Something I'd like to clarify a bit better: I know I used America as the prime example for poor food portions and regulations, but quite a few of the points apply to many other countries as well. For example, there are many food dyes that are actually BANNED from food in the USA that are allowed in Europe. E124, a synthetic red food dye linked to exacerbating ADHD problems in kids, is banned in the United States, but not in Europe. Quinoline Yellow, another food dye that can cause allergic reactions/skin rashes, is also banned in the USA, but not Europe. The point is that much of these chemicals, preservatives, and additives have infiltrated our food everywhere. And it's important to protect yourself by checking ingredients, and being mindful of what you eat as much as possible.
Dude, this is such a copout. A comment six days after you uploaded the video? Really? That's how you're going to address perpetuating a false narrative so vehemently? I'm gonna address every chapter in this video to the best of my ability, because I believe that while you are an intelligent science-minded guy, this video really misses the mark and is only going to cause a community of the exact crazy people on social media you talk about at the end of the video to be strengthened and reinforced in their ideals. 1. This is just a hook, ton of statistics and while I could nitpick that the cancer increase in young people---especially bowel cancer which is on the rise---is most likely due to a lack of fiber, not carcinogens in food as is implied, I understand why you aren't going to add an asterisk to the middle of your intro. What I don't understand is the narrative that Gen Z is the sickest generation in history. I'd like to see a source for this, because though I won't write it off immediately I have a feeling that this is an instance of bad statistics, where all it does is take numbers instead of adjusting for worse diagnosis practices. After all, do you really think the people raised on lead and asbestos are healthier than today? 2. Red 3 IS being banned. They planned to ban it completely ever since they banned it in makeup, even despite a lack of evidence of any carcinogenic effects in the doses that any human could possibly get, and it being phased out of most food products. Blame bureaucracy, not the FDA. Red 40, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6 are, again, safe in any reasonable dose. And it does need to be pointed out that containments are containments. Meaning they're not intentionally included. Meaning that you cannot blame the dye, you have to blame the dye producers not having a rigorous enough testing process to filter these containments out. And, I just need to stress this, none of these dyes are proven harmful to the average person, not a single one is proven carcinogenic when ingested by humans in food at the quantities used. Onto the hypersensitivity point, Red 40 is the only one with any suggested link between increased consumption of it and ADHD symptoms worsening in children who already have ADHD. Not much to say about that, whether it's true or not, we don't ban things for causing an 8% chance of making a child with ADHD a little more hyperactive. That's like banning peanuts to protect people from peanut allergies. Though, if a link between the two is definitively established, I think a warning label would be a good idea. I can't find anything backing that genotoxicity point in humans, and humans aren't rats. In Europe, only a few countries are required to add that warning label, not the entirety as is suggested in the video; but again, I am not against a warning if any link is actually proven. Also, while I cannot be sure and therefore am not making a statement on Red 3, acting all pompous and going "How could these dyes cause cancer if applied to the skin but not when you eat them?" doesn't work when the doses and mode of transportation between those two things is completely different. For the list of additives, I will talk about the ones I am confident with, and leave you to decide with the ones I am unsure about. Ultimately, I cannot know everything, and I believe spreading misinformation of my own is not a way to debunk misinformation. Potassium Bromate is safe in humans. It's converted to Bromide when cooking, which is harmless as it's processed and removed easily by your kidneys. It is only carcinogenic at levels 1000x higher than what the FDA allows. ADA I am not sure about, can't seem to find much convincing evidence one way or another. rBGH is banned for animal welfare, not for being carcinogenic at the dose that would reach a human. BHA and BHT, like most antioxidants, are actually GOOD for you at the right dose. It is only carcinogenic, again, when you give 1000x the dose to rats! Ractopamine, like rBGH, is banned for animal welfare. It has a half-life of 4 hours, meaning by the time it's on your plate the levels are near if not 0. HFCS is just not banned in the EU. It's just sugar. Chlorine washed chicken is not banned in most places, and the places it is it is not due to being unsafe, it's due to the fact that people thought it made the chicken safer to eat raw despite the fact it only made it safer to handle the outside. 3. I see this argument, but also I don't think getting a better value for your dollar is a bad thing. It's just something that takes discipline not to overuse. I also think it's disingenuous not to mention that these cultural differences either are caused by or have caused Asian people to have significantly higher rates of eating disorders. Idolizing Japan, the place where women are treated significantly worse and expected to fall into every possible beauty standard even before adulthood because people are skinny is a little gross. I actually really like the point about how "fast food" is more often made to be social in Europe, and I will not argue that the US does not have an issue with how food is viewed and consumed, I just believe that issue is cultural rather than regulational. Saying Europe doesn't smother food in oil and butter is not completely true, but smaller portion sizes and making vegetables more of a focal point is definitely a good idea that I personally have followed in my home to good results. 