Oldest people, Healthiest, Getting worse, declining health because of diet of u.s.fast food.

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Just Jeff

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"Looking for the oldest people alive? Look no further than the native people of Okinawa, Japan. They are likelier to reach age 100 than the members of any other tribe in the world.

Okinawa boasts of having the largest concentration of centenarians in the world. Longevity among Okinawans has been traced to their healthy diet. They eat lots of whole grains, soy, tofu, vegetables, sweet potatoes, fish, squid, and octopus.

Despite their large centenarian population, the Okinawans have been suffering a steady decline in health within the past few years.

This has been traced to increased consumption of fast food from outlets that followed the opening of a US base in the area.[10]"
 

Fast food is typically loaded with calories, sodium, and unhealthy saturated fat, often enough in one meal for an entire day. It also tends to be low in nutrients and almost totally lacking in fruit, vegetables, and fibre. Regular fast food diets also promote the indulgence of tobacco and alcohol, see this study.
In the UK the percentage of smokers at around 13% is not that far off a similar percentage who eat takeaways at least once a week.
 
This is similar to what studies have shown about acculturation in the US. Specifically, people from Central and South America eat far more fresh fruits and vegetables than most Americans do and they have less access to fast foods. When they move to the US where fast food is cheap and plentiful, they change their diets and start showing the same health issues as Americans which are obesity, high cholesterol, elevated blood pressure, etc. SO, as I have said before, diet does matter but so does abstaining from smoking, excessive intake of alcohol, breathing unhealthy air and extended exposure to the sun.
 

Just Jeff said:
"Looking for the oldest people alive? Look no further than the native people of Okinawa, Japan. They are likelier to reach age 100 than the members of any other tribe in the world.

Okinawa boasts of having the largest concentration of centenarians in the world. Longevity among Okinawans has been traced to their healthy diet. They eat lots of whole grains, soy, tofu, vegetables, sweet potatoes, fish, squid, and octopus.

Despite their large centenarian population, the Okinawans have been suffering a steady decline in health within the past few years.

This has been traced to increased consumption of fast food from outlets that followed the opening of a US base in the area.[10]"
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I spent two and a half years on Okinawa and this matches my observations. I really liked the people there and I will add that the food on Okinawa was superb and much better than anywhere else I was stationed in 31 years.
 
My viewpoint is that it is garbage food from all sources. Grocery stores and regular restaurants as well. Half the food at the grocers is meant to addict people to over eat with nutrition deficient foods. More profit dollars are gained that way.
 
At my last job there was a guy, every day when I came to work and he was working, eating fast food for his lunch in the breakroom. He was normal weight if not thin. Have no idea what his insides looked like.
 
This video was on my youtube feed . Timely I would say. :)

Russel is young and spry, but the main talk is from a very wise, intelligent older person, about fast food...and eating healthy.

"This week I spoke with Vandana Shiva about the current global protests, such as the Dutch farmers, and the historical push to curb the production of healthy clean food in place of more profitable GMO produce."

 
I have been traveling now for 41 days and I think I went to McDonald's 3 times; mainly for the coffee. Fast food is an American tragedy. It is good for killing off people who are too lazy to cook healthy food at home. They say, "you are what you eat" and they are right. Years ago, there were skinny Chinese on the mainland and fat Chinese in Hong Kong. The reason was that Mainland China had no fast food but Hong Kong did.

If the truth be revealed, I went to Burger King today and enjoyed a nice fish burger, fries and unlimted pop. I justified that little trip by thinking that today the temperature is 35 C and tomorrow night I will be home. I think that going out for fast food once in a while does not kill anyone. What is bad is going very often and for a long time.
 
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Packerjohn said:
I have been traveling now for 41 days and I think I went to McDonald's 3 times; mainly for the coffee. Fast food is an American tragedy. It is good for killing off people who are too lazy to cook healthy food at home. They say, "you are what you eat" and they are right. Years ago, there were skinny Chinese on the mainland and fat Chinese in Hong Kong. The reason was that Mainland China had no fast food but Hong Kong did.
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Sad and true. If not lazy, just ignorant - a lot of teens and older have never cooked a real meal, might never have seen a real meal, healthy nutrition, real food.
 
Remy said:
At my last job there was a guy, every day when I came to work and he was working, eating fast food for his lunch in the breakroom. He was normal weight if not thin. Have no idea what his insides looked like.
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Various shades red , pink, healthy alive, unless infected or if he took antacids. THen dark, brown, black, dead.
 
