"eating is an agricultural act" --Wendell Berry, The Pleasures of Eating

Asian Diet vs. American Diet

After talking about the flawed American food pyramid in class today, I did a little more research regarding what specific differences exist between the “healthy” Asian diet and the “unhealthy” American diet. Dr. McDougall does an excellent job of highlighting a few key difference between the two diets and the effects such diets have on human health in the video linked below. Regardless of what food pyramid continues to dominate in America, if more human beings were aware of how such a diet is affecting their health and how other diets have proven to be more beneficial, a change in American food consumption may begin to make itself apparent. Eating more whole grains, fruits, and vegetables should not be challenging. In fact, there are a wide variety of plant and grain-based dishes that can be extremely delicious if prepared correctly. With this in mind, we as Americans can hopefully head towards a brighter, more healthy future regarding food and the American diet.

 

Link to Dr. McDougall’s Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXMsYj4RRJ0

 

 

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  4. Souren

    It seems, Asian diets, in some parts, the Japanese diet especially enriched by flavor-pairing rituals, therefore it creates unique benefits for its consumers.
    • Japanese women live to an astonishing average of 87-years-old, A record number that has continued to climb since the 1960s. That’s over 10 years longer than we get to live here… 10 YEARS!
    • But the Japanese were also named the most “Disease-Resistant” & “Happiest” country as well. These women had uncommonly low rates of dementia, depression, heart attacks, and strokes.
    • The Japanese had made one simple “alteration” to their eating habits 62 years ago. That actually fought tooth-and-nail against disease and obesity.
    • The study revealed that Japanese women are on average 42 pounds lighter than American women!
    • While our obesity rate dominated 75% of our population last year, Japan’s obesity rate remained almost non-existent. Longest-living, happiest and SKINNIEST country all at once.
    • ..The Japanese Government instead passed laws To make their “wellness from within” Flavor-Pairing Rituals and Shoku-Iku, the country’s mandatory Nutritional Platform.
    • They eat almost double the carbs we eat here!
    see the link http://ritual.poundinc.hop.clickbank.net
    they didn’t provide references for their claims but you can validate them by doing more research online,
    references for the above claims are not provided

  5. Christine Almer

    I think this just goes to show how confused Americans are about what a healthy diet really is. Eating fast food and junk food more than 3 or 4 times a week has become the norm among most Americans, and they do not see how screwed up that is. Like you said, if Americans were aware about what a healthy diet is compared to what they are used to eating, we might be able to make significant society-wide dietary changes.

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