9:34 This made me laugh. What is this for? This isn't a reputable source of any kind, yet I'm pretty sure this is the only source you link throughout the entire video??? He's spouting the same misinformation as you did earlier in this video, and it's just a random gym nut influencer. Not gonna bother talking about what he says in the video, because I think section 2 does that well enough and I've spent too much time on this. 4. Nothing to say about this segment, willing to admit that I completely agree that US infrastructure is screwed and walking, shocker, is good for you. You should make a full video on this, if you haven't already. 5. Same as above, but I will say if that Metabo law doesn't also check in with employees if they suddenly lose weight then it's a biased law, and just reflects what I said earlier about Japan giving poor treatment to people with eating disorders and almost expecting them as a part of the culture. Your conclusion relies off the same misinformation that I addressed earlier, so won't address that despite disagreeing. US healthcare does suck, but not because "They're making us sick to sell us the cure!" 6. Good segment, would like a full video on insane diet culture too. Carnivores are insane lol. Ultimately I completely agree with the conclusion that a wide variety of food is significantly better than cutting stuff out, and the idea of a diet just being eating well is a little weird. 7. This segment is fine, some of the same issues as before, especially saying "regulations in our food is desperately needed" when we are ranked 3rd in food safety and quality by the GFSI. Also, telling the consumer to avoid "any preservatives, additives, NATURAL FLAVORS(???) or dyes" is like telling people to avoid water. There is no pre-packaged food that doesn't have at least one of these, and that's because it's literally impossible. You cannot ship food without preservatives, you cannot make food without additives, and you cannot flavor food without flavor(again, ???). I don't mind saying aim for organic, but be aware it's almost 100% not any healthier for you. I just like the variety provided by organic, but most organic produce uses MORE pesticide because organic pesticides don't work as well. And GMO doesn't mean anything bad. GMO has equal if not more nutrients than non-gmo in most foods, and uses less pesticide and fungicide because it is more resistant normally. Conclusion I think this video, just for segment 2, is bad. Segment 2 is a recurring point throughout the video, and it taints anything it comes into contact with. This video should be corrected, but has already done damage just by spreading this misinformation to a ton of people. I DON'T believe, however, that you're a bad creator. I think you fell into the trap a lot of people fall into, which is assuming that once you learn a little bit about a topic, you can educate others about it without going more in depth in your research. You saw things that affirmed the bias you already held, and pushed the things that didn't away. All I want you to do is see this comment, read through it, and change. I'm even going to subscribe, because I want to see this change happen. You hold the power of a platform to educate others, don't take it for granted.
@@macandfries6765 This is why I need to stop clicking on these "essay" videos. All it does is attempt to appeal to someone's already formed bias, and I'm seeing it in the comments too. Just ridiculous all around. I really need to use this site less & somehow fix my algorithm so that videos like these do not pop up anymore.
I'm French and German. Here in Europe you will still get fat if you countinue your high fat, salt and sugar diet. It's true that, in european countries high processed food have less ingredients, but you will be still fat even if you are working in a job, where you must move a lot. Some canned food like tomatos are even imported from China, but labeled as italian, where a lot pesticides are used. After the EU regulations, it's legal to do this, since the laste step is putting the giants can of mixed tomatoes in the can and that happaned in Italy. The best diet is to reduce the consumption of processed food and to learn how to cook.
ok but it's still infinitely healthier than american food but sure lol, murica only cares about profits all of the people will have to die until they do something about a crisis like this
even with that, there is no guarantee you will get a good food - I buy "organic", regular whole foods and cook from scratch in the US - I still have the skin breakouts and greasy hair, fragile nails all the time. Despite vitamins I am taking. My body seems to have no issues with food outside of the US: Russia, Serbia, Malaysia and Thailand
@@l__l2328 RFK is not going to do anything, he's a quack... If you think Trumpy is about to do anything about it, you're even more delusional than I thought. Look at what that Orange Rapist eats: McDonalds.... Plus he's in the pocket of Pharma... Your Savior isn't going to save you, he's in it for himself and you're in a cult.
I think soda alone is a huge factor. in the past soda was in small glass bottles, my parents only drank it on special occasions. its literally just empty calories that gets rapidly absorbed and spikes your insulin levels. i never drink soda and remain thin without much issue.
Been saying this for 10+ years. I drank 3 or 4 cans of soda all throughout my teens and I was 190 pounds when I was 19, no, I didn't work out and I was only 5'2. And the only thing I really did was eventually stop drinking so much soda. I'll drink 1 bottle of soda a day usually, but it's diet or zero sugar, sometimes I'll drink a regular bottle, and some days I'll drink 2 bottles, but now I'm 5'4 and have more muscle than I did back then but I stay around 130 give or take... The change is crazy lol
White rice is just empty calories. Sodas have carcinogenic, neurological and cardiovascular degenerating ingredients which are worse than insulin spikes.
