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20 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 11h \ on: What impacts our health the most? HealthAndFitness
I'm sure this depends on where you are in the world, but Americans are predominantly in poor health because of the horrendous Standard American Diet.
The standard American diet is the stadard diet of cities everywhere. So, it's not Americans are in poor health, the McDs and Dominos are found everywhere.
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I know those options exist everywhere, but people don't routinely eat as poorly anywhere else (to my knowledge). In fact, a lot of stuff in normal American food is illegal most everywhere else.
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Illegal.
Really? I didn't know that food that's cooked at home at some place can be illegal at other place. I don't know about eating habits of Americans but people in India are so much addicted to "tea" that they drink it all the time.
What I believe that it's not good but it's the poor quality of food that impacts our health. Also, not everything is good for health that goes by the name of food.
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There are a bunch of chemical additives in American prepared foods that are illegal elsewhere.
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I see. This is like Ajinomoto (MSG) is banned in India.
I've seen a lot of use of tinned food in USA and Europe, I don't think any traditional Indian would like to eat some meat out of box which has months of expiry on it.
Here in our kitchens, you won't find any items , which are boxed or tinned or readymade that has chemical preservatives.
If anything you find preserved is pickle, but that too is preserved by natural vinegar.
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