticks taken from salvadora persica twigs. and the salt-clove treatment is still being used by people in indonesia as some kind of gargling mouthwash.

[@ModernKnight]

Thanks for the expert information. Every time I do one of these videos I find out much more afterwards, especially from the comments.

[@matos.783]

@@ModernKnight That´s the beauty of honest content making, people that trust you will give you much more info about things they research, or work with.Basically, your quality of production works both ways, Congratz, keep doing what you love, your 100% good at it :D Greetings from Slovakia, a country you should once visit.

[@sazji]

Modern History TV Yes, you can buy those twigs commercially; they’re called “miswaak”. There are also toothpastes with miswaak extract.

[@LokiLaughs2]

Going to a medieval tooth puller and having teeth yanked without anesthetic was the best possible motivation to improve dental hygiene. Unlike modern dentists medieval tooth pullers never had to remind anyone to brush their teeth.

[@maywenearedhel]

Yep. I got dry socket after my wisdom teeth were pulled, and the packing they used was gauze soaked in clove oil. I recognized it immediately, and it took the pain away almost instantly!

[@persiankingish]

What...?? A KZbinr that gets directly to the point? *Instant Sub*

[@TheGrandHistorians]

Ayush Kumar without any annoying music in the background also

[@d1morto]

Let me just spend five minutes explaining why I wanted to make this video!

[@JoaoAntonioCardoso]

hahaha indeed it is really rare

[@vonbalt4891]

My only regret is that i can't sub more than one time to this channel, this man is living the dream!

[@Mentocthemindtaker]

Well, of course! He's British!

[@mrseriousonlyhalf513]

They probaly didnt consume as much sugar back then... maybe? Not like today with corn syrup and sugar in pretty much everything

[@pollypurree1834]

Sugar came into being in the 15th century. That's when teeth began to fall apart.

[@mrseriousonlyhalf513]

@@pollypurree1834 ... Ok.... interesting. Makes sense. Thank you

[@YAHUAHsgotmysix]

Nail on the head there my friend👍

[@artygunnar]

Yes exactly, the sugar domination came about because of the exploration of the Americas, otherwise they were not consuming sugar in any relation to the level that we now consume because its production is one of the most difficult things, so "there were sweets" but they were naturally occurring sweets like from fruits such as apples or figs, like apple pie bro, that's probably the oldest sweet there is...

[@alfaholic3]

@@artygunnar and remember any fruit they had back then had nowhere near the sugar content of fruit today and was rarely eaten on a regular basis.

[@Ana-xt6ze]

"Now if I want to be reaaally fancy... [spits]"

[@dustinb1359]

The internet doesn't deserve you and the quality content you provide.

[@deb7986]

Oh!!! Don't tell him THAT! (I fully agree, but I NEED this vlog!!!) Quite apart from the fact I'm writing a novel set in 1400 and can find almost no (other) reliable information, I'm finding it fascinating how much of what I was taught was just plain...well...lies! Thank you, Sir (Modern) Knight! Your objective, life-tested information is precious. The world needs more critical thinking!

[@Degnique]

@@deb7986 Good luck with your novel!

[@matos.783]

@@deb7986 Good luck with you novel, from Slovakia :)

[@Jinseual]

The internet needs him.

[@Rosak]

@@deb7986 How about do some book-research rather than just KZbin? Where do you think he got his info (well, at least hopefully)?

[@MrMusicGuy1980]

my favorite part: "Well, it pretty much tastes quite like you'd expect." lol

[@ThePerfectRed]

Actually in medieval times salty would have been a good taste, expensive and extraordinary. Live for a week without salt and then eat a salty anything. It will taste exquisite!

[@Barberserk]

@@ThePerfectRed Haha, most people can't last one day without any salt, not a whole week. And eating absolutely nothing with salt in it would be a challenge in itself anyway.

[@Adama.1]

@@Barberserk and unhealthy, because the body needs it.

[@InnannasRainbow]

@@ThePerfectRed I never add salt to anything and my cardiologist keeps wanting me to take salt tablets. My blood pressure is very low so I am always told to eat more salt but I never do. Of course, salt is to be found in food anyway but not in high enough amounts for me.

[@BioTheHuman]

@@Adama.1 in reality. Now the people are eating too much salt. The right portion should be 4 g each day. And you easily pass trough that limit even if you don't put salt in your food because many food nowdays has already salt in it.

[@ravenXmetal]

Some people here in India still use these twigs. Mostly from the Indian Lilac ('Neem' tree, as we call it here). Before the west came up with synthetic toothpastes and these natural and healthier ways were deemed 'primitive', salt, cloves and these twigs were widely used. Then the adds started telling us how Colgate was the 'modern' choice and healthier. They instilled it in our minds that salt was bad for teeth. Now when the world is going somewhat towards the organic stuff again, we see new adds literally asking us, 'does your tootpaste have salt? No? Ours does!' Lol I have a lilac tree in my yard and I have started using it again as a supplement. And my teeth are healthier I feel. 'Primitive' works for me.

[@KitKatess]

When I was young, my uncle from Senegal in Africa taught me how to brush my teeth with a twig, as he had done for most of his life. As an Aussie girl growing up in the 90's I thought it was a bit strange, but gave it a go. He had the most amazing white teeth I'd ever seen!