I grew up drinking soda like it was water, myself and my family were skinny. Now, I don’t touch the stuff, it doesn’t come in my house nor candy or other sugary beverages but we’re overweight. I don’t know what actually changed when we are eating/drinking healthier.
I had a colonoscopy earlier this year and they found 3 polyps, two of which were precancerous and one high risk. I had another this month, and they found two more. I'm only 28. People don't usually get polyps until they're 50. The chemicals in our food are ruining our bodies.
Try cutting out all processed food and stick to mostly grass fed animal products and organic vegetables. Make sure to get enought magnesium, zinc, D3, K2 and Fish oil. Eat organic beef liver once a week. You can also take hydrosylated collagen, glutamine and some probiotics. I make my own l.reuteri yoghurt. Eat a lot of fermented foods. So if you eat vegetables stick to kimchi, sauerkraut and if you eat grains at all stick to sour dough bread. I've turned my health around 180° by doing this and healed autoimmune diseases I have had. Not only that suddenly I lose weight and build muscle which I was unable to do before despite me counting calories and training. Yes I could lose some and build some muscile but it was marginal. Now it feels like I'm on steroids or something. Morning woods came back hitting me like a freight train, I wake up 3-4 times a night because of them. I'm 36 now and started 2 years ago. It is never too late. With everything I mentioned above you even have a high chance to cure cancer if you have it already though you'd have to go some steps further in making a long waterfast and then eating zero carbs for some months. Some other helpful supplements are taurine, selenium, boron and iodine.
My mom and step dad are morbidly obese. I have watched them go through fad diet after fad diet, one of which was so extreme that it limited them to only 500 calories a day and had them taking "pregnancy hormone" drops by mouth, claiming that the HORMONE was what facilitated the weight loss. They both lost 100 pounds on that diet in the span of 6 months, and the moment they stopped eating specifically what the diet guide book told them to, they went back to pizza, greasy wings, high-fat and high-calorie foods on a daily basis. They are both back at the weight they started at, and no matter how many times I tell them that going on a diet is stupid and that they should be making informed decisions on altering their daily dietary patterns, they still go to the extremes. My step dad got gastric sleeve surgery 4 years ago to reduce his stomach size and he has lost no weight as a result, and my mom just sent my wife and I home with 5 pounds of various types of bread because she "realized that it's the carbs that are making her fat." But the 10,000 calories of snack foods within arms reach of them while lounging in the living room for the entire evening has nothing to do with it. Meanwhile, I constantly struggle to find foods that don't have sucralose and artificial coloring in them if I'm shopping anywhere other than Aldi, and even them I'm occasionally surprised to find one of those two on the ingredients list. Like why the fuck does every flavor of Shasta soda have sucralose in it, despite already having sugar as the main ingredient? Why do we need to make the sweet thing even sweeter ARTIFICIALLY?
I'm the sexiest person in my family because I took the radical approach of eating nutrient rich and full of fiber. Ironically, most of my food is processed.
I'm Japanese and I have to say one thing you should know; The portion you mentioned served in Japan is small to you Not because of Harahachibu. The portion is that "small" amount because it is ENOUGH for regular or most adult Japanese people to become full, that's why. Period.
I think you misunderstood what he was trying to explain. He mentioned the 80% full mindset but that wasn’t the point of his statement. He stated that he learned the word for large BECAUSE he knew that the small portions would leave him hungry. But even your guys large is our small regardless if you all eat to 80% fullness. You said that those portions were ENOUGH for adults that’s not how American think, we don’t eat for ENOUGH food we eat until we feel physically sick and a lot of us don’t know the difference between ENOUGH and stuffed.
Few Japanese people are likely to consciously practice the concept of *hara hachibu* (eating until 80% full), but I believe cultural influences are at play. Being accustomed to eating moderate portions likely reduces the preference for oversized servings. Conversely, if one regularly consumes oversized portions, it may lead to the body adapting to require more, creating a vicious cycle where one becomes increasingly dependent on larger sizes.
People talk about portion sizes, but packaging is also enourmous. In Europe, most food comes in 100 g packages and you use that to feed several people or last several times. Which is about 3.5 ounces. When you get huge packaging, you end up using more because you are serving yourself as a share of the packaging. Also in Europe they will say xxx calories per 100 g, so if you have a 100 g package and eat half the package or a third, you can easily calculate the calories, but in the USA, they will say something like xxx calorie per 7 peanuts. It makes it impossible to understand how many calories you would be consuming by just looking at the package in the store. It makes people give up and just overeat without being conscious.
What kind of food are you talking about? Pre-packaged raw meat in european supermarkets comes in about 400-600g per package (in my experience one pack can feed 2-4 people, depending on the dish). Unless you're talking about rice/groats or maybe small packages of pre-sliced cheese and ham.
What are you talking about? 100g? Maybe if we’re talking about deli meats or chocolate. Agreed about declared portions on packaging though, it’s much more reasonable.