HoneyNut said:
Before we all pile on blaming mothers, don't forget our school lunches.
Wish we grew up in France...
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'blame' ? Blame the system, the powers that control most all education, etc ....
Mothers? same as other people but sometimes more protective of their babies.

France, like other countries also, has its own problems, some shared , maybe some unique.
 
That video HoneyNut posted is a real eye opener, especially when you consider that the cost of those great nutricious meals come out $$$$ wise less than a typical North American school lunch.

I tend to make what I call "snackie lunch" if we have a bacon and egg breakfast. The snackie lunch today was sliced tomatoes, cukes, fresh peaches, celery stuffed with cream cheese and 6 slices (thin) of kielbassa.
 
Lavinia said:
How much of it starts because so many mothers work and haven't got time to cook proper meals? There is a lot to be said for the traditional way of life with mums looking after the home and children.
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Could be. Or they're more interested in the latest man in their lives, or drugs. It could be what they like themselves so it's what they buy. We have people get Door Dash delivered at work. One woman actually had McDonald's delivered. Really? At that expense? But I guess she really wanted it. I take lunch to work every day.
 
What struck me more about the French school lunch video was the humanity. Food aside. There were many adults interacting with and helping the kids. Plates and cups put out on the tables. Food brought to the kids. The food of coarse was not fast food. Here in the U.S., I think the needs of the people aren't even considered. What works the fastest, what brings in the most money. Clearly there were many more people employed in that school kitchen than there would be in the U.S..
 
Fast food would be "OK" if you indulged maybe once a month or less. However, the junk food junkies eat this $h!t every week, if not every day.

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Metabolic syndrome
 
Lavinia said:
How much of it starts because so many mothers work and haven't got time to cook proper meals? There is a lot to be said for the traditional way of life with mums looking after the home and children.
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I have 2 adult granddaughters; one doesn't know how to cook at all, the other learned after she married.

My teen g-daughter cooks for the whole family once in a while, and she enjoys it. The youngest one (12) says she has "severe tactile-sensitivity to the feel of dishes", so she only goes into the kitchen if she absolutely has to...cuz dishes are in there. :rolleyes:

Anyway, their mom has always worked, usually until evening. They don't eat much fast-food, but she does a lot of "fast-cooking"; uses boxed side dishes and/or frozen pre-prepared entres, etc.
 
Remy said:
Could be. Or they're more interested in the latest man in their lives, or drugs. It could be what they like themselves so it's what they buy. We have people get Door Dash delivered at work. One woman actually had McDonald's delivered. Really? At that expense? But I guess she really wanted it. I take lunch to work every day.
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I have mentioned on SF before that on my way to exercise any morning of the week, the drive-thru at a McDonald's have two lanes stacked deep. It is easier to buy prepared breakfasts than to utilize one's kitchen for something fresher and heathier.
 
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Take-away food used to be a treat for us.....a once a week visit to KFC. Now it has become the norm and somehow a lot of people seem to have become addicted to it.
 
Lavinia said:
Take-away food used to be a treat for us.....a once a week visit to KFC. Now it has become the norm and somehow a lot of people seem to have become addicted to it.
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we never had take-away food when I was a kid...never, not even once.

Aside from something from the chippy which I might have bought myself once in a blue moon as a teen.. I never tasted a take-away until I was almost 20.. and had Chinese take out..

A lot of the reason for fast food popularity apart from being high in salt and sugar.. is the laziness of so many people who can't be bothered to cook...

Lots of the younger members of my team when I was working, would buy take away food tice a day.. breakfast and lunchtime. and I have no doubt when they got home they were sending for a deliveroo order as well.

Yesterday my daughter, said she'd just driven past McDonalds.. ( 5pm).. and the queue of cars was 2 lanes wide, and actually blocking the main road
 
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Nosy Bee-54 said:
I have mentioned on SF before that on my way to exercise any morning of the week, the drive-thru at a McDonald's have two lanes stacked deep. It is easier to buy prepared breakfasts than to utilize one's kitchen for something fresher and heathier.
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Oh I know! I see it myself. Also the drive through coffee places. I haven't been through one in ages. Too many good creamers (I use non dairy) that you can buy at the grocery store.

I don't know why people don't just plan ahead and bring lunch. Some people at my work place do. Even when I worked full time, I planned for and grocery shopped for my lunches and food for the week. It's not that hard.
 

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