[@mireillelebeau2513]

ravenXmetal Thank you for your comments

[@colbyboucher6391]

@l s I seriously wish more people understood this.

[@luminousfractal420]

Modern products are made to keep you jumping between brands on promises of a solution they'll never give you, it would be bad business to help you out. Ever looked at the ingredients in mouthwash...caramel, sugar, fake sugar.

[@mademoiselledusfonctionell1609]

When I was young, my father preferred Dentosal, a commercial brand of saltbased toothpaste. I wasn't too fond of it (because I like mint). I know - from experience - that fluoride makes a difference (I let my now 11 year old use children's toothpaste for too long (because she does not like mint), and that resulted in a large cavity and strict orders from the dentist to use grownup's toothpaste instead. (Gah...bad mum angst.) And if it were not for the fluoride, I would gladly use cloves and salt (and mint oil) because modern toothpastes consist of all manner of junk. Does anyone know how to add fluoride in a safe way to salt and cloves?

[@amel6206]

During the 1960s-early 1970s, my family became acquainted with an older woman who was a merchant selling souvenirs to tourists in Juarez, Mexico. She owned a set of the most beautiful, pearly white teeth with not a single tooth missing, never a cavity. She used a twig of a particular tree (I don't know which one) to clean her teeth in the manner of this video. She claimed the particular tree bark she used to scrub/floss with caused the teeth to be very white.

[@tex6274]

All tooth paste have same recommendation it's like food pyramid turns out it was a scam

[@HatlessMuffin]

Question, answered straight away. 10/10 no hiding it in a 20 minute video full of ads.

[@xxlCortez]

That's a rather no nonsense channel.

[@thijssie930]

this guy has enough money, so no ads needed xD

[@seannotconnery8191]

based

[@tomsturgeon2503]

Not that this is television, but this is what all british television is like. Answer comes straight away but interesting enough to continue watching

[@gt3072]

Tom Sturgeon all British tele isn’t interesting and straight to the point ahaha

[@TheWinnipegredhead]

My great grandfather used a Willow twig during 1800s rural Canada. He had good teeth into his 80s.

[@AA-MM]

I use neem twig. natural, refreshing and most importantly way way better than fluoridated toothpastes 🤮

[@batak6868]

Newromantic999 considering that the grandchildren of the US president from 1841 John Tyler are still alive today it’s entirely possible

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

Probably acted as a dose of Aspirin too with Willow.

[@BeowulfAllraudr]

@Newromantic999 what

[@LikeAnEpic]

@Newromantic999 i highly doubt you have friends

[@jorgealvarado5815]

Besides its aromatic characteristics, clove actually has antiseptic and anesthetic properties. As a matter of fact it is still used in dentistry.

[@Jester-Riddle]

Salt is antiseptic and anti-bacterial (?) also I think ... Seems like good sense to combine these things for brushing teeth. Eating little processed sugar in their diet no doubt helped with dental health as well as general health ...

[@Jester-Riddle]

@@patriotjoe3110 It works without the fish water also ...

[@breeinatree4811]

I had an old fashioned dentist pull my wisdom teeth. He stuck some cloth soaked in oil of cloves in the place my teeth were. It not only dulled the pain, no being drugged up in those days, but kept me from getting dry socket.

[@bigfatchubbybritboy9445]

Eugenol, is the chemical compound contained in cloves that provides the anesthetic properties.

[@ferdonandebull]

My grandpa was raised rough. I was raised in the weeds without indoor plumbing myself. We were taught to use sassafras twigs exactly like this and we would chew the leaves. The leaves were great for cleaning your teeth .. Now we did brush our teeth but I think the sassafras was a hold over from grandpas childhood. If you had bleeding gums this was treated by mixing a little baking soda with table salt and brushing your gums with it. This sounds like it would not be good for your teeth. However.. I never experienced a cavity until I was in my twenties. I am 66 years old and have a full set of teeth. And yes.. I have sassafras growing on my property and use it still. As a note.. you can get clove oiled tooth picks which really makes your mouth feel clean.. My grandpa died with a full set of teeth .. well he did have one tooth that had been broken with an ax. He never had it fixed. He said it was just a grinning tooth not a chewing tooth..

[@timetravelingwolfman5387]

That is amazing. I was raised not exactly as you were. I had plumbing but we didnt have tons of money for things. Although I did the same thing with a birch branch and crushed up tea berry or winter berry. Awesome story and insight you gave there and I thank you for that

[@valeriy8502]

A grinning tooth 😄

[@allisonshaw9341]

Beech twigs are also good. We didn't have any sassafras bushes here in middle Tennessee.

[@michellebyrom6551]

I recall my mother buying liquorice root in the 60s. I always thought of it as a forerunner to candy. Its like a twig and does splay out like the hazel used here. Juicy too. Just dawned on me that it would have been available in towns where access to woods was difficult durinng mass urbanisation in the Industrial Revolution. Toothpaste being a modern product.

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

Unfortunately I lost mine in a particularly bad car accident - which wasn't my fault...

[@lenstah7745]

Why the hell don't you have a full series on netflix ? You godamn deserve it sir.