I live in Canada and I was recently baffled to find out that the frozen fries I bought contain caramel colouring for that golden brown look. Add some paprika for God's sake.. not buying that brand again
Wow that’s so unnecessary… watch out for the sugars and corn syrups too, I started reading labels some years ago and sooo many brands add sugar to things like pasta sauces, juice, granola, bread, etc
One thing you take for granted living in Europe is non-artificial coloring and sweeteners. Here in Finland at least, all food producers use different kinds of vegetable and fruit juices to make the colors stand out and give the products sweetness. I recently bought German made pudding from Lidl which had both Acesulfame K and Sucralose in it, and it was so sweet it was unedible. Edit: Yes, I know Germany is in Europe. I'm just saying we have options
"it was so sweet it was unedible" - such phrases basically don't exist here in the USA. I used to eat normal processed american food, and then when I switched to healthier non-processed food, one of the biggest surprises was how sweet carrots are. In the USA, we're raised on HFCS to the point that we can't even properly taste real food.
I come from Switzerland and I just spent one year abroad in Germany. I can only agree with you. I do not cook very well, so I buy processed food occasionnally like sausages, raviolis, fries, spring rolls, premade sauces, etc. The ones I bought in Germany were all so sweet and so greazy compared to what I'm used to that I felt almost nauseous eating some of them
I'm from Sweden, and I guess we have a lot in common with Finland (and Norway) when it comes to food. One thing I've noticed is that us Nordic countries, tend to have even higher food standards than continental Europe. We use less antibiotics for livestock and poultry, and often have even stricter regulations around things like pesticides and herbicide use than continental Europe does. I remember when Sweden first joined the EU about 30 years ago now, there was a fair bit that we suddenly had to put up with that had been banned or regulated here before, but EU allowed so we had to allow it as well :/
I live in the Netherlands for the past 10 years now but I am originally French, and the amount of sugar and sweeteners they put in everything just baffles me... it is like you say ''so sweet it was inedible''. They also seem to be addicted to 0% fat products, 0% sugar in every sweetened product (which means artificial sweeteners), and high-protein everything. The yogurt section is probably the worst when it comes to this, as it is a combo of all three... They are falling under the same tropes as the US. They also eat bigger and bigger portions, a lot of hyper-processed food, lots of sodas (a normal fanta here contains sugar AND sweeteners... it just tastes horrid) and the obesity rates, and metabolic disease rates are growing rapidly. Add to that the fact that this so called ''biking country'' is using e-bikes now, and their number one source of physical activity is now gone... I can't see this having a happy ending, it's so sad.
I’m a thin American, have been my whole life. Even as an alcoholic, my weight never got above 145 (I’m 5’6). I’m also severely disabled and cannot work. The habits I have are: No added sugars, once a week treats are allowed by day to day I consume none. Walking most days of the week for an hour. Doing small amounts of lifting, most days of the week Eating veggies with my meals, and eating fruits, seeds, and cheese, as my main snacks I still eat to many carbs but I bake my own bread using a bread machine. I found I got migraines from store bought breads. Habits I see others have: Consuming huge main portions with few veggies Not eating whole grains Not consuming enough fiber Eating fast food Unfortunately, I have a disease that means that my daily walks and cooking are literally all I can do. But I feel so much better when I eat and move as much as I feasibly can. I used to eat tons of added sugar and few actual meals. I lost a bunch of weight rapidly when I quit drinking, and my immune system tanked. I developed a yeast infection in my mouth, throat, stomach and intestines. It was crippling and I vomited daily for months. I finally quit consuming sugar, focused on Whole Foods, gained a little weight back, because when I first took antifungals the infection came right back. Now it’s been gone for months!
Canadian here - Despite having quite similar food items and cultures, I do think that our saving grace is the portion size. Some of your portions are simply grotesque to me but seem perfectly normal to you. I have visited Texas recently, I was shocked. I had to split a medium sized side dish of mac n cheese with a friend and we both couldn't finish our half. A child at the next table over had the full thing AND some brisket, my mind was blown.
Oh please. You literally have to go out of your way to find these "huge portions". I'm an American and I was actually shocked at how much BIGGER restaurant servings were in most northern European countries.
Texas has a "food culture" where eating out is a hobby. The whole bible belt really... You can track obesity rates by states over time and the belt is fat...
That was my experience as a brit visiting NYC first time in 2007. Oversized everything and varieties/choices. Awfully grotesquely overweight folk once you're away from the rich areas.
Went to Denmark in 96, everybody was walking or riding bikes, the food was rich actually I mean flavorful, the only marshmallow man you saw was from the US. I was not one of them.
@@ColeHastings if I say anything in reference to that I'll get hit with a cyberbully or hate speech warning without a receipt. Screw tube so feminized and thin-skinned. Can't say anything.
