Posted on 10/17/2019 8:20:03 AM PDT by Valk Rider
I’m a big fan of Dr Berg, but...he may lose me on this. I’m just so sick and tired of ANYBODY badmouthing the USA anymore. If he isn’t happy with his fellow citizen’s health...he should move to India and drink water directly from the Ganges.
I do remember going to restaurants when I was 20 and getting meals that left me hungry. 50 years later I’m getting meals that would feed me for 3 days.
The unhealthiest country is the one with the fewest people alive in it.Antarctica gets my vote.
SoCal Pubbie wrote: The United States has the 37th longest life expectancy out of 183 countries worldwide.
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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html
If the above link can be believed, the USA is #43 worldwide.
Nothing like heading down to Cracker Barrel just after noon on Sunday for some old fashioned hawg callin’...sooooooo-eeee! Yahoo!
Agreed for the most part. I think there is a synergistic effect of adding exercise to a diet and there are multiple non body fat loss related benefits to exercise. And that doesn't necessarily mean running marathons or signing up for cross-fit. There's a ton of evidence that's been coming out which shows the most efficient form of exercise is plain old walking. Just walking for 45 minutes a day provides a ton of benefits in addition to burning calories. But, your initial point that cutting carbs and sugars is the key. Minimizing starchy carbs (white bread, white rice, potatoes, pasta, etc) and cutting way down on sugar is essential. Don't drink any liquid calories if you are trying to lose body fat. Fitness/weight loss is: 60% diet, 30% exercise and the digestive process itself accounts for the other 10%
“Exercise is a important but not necessary to lose the weight.”
Exercise does more than burn calories!
We made a trip to the Finger Lakes area of NY last month and had a meal at an Italian restaurant that is the extreme of what you are talking about.
A couple of us ordered Veal Parmesan. There was enough meat to feed at least two and enough pasta for four.
I don’t care of Italian food so I ordered a sub sandwich. It was about 18 inches long. I ate about a third of the sandwich and then just ate the meat out of the bread.
We could have fed our party of six with just two of the meals. Since we were traveling we had to waste a lot of food. It was good food just way too much for your average person.
Truth hurts. Fat slobs are driving health care costs thru the roof, which affects ALL of us...Dr. Berg rocks!
The poorest are the most likely to be obese and are generally unused to hard physical labor, something that has never happened before.
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It would be interesting to see a graph comparing the decrease in the consumption of natural fat during low-fat push of the 90’s with the rise in Type 2 Diabetes. More and more carbs were consumed, mostly refined. Instead of the nutritious fat that comes from meat, butter and eggs, people ate more and more partially hydrogenated oils in cookies, etc.
I would also note that, for me at least, its much easier to stick with a healthy diet if I'm also exercising regularly. I'm just not as inclined to munch or snack between meals.
Good food used to be great food. Quantity over quality seems to be the meme of the day.
The USA is NOT the most unhealthy country in the world. Yes, we have too many people who eat too much and do so in part because the US government has insane food recommendations. But if you prefer to live in the Sudan or Cuba...
Why is that?
I put over 1000 miles on my bike one summer — lost 15 lbs. I rode everywhere. Limited carb intake two years ago and lost 52 lbs.
No doubt I was in very good shape that summer. But my goal was more to lose weight than to get into shape. Plus, carrying that extra weight while exercising is hard on the body. Find a low impact exercise.
In looking at the chart, Japan is the longest-lived, followed by some other Asian countries. This is puzzling since the Japanese and others eat a lot of white rice, thus a high-carb diet. They eat a lot fish, too, though, so maybe that offsets the rice.
On the other hand, I have spoken to Vietnamese and people from Muslim countries who have a very high rate of Type 2 diabetes. They told me it is because of high rice and pasta consumption.
Why would some Asian countries with lots of white rice live a long time and other Asian countries develop diabetes?
When I was a kid, the only hamburgers sold by McDonald’s were 1.6 ounces of meat - before cooking! I believe the standard Coke sold when I was born was in a 5 or 6 oz bottle. Wonder why folks didn’t die of hunger.
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