[@FlymanMS]

Netflix doesn’t deserve him.

[@pollywolly7988]

I think he has a day job. This is a hobby, that we all get to appreciated.

[@madscientistshusta]

Netflix wouldn't allow it because he is a white man celebrating his cultures past. So because he makes no apologies for things he never did and because he likely wouldn't lie to the audience about the presence and influence of africans in medieval europe it would go against EVERYTHING netflix pushes these days.

[@himanshuwilhelm5534]

He's ceo of Rebelion. The company that produced the 'Sniper elite' game franchise.

[@deathsheadknight2137]

probably because they'd make him lie about too much stuff.

[@oxiary]

Did we just spend 8 minutes watching a man use a twig as a toothbrush. Yes. Yes we did.

[@cratoss.4772]

And did we enjoy watching a man use a twig as a toothbrush. Yes.Yes we did.

[@soulstealy781]

AND IT WAS GLORIOUS

[@AK-ow8zn]

Why its normal people use it in Africa

[@Charlotte-wp9rf]

Nicky Chan - I’ve known about this for years, not being fond of the flouride added, I used soda. Learned about the “twig” brush as a young’un. Comes in handy should you get lost in the woods. : )

[@klintzaye7411]

anything for history

[@rocky7895]

Dentists all over watching this are having a panic attack

[@mastersadvocate]

I just watched a guy brush his teeth with a twig and salt. I must be honest, I learned something from this guy. Cool.

[@srenkierkegaard4267]

This is exactly the quality content I'm looking for in youtube. Subscribed

[@null4107]

The hunt for good content is never over

[@Nagassh]

Kinda sad that this channel seems to out-do most of the junk that seems to have taken the place of documentaries on TV these days. No nonsense, no drama, just a question a lot of people have probably had and generally been given the wrong answer to most of their lives, an answer and a demonstration. Love it.

[@ModernKnight]

Thanks, we have fun doing them.

[@Overneed-Belkan-Witch]

This is how Thronekeeper of Gondor kept his hygiene in good condition

[@Ninjaananas]

@james crowe Denethor of Lord of the Rings.

[@AnnaMarianne]

"Steward" was the title you were trying to remember. ;)

[@maartenperdeck798]

Once I found medieval skulls, perfect condition of the teeth. Later I found fragments of a skull (most likely WW2) terrible condition, not only amalgam fillings but also a painfull infection of a root, the material was rotten away!

[@damasek219]

Could you make a similar video about medieval people's height and life expectancy?

[@theblancmange1265]

I know a bit. Nomadic hungarians were 175cm avrage (men). After settling down (becoming farmers) it decreased 5-10cm.

[@Buford-kz7ky]

The Blancmange Wow that’s only like 5’6”

[@theblancmange1265]

@@Buford-kz7ky That stayed the same in most of Europe, I guess, for a long time. The rich remained tall, of course. When looking up dictator heights, they seem really short with their below 170cm, but that was around the avrage for men at the time. Stalin for example was 167.6cm (5f 6).

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@theblancmange1265 farmer was (and still is) a really rought job. It could mess up your growing really badly due to the amount of effort and the lack of food

[@theblancmange1265]

@@Sir_Bucket I think it's the lacking diet. I haven't heard about the work itself messing with growth.

[@ryanmoon3736]

Welcome back to today's episode of "why is this in my recommended." Also, good job with your video

[@4cMaiden]

because... of KZbin algorithm (which is clearing doing a good job) :P

[@iuri4086]

if its none of my business just dont answer. what do you use to watch here?

[@aliceakosota797]

100 skallagrim videos later

[@codediporpal]

I was in the market for an electric toothbrush a few weeks ago. I think I'll stick with my Oral-B Pro 500.

[@ryanmoon3736]

@@iuri4086 what do you mean?

[@RalphSampson...]

It wasn't just in medieval times. My mother used sweet gum twigs when she was a child during the 1930's and maybe 1940's. They were not wealthy.

[@ValeriePallaoro]

The world wasn't wealthy in the 1930s ... I love knowing this about your mother, though. Makes me think I should ask my mom what they did, thanks for the thought.

[@gmaureen]

My grandparents, in the 1930's, mixed baking soda and salt to make toothpaste. The baking soda cleans and whitens, the salt is the abrasive that scrubs the teeth. Not sure what the toothbrush was made of? The Depression was tough on many people.

[@RalphSampson...]

@@gmaureen Yep, my mother used that, too. She let me experience it when I was a little kid. The taste was nasty for a kid used to a minty toothpaste. Lol.

[@RalphSampson...]

@@ValeriePallaoro This one is a bit gross to think about but, my mother as a child also would have to use newspaper or a corn cob for.....well, wiping. They didn't always have "proper" paper. Can you imagine living nowadays the way they had to back then? Growing their own food.....plants as well as killing their meat. I remember she said as a child, she had to pick cotton for taking to market. It would make her fingers bleed because of the prickly stems. She was the youngest of six kids. I couldn't imagine trying to feed and clothe a family that size. My father's father never learned to read. They were a little better off than my mother but, not much. When I was a kid in the 70's, life seemed easier (even though we had no air conditioning....in Georgia) and we had more time for visiting extended family than now. Why is that?