No, because America's problems are being adopted around the world. Ppl in every country aspire to some version of US life, eg more free time, less hard work, more entertainment, more yummy food, more convenience, more freedom (cars), etc
I was diagnosed with ADHD as a 5yo in the mid/late 90s. I was not allowed to eat anything with red dye because it made me insane. I always thought that was bs but i've since learned it's actually true. My mom is a psychologist however so, I guess she knew.
Im from Argentina and the first time I went to the US I was sooo suprised, everyoneee was fat. Like it made me sad how little the country cares about its people that they built the city like the Wall-e movie
Urban sprawl and walkability are rabbit holes that, on their own, would take at least a 15-hour video to cover why they are so much better and list the benefits, from physical to economic to psychological, etc. I don't know what kind of mindset one has to have to prefer being in car-centric places.
Ah, not just the walkability is generally approached, but architecture too! There are several studies pointing out how classical and traditional architecture is so good for us psychologically and socially, instead of the boxes of concrete and glass we see everywhere.
america became car centric in the 1950s, obesity wasnt a problem until the 1980s-90s. its more complex but i believe tied to breakdown of community and rise of hyper-processed foods.
@@xq39car dependency was in full swing in the 1950s and took time to remove all the corner stores and remove the remnants of walkability. Driving everywhere never interacting with neighbors on the way out of the neighborhood helped destroy community. And yeah, high carb food can replace all the calories burned walking in a single meal so food is a huge component.
@@karld1791 I was talking to older relatives about this, and they said up until the 1970s , even if you lived in the suburbs, everyone knew each other, would carpool together, and the early suburbs were built near towns, schools or shopping centers you could walk to . They said after the 1990s, you would go in your car everywhere and knew no one around you. Traffic increased and you couldnt walk even if you wanted to.
When I was kid in the 90s the large soda was the medium, medium was small, and small was the kids cup of today. It got bigger. I moved to smaller, very old, but extremely walkable town in the US, and its just nice to walk to places with a thriving main street too.
Pittsburgh is one of the nicer walkable ones nowadays, they fought tooth and nail to keep their public transport running and have been bending the freeways to serve the city, not the other way around When I'm there I barely ever need to drive, it's wonderful
Estonian here- We used to think that America was a wonderful land and everything was the best there. Now it turns out that things are better here in Europe.
Always have been better on Europe. I've never looked at america as anything but stolen land and a manufactured culture where a minority of people ever leave their country in their lifetime.
@@gauloise6442 , if you are a European I'll get off your fake moral high horse very fast when you have an aging population which is having knock on effects on things like increased tax burdens for healthcare spending and social services, an increasingly energy dependent continent due to not having any natural resources to the scale that America or China does, a stagnating German economy and a French economy on the verge of a Greek Style debt crisis. Varoufakis said it right: Europe is becoming a mixture of irrelevant and toxic without any sense of direction.
There's a lot to talk about here, but at minimum food dye needs to be banned. No one needs their food to be brightly colored at the cost of cancer. But also, car dependence kills walkability, which is the easiest and most accessible form of exercise. I walk about an hour a day as a non-driver and I eat whatever I want and don't gain weight. Without that walking I'd be fat. Most people in the US simply don't get enough exercise because all natural exercise has been replaced by driving cars everywhere. Not Just Bikes is right. Other countries are healthier because they can actually walk places. Food quality is massive, but just getting rid of cars would fix half the issue.
The evidence doesnt show that is causes cancer though, there are some evidence that shows like Cole said, ADHD focus intention but that evidence isnt there yet.
You're mostly right with the exception of one hour of walking making up for eating whatever one wants, primarily because those wants differ a lot from one person to another
You don't have to "get rid of cars" you just need to take the time out of your day to exercise if you do end up driving places. Most people would rather sit on the couch and 'unwind' after a day's work sitting down though, they don't like working out. If you like working out, you simply won't be overweight. It's simple.
@@Thetruthiscosmic not at all. Exercise for its own sake is extremely unnatural, and we just aren't programmed to want to do it. Walking to procure food and other life needs is exactly what we were built for. And when you live in a city and don't have a care, you just do it as part of life, and dont even realize it
As for the red dye, it might've been that it increased the risk for some types of skin cancers, but no such risk was shown for gastrointestinal cancers. Cancer is an umbrella term for diseases caused by many different cell growth abnormalities.
Yep at its core cancer is caused by the degradation of ADN in the long term preventing a cell from auto repairing any possible mutation that leads to a cancer cell. Although ADN regenerations slows down with age I bet all of these chemicals and substances might accelerate this process but since we don't have the technology to see ADN damage in real time we wouldn't be able for now to precisely say which substance or chemicals causes this ADN damage.
