Has the Last Supper become the vast supper?
With nothing better to do, researchers examined 52 paintings, which date between 1000 and 2000 A.D and found the sizes of loaves of bread were bigger.
The main dishes and plates were calculated with the aid of a computer program that could scan the items and rotate them in a way that allowed them to be measured.
To account for different proportions in paintings, the sizes of the food were compared to the sizes of the human heads in the paintings.
The researchers' analysis showed that portion sizes of main courses depicted in the paintings grew by 69 percent over time, while plate size grew by 66 percent and bread size grew by 23 percent.
Even though the results of the study were based off a painting, and Leonard Da Vinci was not at the last supper, and it was painted nearly 1500 years after Jesus died, and he had no idea what size the plates were or what they actually had for dinner, let's not allow that to get in the way of the April issue of the International Journal, called, (what else?) 'Obesity.'
So, if your gaining weight, you can blame the Last Supper.
Next thing you know we'll have Bobby Flay doing a throw down with the meal from the Last Supper.