[@youaredednotbigsouprice5692]

i like how the question in the title is literally explained in the first 5 seconds, really nice anti clickbait

[@guyfriedman295]

Me: "I'm just gonna search for a solution for my H.W." YT: "Did people in medival times had bad dental health?" Me: "Interesting"

[@Fr3sh-Kush]

Guy Friedman lmao. Only happens during homework😂😂. Cant find anything to watch when i have free time😂😂😂

[@_Simplychristie_]

@@Fr3sh-Kush Exactly.

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@Fr3sh-Kush So true!

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@Fr3sh-Kush And there's those days where there are 10 videos you wanna watch, nothing appears the next day

[@jonahworley6879]

I got a algebra 2 test tomorrow bro. But I’m here too lol

[@belowaverageluke1369]

My parents cleaned their teeth like this back in Haiti. They didn't use the types of twigs (discussed in this video), but rather used 'Congo peas leaves'.

[@oldkidsjonge]

Cool to know

[@jairocolombo4410]

Very interesting... Old people here used coal to clean teeths

[@gungnirilk9500]

Thank you for sharing friend

[@chiasanzes9770]

@Anti Ahmadiya They used mint with it I suppose

[@margo3367]

You just transported me to Haiti. Love it!

[@alfrednOObel2]

My grandmother told me about this method when I was a child. I therefore assume that it was still used in the rural areas of Poland until early post WWII years.

[@rishi7629]

I loved how they showed a man-at-arm cleaning teeth with twig & salt in the move "Kingdom of heaven"... not the bullshit that was released but the actual director's cut (it's here on KZbin). Twig of neem tree was used in India, still sold in bundles in rural areas.

[@Astuga]

They also used a linen cloth with natron and pulverized marble. And herbs like mint, salvia, parsley, fennel for mouthwash.

[@MrTangolizard]

The Buddha I watched the long one for the first time the other day it’s like a totally different film in the original u don’t even know sabila had a son let alone she killed him because he had the leper’s illness or that the raid where he breaks the arrow was done by his brother

[@pumpkingamebox]

Thx. I'm now one sep closer to becoming a hermit.

[@efisgpr]

LOL

[@pumpkingamebox]

@DonkeyLips McGee I might think of joining your kingdom if you make me an executioner who lives ALONE, like a normal hermit. lol

[@1978Borderline]

And being a Hermit is bad, how?

[@Pragnantweggyboard]

I like your septic pun.

[@bounty1402]

Dental problems like tooth decay came with the agricultural revolution, due to excess of carbohydrates. Abuse of sugar came after.

[@23igna]

The industrial revolution

[@panchomendezhernandez3956]

Grassy ass

[@markhenley3097]

@array s They couldn't grow cocoa in Europe, it wasn't until Europeans ventured into the New World that chocolate ect. became available to the commoners. And there isn't much joy in eating plain sugar. Most people had bread, meat and drinks like wine and milk.

[@goblins2k5]

@@markhenley3097 Chocolate isn't much different from coffee without the sugar. Bread breaks down into sugar, so if you don't brush it does cause dental problems.

[@sopelloprzecudny3203]

they ate marzipan before they had chocolate

[@carny15]

I've actually implemented this into my dental hygiene. Clove, salt and little bit of coconut oil to bring it all together and make sort of a tooth paste. It leaves my breath smelling like clove for a long time and it actually started to whiten my teeth as well. So i guess...bey, bey, fluoride ridden toothpastes.

[@dawson5008]

Thanks dude, Im educating myself for when we go back to medievil living in a few months

[@eliegbert8121]

fun fact: the toothbrush was invented in Kentucky anywhere else it woulda' been teethbrush.

[@the420xtc]

lol

[@ezra55595]

Kentucky is also the site of the first state funded public college in America so... let’s break down that hillbilly stereotype right now.

[@bryanmartinez6600]

@@ezra55595 no thats Alabama

[@elysafrancisco7240]

@@bryanmartinez6600 I heard it was Arkansas! 🤣

[@ezra55595]

HERPY DERPEDY we’re all wrong, it was Georgia! Lol, I was thinking of Transylvania university, which is private actually, but it was the 16th college in the US founded 1780 so it’s up there.

[@HarryKhan007]

In Ethiopia, most people are still using Mefakia twigs, which are much more brushy than hazel twigs.

[@karanchavda446]

In rural areas of my country, Neem twigs are mostly used as they are most common in South Asia

[@zk2399]

Miswak are best.

[@lyrquire1579]

You just watched a man brush his teeth with a stick for 8 minutes.

[@SuperTweezy5]

And enjoyed every minute of it.

[@registry3727]

yes

[@barbaradeselle9087]

My Grandfather told us that as a child and young man, early 1900’s did not have tooth brushes or tooth paste. They used the end if a kitchen match with some charcoal; sometimes a bit of baking soda and salt.The match end was smashed to make it “fluffy”/brush like. He had wonderful teeth. Never had dentures or partials and no missing teeth.

[@katanatac]

Salt kills bacteria which causes a lot of dental problems, our ancestors were very wise. Thanks Jason for another wonderful video, cheers!

[@FlymanMS]

Salt also causes a lot of health issues when consumed in large quantaties.