Since I am Russian, my American husband and I spend a lot of vacations in my home country. Every time we go there, we come back 3-5 kg lighter, with better skin and hair. Portions in Russia are smaller than in the US (naturally), but the food is FILLING you, not just stuffing. We always struggle to stay fit and healthy looking in the States - and it's not just food, but the quality of lifestyle. Car dependency is killing us. This is utterly ridiculous that you absolutely need a car to survive and participate in society. Sometimes it feels like you live in the US only to pay fees, taxes and service your car since cities were build (well, to be truly correct, plowed down) for cars and papa ford motors industry. As for food...Men, the food here sucks. We don't eat store bought bread, deli meats, frozen foods, ultra processed food. And still! My hair gets greasy every day, my face is constantly breaking out. I am tired of this. Constantly sore back due to lack of mobility, poor skin and nails condition unless you want to drive even more and spend more money and time to find "organic" food which can be found in any neighborhood store abroad at one place in walking distance. Honestly, my quality of life has decreased since I moved to the US. (and prior to that I was living in Thailand for some time). I might be able to buy a lot of unnecessary shite for $100, but the quality is still poor. I might afford to spend $50 for services, but the quality is terrible and there is no pride in any work in the US anymore - all they want is tips. I am working on my way out. I don't want to raise kids in this country and praying every day that they will make it out alive without sh00ters or won't break a leg and bankrupt us. American dream is a scam
having children in the USA is child abuse!!!! i had a german parent and she choose to mutilate and traffick my genitals for american profits. its child abuse to have children in this country
I live between Europe and USA, the same thing. part of the problem is if I eat the same foods I do in Europe, I will gain weight due to the excessive sugars, syrups and fats in them, for example bread and cheese. So I need to cut out these basic staples, but then my body is of whack and not in balance. Bread I can bake, but I am not able to make cheese from scratch.
People living a more sedentary lifestyle, the whole 'a body will rust out before it will wear out' hidden truth of life. People must keep active to stay both physically and mentally heathy into old age. I'm watching this on my laptop in my high back, office chair, thirty years ago, I didn't have this option to suck me in and make me lazy.
Popular point but the main deciding factor on whether you are fat or thin is still food. Talking from experience of being fat and thin without making a single physical lifestyle change. Moreover, I felt the urge to exercise only AFTER my weight became healthy.
I will say, some sedentary stuff can be bent to be more active, you just have to get creative I've made a point of trying to walk on a slow treadmill or at least stand when I game, for example, lets me keep enjoying the pastime I love while making sure my body doesn't suffer as much for it
@@protogionlastname6003 nah, genetics is the main factor, everything else factors in but your genes determine how much effort you need to put into your habits, your diet, etc
Another thing I noticed in Japan was the lack of napkins. When I Googled it, I found that it was because we are supposed to slowly enjoy our food and not just sit and eat mindlessly like in America, lol. I enjoyed my trip there and we did a lot of walking and I did not really see anybody overweight.
I think it has more to do with HOW they eat. Everything is made to be eaten with chopsticks, not hands. I’d love to see anyone slowly enjoy barbecue or Ethiopian food without needing a napkin!😂
It's a nice sentiment but I think the real answer is cost savings and the fact that most, if not all Japanese people carry their own tissues and handkerchiefs at all times. I think people like to romanticize the reasons that Japanese people do the things they do, but after living with them I've found it often just boils down to sheer practicality.
I can't seem to quit sugary treats and pop soda, but was able to quit alcohol and cigarettes much more simply. Can anyone else relate to being addicted to these drinks and sugar?
@priscaonyebuchi7403 yea same I cut to drinking more coffee, a little more fruit for sweetness and different soda drinks than the ones I'm usually addicted to but it's hard
I recommend buying a blender and just freezing your favorite fruits and figuring out a smoothie recipe. And use no added sugar or sugar liquids to blend it up. Also adding chia seeds to smoothies is great and super healthy, best way to cut cravings and be healthy
Yes. Sugar is a bad thing. Try B group vitamins (!!!with B12) and jogging. It stimukates pancreas and insulin. You may also notice how brain fog will disappear.
If you want to be shredded with high testosterone and good health then look at the ingredients and count calories, if you only want to be shredded and you don't care about your health than do only the second one. It's that easy.
@clawwestfall8799 calories has no meaning, the quality of the calorie matters. I eat 4000 calories a day and still underweight. You go try eat 4000 calories of donuts, 25 of them everyday vs eating 3 pound 4000 calories worth of Ribeye steak vs eating 1.4 pound of seeds 4000 calories a day, tell me which diet make you gain or lose or maintain weight.
@@milfeullesakuraba2593 there’s difference in calorie absorption for sure, but not to the degree that you’re talking about. To eat 4000 calories and not gain weight, your BMR, NEAT and exercise has to equal to 4000 calories. If it’s more you’ll lose weight, if it’s higher you’ll gain weight.
@clawwestfall8799 this was not about caloric deficit but you do you , but for the sake of the argument : 1000 calories of bacon is the same with 1000 calories of rice and beans? come on now ....
Yet we do nothing to change our current policies. We are weak; and If you aren’t weak, people paint you as a crazy conspiracy theorist. This country is cooked no matter who’s in office/congress.
