Black Death’s Legacy: How Plague Altered Human Oral Microbiome And Our Modern Diet

The Black Death may be responsible for us eating junk food today, suggests new research. POLINA TANKILEVITCH/PEXELS

The Black Death may be responsible for us eating junk food today, suggests new research.

The Second Plague Pandemic of the mid-14th Century, also known as the Black Death, killed up to 60 percent of people living in Europe – and profoundly changed the course of history.