[@KFlorent13]

@@FlymanMS And surprisingly even bigger health issue when not consummed at all.

[@michaelhenry3234]

@Kevin Pereira Uh... yes it does. Anything consumed in high quantities is harmful. Even drinking too much water can kill you.

[@HIPEOPLE1887]

Michael Henry except would the average person even consume enough salt to cause problems?

[@maxdecphoenix]

@Kevin Pereira oh? Ok go drink sea water. Hey folks, that 3000 years of sailors practical knowledge is all bullshit, Kevin off KZbin said salt doesn't cause any problems.

[@Skwisgaar_Skwigelf]

In the middle east a special kind of tree was grown just for this purpose, it's called miswak.

[@muhammadtayyab8874]

Was looking for this comment. Miswaak gang!

[@gungnirilk9500]

So cool! Greetings from south america!

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Very interesting😊👍

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

Liquorice root, turmeric, cloves, myrrh, sea salt and willow stems to ease toothache. All help keep the mouth/ teeth in good condition. All used in medieval times methinks.... thanks for the upload. X

[@gauthierlebout4625]

One of your most amusing video, love it. Keep the good work!

[@juffrouwjo]

As someone who does Medieval Living History, I've spend SO much time dispelling this myth :) People always forget that sugar is a relative recent addition to our diet. Other myths we keep hearing is that everyone was short, died before they reached 30, were stinky and never washed... Anyone who spend more than a few hours in Medieval Times (by doing Living History or using a time machine) knows that pretty much everything smelled of just one thing.... smoke! An open fire in almost every house made sure that the smell impregnated everything. PS at about 6.10 you should have looked up at the sky, screamed and ran off screaming; Aarghh look at that giant monster bird!"

[@PyroNexus22]

what monster bird? I don't get it

[@NNnn-zc2bm]

@@PyroNexus22 the plane that can be heard at 6:10

[@PyroNexus22]

@@NNnn-zc2bm oh, okay

[@quentinstephens6005]

Refined sugar may be a modern addition but honey was widely used as a sweetener.

[@juffrouwjo]

@@quentinstephens6005 Widely is a strong word, if I'm not mistaken it wasn't cheap and not something everyone had access to. Also according to some people certain types of honey are helpful in preventing cavities because of their antimocrobial potency. On top of that honey is sweeter than sugar so you don't need as much.

[@lutherserbe6435]

*Gets stabbed by a sword* That's actually quite plesent

[@hopeechangee12345678]

'Tis but a flesh wound!

[@wololowarlord9855]

Thats actually quite peasant

[@girlgeniusnyc272]

Thank you for the high quality of your videos. You, sir, have a noble spirit.

[@lovelylostnobody3456]

Love these videos!! Inspires the imagination. I can only imagine what life was like back then. Thank you for real content.

[@PieterBreda]

The moment sugar became cheap (17th century), teeth started to rot and this became a big problem. This was shown in archeological evidence. In the middle ages sugar was far too expensive for most people.

[@ragnkja]

Pieter And in the 16th century, nobility had horrid teeth from attending too many sugar banquets, while commoners tended to have much better teeth, similar to those of people in earlier periods.

[@inomad1313]

I assume that most or all of the people here are referring to processed sugars cane when they say “sugar” or “cheep sugar”. Am I wrong?

[@ragnkja]

Daniel Montes You are correct. Honey has always been available, but never incredibly abundant, and fruit was very seasonal.

[@PieterBreda]

Right. Sugarbeet dates from centuries later and only became an abundant source in the Napoleonic area.

[@saberlivre]

Weston A Price did an amazing study on the impact of processed food in the overall health of humans. His main focus was on dental health, since he was a dentist. But it really is an eye-opener.

[@CompleteAnimation]

Did you know that this show's host is also the CEO of Rebellion, the studio that makes Sniper Elite?

[@promode4598]

Oh cool. Thanks for that info

[@farahs8341]

didn't know but now I like him even more lol

[@hashtastic3537]

For real? That's awesome.

[@ReavinBlue]

holy shit. what a guy

[@abovebelow4937]

SERIOUSLY? That's amazing!!

[@Bloodwest]

Man that's legit survival advice. makeshift toothbrush AND toothpaste in case you don't have them

[@bogdandaraban1593]

My all time favourite channel on youtube. Fantastic information offered here. Thank you!

[@ModernKnight]

Our pleasure!

[@Bildgesmythe]

Wasn't until sugar became cheap that teeth went bad.

[@FlymanMS]

Yeah, no one had any dental problems before modern dental techniques and equipment were intvented and introduced.

[@Bildgesmythe]

@@FlymanMS people had plenty of dental problems but sugar made teeth worse. Tudors actually brushed their teeth with sugar. It's amazing to compare skulls from both times.

[@ragnkja]

Bildgesmythe Tudor-era nobility had horrid teeth from the sugar banquets that were so fashionable.

