What was the Aztecs sanitation and nutrition like in comparison to ours today?
Sanitation & nutrition.
The Aztecs had quite good sanitation. Even though they had no dental clinics or lots of cleansing products like we have today, they would wash themselves regularly using the cleansing properties of the soap-tree fruit. They would also clean their teeth with powered charcoal and salt , for they knew that not doing so would increase the likeliness of tooth decay. Also they knew to check each other for lice every once in a while.
The Aztecs had quite good sanitation. Even though they had no dental clinics or lots of cleansing products like we have today, they would wash themselves regularly using the cleansing properties of the soap-tree fruit. They would also clean their teeth with powered charcoal and salt , for they knew that not doing so would increase the likeliness of tooth decay. Also they knew to check each other for lice every once in a while.
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The Aztecs had good nutrition too. Unlike us today didn't have very many fats or oils in their diets. They had two meals a day usually consisting of 2 to 3 tortillas with a side of beans. this is different from how we eat today, an average person may eat up to 3 meals a day with snacks and things in between those meals. Also each time we eat, the meals served are likely to change so we get a range of foods in our diet. Unlike today the Aztecs also ate insect's, ants and grasshoppers, sometimes worms too. To get their foods they had to gather, trade and harvest, but today is as simple as a trip to the supermarket.
Doctors and medicines.
Today we have hospitals, doctors and many medicines and ways to cure ourselves if we become sick. The Aztecs had nothing like this. They may have had a few people trained up as doctors to help them, but nothing like we have today. There were neither big hospitals or fancy medicines available for them either. The Aztecs used many plants to cure wounds and illness, but unlike today they also used magic to remove the sickness.
Today we have hospitals, doctors and many medicines and ways to cure ourselves if we become sick. The Aztecs had nothing like this. They may have had a few people trained up as doctors to help them, but nothing like we have today. There were neither big hospitals or fancy medicines available for them either. The Aztecs used many plants to cure wounds and illness, but unlike today they also used magic to remove the sickness.
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