The ‘1776 diet’: Colonists’ alcohol consumption was ‘staggering,’ and historians want you to know

Fathers’ diet for the week of the 250th anniversary,” she said. “What you eat for a day or a week won’t matter much in the scheme of things.”

Some of the Founding Fathers drank a lot of ale, often in the morning, Young noted.

“We shouldn’t emulate that,” she said.

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