[@maxdecphoenix]

yea, no. The rich have always had access to sugar-based sweeteners. Honey has been with humanity for the entirety of civilization, and fruits, particularly citrus which is a 2-front assault on teeth due to high sugar and high acid. The rich never wanted for either of those. Radiology of pharoh mummies shows some had fatal levels of bone loss in the jaw, which almost certainly would have been from an abscessed tooth causing maddening pain and torturous death. And while the poor generally suffered toothloss due to insufficient diet during lean times, women in particular likely didn't have much fatal or even painful infectious dental problems because most of them probably lost significant amounts of teeth during each pregnancy and nursing. Only rivaled by Sailors in tooth loss. And you can't get cavities in teeth you no longer have. Hence the stereotype of the toothless whore.

[@broussardstrinkets1576]

@@ragnkja Yes, indeed. The ability to purchase sugar in abundance was a symbol of high status. Elizabeth I had black teeth from eating so much sugar.

[@stumccabe]

I'm in my late 60s. When I was young you used to be able to buy "tooth powders" in a round, flat container. They consisted of a dry, compacted powder that you would rub your tooth brush on and were very effective. I remember the one I tried was flavoured with cloves/clove oil. They might still be available but I haven't seen them for about 50 or more years.

[@Bildgesmythe]

Lol, me too! Loved tooth powder, left your teeth really clean.

[@daniel2238]

Have seen toothpowder in shops, one brand is Eurcryl. However i have only ever noticed mint flavoured

[@Indykitty1]

LUSH makes toothy tabs that are powders compacted into a tablet gorm.

[@m.maclellan7147]

Try "Vermont Country Store", they have many "old timey" products.

[@firstwavepuresoul]

It was called 'Eucryl' tooth powder available at Boots and many other chemists..it was really good too!

[@brasherd]

My Grandmother used Blackgum tree twigs. This was in the early 1960s. She taught me how to do this. Note: I do use an Oral B rotating electrical one today.

[@rpowling]

Fascinating! Love your videos

[@fargosnow994]

In 1958 my grandfather died with all his teeth. He never used toothpaste or a toothbrush. He cleaned his teeth after every meal with a twig of willow.

[@sassa6714]

Bro i've always asked my self this question and now i found this video. Thanks

[@toddsperling2047]

Before KZbin I thought most medieval people had rotting teeth and walked around covered in dirt.

[@beatlesrgear]

"How do you know he's a king?" "He hasn't got shit all over him."

[@joesimon9126]

This guy is great! I really love his passion for medieval history.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

People cant understand that these were people just like us...the SAME brain, the SAME senses, they are us just not technologically as advanced

[@josephwelch547]

Like the Amish.

[@devinstark6382]

J. C. B. of the USA thank you. People haven’t changed for thousands of years. Only culture and technology has. Humans still have the same motives and psychology

[@raphaelsmithwick4363]

Yes but they were far less educated and society was based on superstitions

[@HAIRHOLIC_1]

J. C. B. of the USA So they where basically brushing with a miswak?miswak is still very much used today and it has a lot of cleaning properties, my grandmother brushed her teeth with a miswak until last year since she passed, she had very white and good teeth for her age (82) almost no cavities and no caries, I always wondered what she was doing with that stick, but I can guarantee it actually works, I want to start using it too.

[@Greendragon434]

Joseph Welch No, not like the Amish. Amish are a cult. Start with looking up Amish puppy mills and their carefully-curated veneer of simple goodness begins to fall away.

[@Nantosuelta]

Jason looks like Grima Wormtongue's vastly more attractive brother. The reason why Grima was such an angry evil person is because his brother got all the chicks.

[@elliot993]

He reminds me of Denethor too!!

[@thomasskinner240]

He would have smashed eowyn

[@gungnirilk9500]

BEGONE

[@israelthacker8568]

Grima played Doc in Deadwood

[@porcelainpup]

@@israelthacker8568 Huh, really?

[@JapeCity]

This guy is just aweome in every way. New favorite channel!

[@sdswood3457]

Always fascinating to learn about this time period, thank you for your efforts

[@yaoi698]

Another great day when you upload. Best medieval history channel on KZbin.

[@saint_gales]

what i think is wrong is how he portrays sword-fighting. i mean... he did a spin in the little clip of him fighting in the intro

[@LurkerDaBerzerker]

saint gales If you want anything combat related, I recommend these channels. Pursuingthe KnightlyArts, Blood &Iron HEMA, Roland Warzecha, Ilkka hartikainen (and their sister channel, morozzo.com), ThegnThrand, scholagladiatoria, and Skallagrim.

[@LurkerDaBerzerker]

And for armour, these ones. Knyght Errant, Pursuingthe KnightlyArts, scholagladiatoria, and anything you can find with Dr. Tobias Capwell.

[@LurkerDaBerzerker]

Valami Izé I would suggest taking what he says with a bit of salt, and to dig around for more information on the bits that you particularly find interesting. (This is a good strategy in general, when it comes to historical stuff.)

[@farvista]

It was amusing to see Jason emulate a dapper medieval man with modern background noises humming away.

[@faramund9865]

Just want to say, mad respect for making this channel and putting your time and resources into REAL and LIVE history lessons for FREE. Learnt a lot from your channel.

[@killervell98]

I genuinely had no idea, this was pretty neat to watch. Thank you so much!!