Well, I know everyone wants to blame corporations, government, or even cronyism. But I think it's the culture. Americans are obsessed with gambling, looking high status, and colorful fun food. Gen Z if anything is a generation that is the most obsessed with these three. They complain about inequalities, but they'll scream if you tell them that they shouldn't be allowed to gambling stock options on their smartphone.
Well, looks like you haven't been paying attention... Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has literally been appointed the Head of Health because he's been tackling this tirelessly for decades. You might want to look at his resume.
@@vladimirofsvalbard9477 I agree. I already took Robert Kennedy into account when I wrote that. It’s really the people and communities that need to be addressing this mostly. Robert will stimulate change for the better I think though.
Exactly ! We are in the prime of misinformation.. I really worry for the next few years.. we as gen z need to speak up more about this issue instead of ignoring it and blaming one another. We need to adapt a better mindset with food instead of focusing on aesthetics.. and trends
Deadly is a stretch. It’s one of those “depends on the dosage and usage” things. Water is simultaneously beneficial and deadly, depending on how much or how it’s used. Same goes for the internet.
I feel this video so much man. I’ve had health issues for years. It’s been a real battle. I tried several different types of medicines, and went to doctors over the years, but nothing ever really helped. Eventually I realized it was the food and went on a whole journey of self discovery to find which diet worked best for me. I feel much better now.
Yes, we subsidize crop insurance for corn and soybeans so it’s more reliable income for farmers and those crops crowd everything else out in the Midwest and we end up having to import almost $200 billion of food while exporting corn and soybeans to the world.
I was experiencing a lot of health problems and weight gain. Doctor just wanted to give various meds to adress the symptoms. I ended up doing an elimination diet over the course of six months - not with the intention of losing weight, but just to see if I was eating anything that was contributing to my joint/foot pain, exhaustion, and skin issues. Started out eating just red meat, and immediately (two weeks or so) the debilitating pain in my feet that was preventing me from walking in the morning, stopped. I hadn't lost weight at that point, but the pain was gone. Joint pain followed soon after and my skin gradually cleared up. Started introducing other foods and didn't see any problems with veggies, dairy, seafood, but BOOM... Processed seed oils. All my joint and foot pain started up again. Extra virgin olive oil is okay, and I've been playing with avocado oil recently, but for the most part, I stick with butter, ghee and animal fats for cooking. Result of the elimination diet had me reducing grains, avoiding added sugar in foods that had no need of them, cutting out "vegetable" oils entirely, and I feel better now than I did in my twenties, plus am down 80 pounds without calorie restrictions. I pretty much can eat what I want, but I do need to do most of my own cooking and a LOT of label reading. Processed foods are almost impossible.
9:23 Or the whole thing rests on a false premise and you don't actually lose weight, in the first place. I know someone who went to Japan for 3 months (she maxxed out her visa-free travel limit) and she'd actually gained about 10 pounds versus her weight in the US by the end of the process (she's 5'4" and about 120 pounds normally). After several months back in the US, she'd returned to her prior weight. What caused it? She went in the summer. Southern Japan, where Tokyo is located, is ungodly hot and humid in the summer. It's like 95 degrees with freakishly high humidity every day. It's even hot when it rains! As a result of all that, it's very difficult to actually do things outdoors. So she was actually more indoor-oriented during her time in Japan than she would normally be in the US at the same time.
Here in Singapore our food is flavourful. Also it is significantly healthier than America. For one, our portions are not monstrous and tipping is not a thing here.
I live in america, and I have a pretty healty diet. I am also weirded out by all the weird diet stuff. I just eat mostly meat and vegetables like a normal human being, despite having heavily processed and sickeningly sweet foods everywhere. I dont eat much sugar, partially because it can upset my stomach pretty quickly, but mostly just because everything so sweet. I want my deserts to taste like something other than just straight sweetness. I need flavor. I am tiny compared to the average person so i have lower food requirements, but at restaurants i usually find that my stomach is full about halfway through.
Yep, we had to cut out the restaurants. I started to become sick over the last several years and had huge bloat. Now I eat all organic; mostly potatoes, meat, and fruits.
I think one the most ironic funniest things my homie said to me was that I "Don't eat real food". I've been on a Whole food plant based diet for almost a decade, And My friend who eats fast food drinks sodas eats candy and crap and cant cook a single meal said that to me. He has Chrohn's disease and I was on his case for years telling him he would feel better if only he cleaned up his diet (hes had a few close calls and surgery's due to blockages). He's literally said to me multiple times he would rather die eating his shitty food than clean up his diet, Sadly all this highly palatable ultra refined junk is literally getting people addicted, inflaming them and then they are getting fed the same crap at the hospital. My local hospital literally has a Dunkin Donuts inside it and you can get drinks of soda as a patient, What is going on America its time to wake up these companies and medicals only see you as dollar signs there is no compassion left these days, Its really not hard to eat healthier and exercise a few times a week maybe you'll might start feeling better physically and emotionally if you cut out the processed crap and start moving!
