But what about "just remember that the rates of smoking in the US have fallen markedly over the past 25 years. And even though smoking, a known and serious cause of heart disease, has fallen, the incidence of heart disease is about the same."

from said Eade's blog?
Couldn't figure that one out. If smoking incidence has fallen, why is the incidence of heart disease about the same, if smoking causes heart disease???

Mummies, on the other hand, are extremely numerous in Egypt. I believe it was the Eades (plural) who mentioned that there are more mummies in Egypt than the entire current population of Egypt (in Protein Power)...Makes sense, considering that in the late 18th century to the early 20th century, mummies were regularly peddled to tourists. One such mummy was peddled to the curator of a local N.Y. Niagara Falls Mom & Pop museum. It sat there for years and years, until Scientists became intrigued that maybe this was the lost mummy of Ramses I
There were probably a great number of mummies who were simply buried in the sand (not in tombs), and several hundred years went by before proper mummification techniques were perfected. Yes, only the "rich & famous" were entombed in pyramids or special tombs. However, virtually everyone was mummified based on the belief that they were somehow "tricking" death by keeping the dead preserved.

The ancient Egyptians were known by the Greeks as "Artophagoi"- the bread eaters. It is perhaps the earliest account we have (on record) of CAD. And, as the Eades pointed out so many years ago, they were riddled with it. They were obese, had massive tooth decay, and had heart disease.