[@ModernKnight]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@oldkidsjonge]

Contrary to popular belief (made in the 1700s with the rising of rationalism and modern states, where people in power wanted older times to seem stupendous) society in the middle ages was incredibly organized and regulated. Even excrements were collected for farms, rather than just thrown on the streets which is what most people think nowadays (and the streets were actual stone, not mud) the more you know😋 (I'm studying for history teacher and this is the first thing they taught me)

[@lavish_1717]

ivo oldkidsjonge Thanks for clearing that up 😊

[@CoffeeSnep]

I believe the only time that hygiene in cities truly did become awful was in parts of the 14th century. The rising opportunities in cities led to their populations booming 500% within a couple decades, so of course hygiene is going to suffer a bit, but those problems were fixed.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

Some of the streets were dirt lets be honest.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

@Pietro97 Not sure what you mean?

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

I saw a doco, where it mentioned people (in the Tudor/ Elizabethan era, what the doco was covering) were fined stiffly if they didn't do things like clean their house frontages, & clean their chimneys a certain no. of times a year, to prevent them catching fire from build-up- civic pride & safety isn't a modern thing. They couldn't afford to waste the valuable nutrients- it goes back to Roman times; the watery lees from the last olive press was used as a weed killer- urine & wood ash were used bleaching & laundry, with incredible effectiveness- urine & excrement were essential for the manufacturing of gunpowder - there was money in muck.

[@MrPhantomEd]

Laws of Medieval Wales permitted a woman to divorce her husband if he had bad breath.

[@SepticFuddy]

Now she can divorce him if she wants to run with half his money and the kids and some other guy

[@auntfanny3266]

@@SepticFuddy Oh, dear. I hope things get better for you...

[@twin-gk8of]

Thanks for saying that! I've come across this before when i was looking into marriage laws and the rights of a woman on what they could do in medieval times and you remember me. Cymru am byth!

[@MrPhantomEd]

@@SepticFuddy Ah, but there was a catch: ancient laws specified, exactly which part it was. After a divorce, both parties ended up with cartload of things, which they either did not need, or could not use.

[@aussiejubes]

I would definitely break up with someone or just say no to a date if they had death breath. I agree, grounds for divorce! 😉

[@LesMarko]

This channel is pure gold.

[@kyem5915]

Legendary, as always. Ive been a casual viewer for a couple of years now keep up the great work

[@ModernKnight]

Much appreciated!

[@trevorcollins9297]

Why you haven't got your own TV channel is beyond me. such interesting stuff and so much better than the gumph that is broadcasted on the Telly these days. Loving the channel and please keep posting!!!

[@FlymanMS]

He is not in it for the money, he’s well off enthusiast who just wants to share his passion for history with others.

[@Alayni01]

I was just thinking the same thing. The absolute joke that is the History Channel ain't got CRAP on this guy. He's amazing. But the others are right, he is not doing this for the money quite obviously, and some rich asshat probably would try to tell him how to run his show. I do not watch much tv anymore because of this. Streaming services like netflix, and gems like this channel, are much better.

[@inomad1313]

Trevor Collins He already has one. He has own private TV channel which is free to the public and each person can watch any episode at their leisure. Anyone can interact with him and him with anyone he chooses. It is commercial free or you can skip the commercial if they do come on. You just watched one of his episodes on his channel.

[@4cMaiden]

I'm subbed to a KZbinr called Michaelcthulu who did exactly what you said. He managed to get 1 season on Historia but it was so scripted towards drama, (the guy makes big ass special swords for a living, usualy on his own), it really didnt feel the same... at all. I don't think he liked the experience himself, since there was no season 2.

[@jacobzcheng3802]

Didn't know they had excellent ASMR in medieval times.

[@oliverwilkes11]

Jacob C that made me laugh 😂

[@fernandofigueroa5652]

Luz ASMR

[@mannylozano8146]

How to brush your teeth during medieval times ASMR.

[@TheThegoldenspatula]

Can totally sympathise with the need for a tooth puller. I broke my front tooth in an accident as a kid. Killed the nerve stone dead. 15 years later, a root canal I got in that tooth turned out to be botched and I got a terrible, terrible abscess. Never felt pain like it in my life. I'd've been down to the tooth puller first thing in the morning. Having a tooth yanked minus anaesthesia would have been hellish but it sure as shoot beats cavities, infections and abscesses in your teeth.

[@leokim1458]

Great content there! My parents, south koreans, used to tell me to brush with salt. I wasn't convinced back then and even thought it to be a bad habit. This video clarifies that perfectly! And I find it quite interesting that two different cultures so far apart ended up with the same conclusion.

[@tomfu6210]

Old cultures were quite connected. Also those health habits may date deep back to our ancient ancestors. They definitely should have some health care techniques to survive.

[@mankyscotchgit4986]

Good ideas tend to travel fast, especially if they are practical.

[@leokim1458]

@SiriusBusiness Ouch, that gotta hurt! LOL I'll keep that in mind. It might come in handy. Thanks!

[@zjork]

here in Norway, the dentist was the blacksmith :D

[@atic7910]

or the barber

[@levoGAMES]

Likely because he had the tools to pull teeth. I can imagine the people back then probably took dental hygiene very serious, knowing what fate awaits them when the teeth go bad.

[@ladychatelaine697]

Aaargh! 😫☹🇬🇧

[@sarahs5340]

Bummer!

[@Roset03]

This series is so addictive to watch. It's very well done.

[@catalinsoare1261]

The Arabs were using siwak / miswak to clean their teeth. Something that some Arabs still use today. I grew up in a remote village. My grandma never used a toothbrush, but she was using salt on a regular basis, as you indicated.

[@ModernKnight]

Thanks for the information, lovely to hear.

[@xondominique2602]

yes, my grandma too - salt and rub it on teeth with finger. that's what i do if i end up somewhere without toothbrush and paste

[@ogueyratogeyrat7448]

U can just use finger lol

[@bradleynewall7541]

I buy Miswak toothpaste today, it has no fluoride in it

[@erichollingback]

"AERATE IT.. WARM IT UP.. DRIVE IT UP.. THAT TOP NOTE.. THAT CREAM.. PURE VANILLA.. that's a ten."

[@heze20]

You sir have won!!! LOOL yess 😂👌

[@jadonpreston8117]

Yes

[@Erfierazgzb0ss4u]

Sweetness

[@luke7811]

This comment is 50% genius 50% love

[@erichollingback]

Indeed brotha

[@schradeya]

OMG. I posted yesterday that i subbed after 10 sec of one video. Now I realize this was the best decision of my life! This is absolutely, 100% seriously, the thing I'm most into, and you give it to us in the best way! THANK YOU!!!

[@ModernKnight]

Welcome aboard!

[@wolf1066]

Already *knew* the answer, I just enjoy listening to Jason explain it and watching the practical demonstrations.

[@daltongrowley5280]

because their body odor made their breath smell amazing!

[@damienomen68]

& the streets were open sewers.

[@Cristinact]

This is an interesting video, but I would like to know what his sources are...

[@ofthecaribbean]

@@Cristinact Time Machine

[@Cristinact]

@@ofthecaribbean Great! I'll see if I can borrow his

[@Sevan_UP]

Started to feel sleepy and wanted to go to bed. Then I came across this in my recommended.....

[@TootlesSon]

This is so fascinating!

[@rmorton8281]

This channel is my new love

[@MxxRie]

In The Gambia you still see twigs used as toothbrushes, just a bit bigger than the one Jason is using.

[@ModernKnight]

Thanks, I’ll try a bigger one next time on your recommendation.

[@fionnagrant6636]

Gwenith Paltrow used one in Shakespeare in Love, but I'm sure they did less research than this guy.

[@4philipp]

Maybe use 3-4 twigs and tie them together.

[@Girlgamssilver]

I agree that the modern world has us rushed off our feet, but unfortunately if one is working 9 to 5 and putting in a 24/7 just to keep body and soul together it is extremely difficult to resist the seduction of convenience

[@Cuix]

Absolutely, but that isn't how we should be living to begin with.

[@peppigue]

Both the socialist and capitalist political movements work towards high output economy. This has led to the 35+ hour work week, which has little to do with how we evolved to live.

[@jaycampbell6402]

Which is the reason those in power need you to believe that long ago all life was horrible and brutal and that you should be thankful to them for "saving" you from pre-modern society

[@inomad1313]

Petter Nybråten You know that before the 40 hr workweek, companies had their employees working 10-15 hr a day 7 days a week, right? I do agree that we should be less consumer based and freer to pursue our passions. I am actually working towards that now...a little late in the game, but.

[@4philipp]

It’s all about priorities. Work hard when young to build the foundation for your future. You will need a few years in which you have to fight off distractions but it’s totally worth it. And while I’m generally not against it, taxation is the #1 reason we need to continue to work our entire lives. In particular, I’m against property taxes. It runs counter to the believe that we buy and own land. If I produced everything I need on my 10 acres of land, never using public roads or services, I would still get evicted for not paying my taxes :( The only way out would be illegally squatting on federal lands, but that seems to be a poor choice to build a future on.

[@Rioebroangling1]

I have genuinely been wondering about this for the last 6 months. Thx utube!

[@sandvichguy8868]

It's vids like these which is why I am glad to be subbed to this channel. If there's one thing history channels lack it's the few looks into daily life of past civilizations and cultures.

[@greenshp]

I read an archealogical study that had concluded that in pre-Conquest Britain (before 1066), Anglo-Saxons had great teeth. We know that because we have hundreds of skulls from that era, and the teeth are often intact and show little sign of dental disease. It is believed that the reason is that the Anglo-Saxons sweetened things infrequently and then with honey. With the Conquest, the Normans brought sweets made with refined sugar, and that decayed teeth. So while the Normans undoubtedly considered themselves culturally superior to the people they conquered, the truth was that they likely had awful teeth and the foul breath going with that. Especially the upper class Normans, who could afford to be eating things like sweets. The poor would have eaten far less sugars and had much better teeth. Anyway, next time you watch The Last Kingdom, assume that Uhtred's beautiful teeth make historical sense. :)

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

There's are also teeth with fillings from 13,000 years ago

[@joggabonkers6380]

Teeth were in general great/decent in the middle ages up until the tudor period, when eating sugar became fashionable.

[@greenshp]

@@joggabonkers6380 You're only partly right. It was up until the time of the Norman Conquest - 300 years before the Tudors. The Normans brought refined sugar to England.