I visited the US a few weeks ago, to Anaheim with my family. I was shocked by how crappy the groceries were. THE smallest produce section I’d ever seen at my life at the supermarket by our Air BnB. The quality of the produce was also horrible - especially considering we were in CA. Normally I try to shop the outside aisles of the supermarket as a rule in Canada. That’s where the produce, Dairy and Meats tend to be that are locally sourced. Even our grains I try to buy the stuff baked in house. It’s also interesting because in Canada many foods are not allowed to be made with HFCS.
Going to be a nerd momentarily but Dungeon Meshi really communicated to me the mindset needed for a healthy relationship with food. To really sit and appreciate a meal and what goes into it (often best done by DIY) instead of mindlessly scoffing it down is a good start.. As a fairly broke person my tips include: *Frozen veggies are great, often have sales, most nutrients, longer lasting... *Herbs are fairly easy to take care of IMO, I have a few just sitting on my porch in pots. I'm also planning to look into low maintenance things to grow, so that may be a good idea for others. *Be willing to shop around 2 or even 3 stores if you have the time *See what your library offers. Ones in my county have a seed library and some nutrition classes. Also some exercise classes for free. Remember, if you don't wanna be a gym rat you don't gotta be, so keep it simple but consistent. I like to jog, walk nature trails, and stretch to support both. *Meal planning is really king. But what is queen is to figure out what your pantry staples should be. Lots of guides out there.
This is such a well-made video. Very informative and relatable. It's so refreshing to see good video essays in this age of slop content. Subscribed. 👍🏾
Try spending 3 weeks in rural nigeria. Everything is organic and natural. If you want an orange you climb a tree. No one knows what chocolate is. I came back 10lb lighter with glowing skin and even started sleeping better.
I’ve seen way too many people online lately jumping right into an extreme diet like carnivore, without making sure they’re getting enough vitamin C, vitamin B, fiber, etc. A diet consisting of only 1-2 food groups is not sustainable and will not provide all the nutrients your body needs
Hypersensitivity reaction isn't ADHD, but in medical literature it's either (in a very rough description) type 1 (allergies), 2 (autoimmune), 3 (bulky complexes), or 4 (tissue specific immune cells)
The best example that comes to my mind is the fanta colour in Europe vs USA. Our (Europe) fanta is yellow, you know like actual ORANGE juice? Yours is an unnatural orange colour that's not real juice at all. Yet most of americans would be shocked to realize that. Most don't even know how orange juice looks like which is kinda insane to me
I keep my weight stable by mainly using "calories in calories out" method and of course avoiding junk food unless its a special occasion I would definitely struggle a lot with understanding whats healthy and maintaining my weight if it weren't for the free information on the internet! I love videos like these !
I live in Europe, on the third floor of an apartment complex. I can walk to my local grocery, buy what I need and be back in my apartment again, within 10-15 minutes. I have travelled to Canada through work 3 times now, and each time I have been shocked by how far away shops are, from where people live.
Im 25, i eat pretty good and dont eat much fast food or junk. Always cooking. Yet still i have the worst stomach issues. Ibs or sibo im not sure yet since i cant get a diagnosis due to cost of medical insurance. This system has failed us all.
my doctor usually suggested to cut out a food item (like milk) for a week, then restart and see how you react. reason being that lactose intolerance could come out as false when it’s not. if you‘re intolerant, try to replace it (hard cheese instead of soft cheese, for instance). I am currently trying out gluten-free because i feel terrible after eating bread when i come back from holidays were there is no such european bread …
When I did live in the U.S. I tried to eat like I do in Austria and eat healthy. Some of the items that I used to choose that were better-for-you choices don't exist anymore. I looked up why exactly that was the case with Kashi, and found out that it's because Kellogg's owns them, and although they weren't performing badly in sales, Kellogg's decided from marketing trades with other brands that they needed to free up space in their production budget to make more kinds of chips and less healthy snacks. So that's very frustrating to me and it does seem very intentional, because as I mentioned, they were doing well in sales!!!!
An issue with your recommendations for better food choices at 18:00 is that a lot of what you said boils down to "but the even more expensive, "organic" "Non GMO" variants" which would be fine if people weren't working 80 hours a day so that they can have -$500 in their bank account at the end of every month.
As a zoomer, in high school I had a lot of unhealthy, junk-food loving friends who had simply resigned to getting cancer eventually. They were all rly depressed and unhappy w their bodies but they used excuses like “oh cancer is in the family so I’ll get it too” to justify eating junk and living unhealthy lifestyles. But it doesn’t help them that junk is served up at lunch in school cafeterias and that the unhealthy lifestyle of limited recess and access to unlimited junk is promoted and socially accepted (food industry doctrine pushed on us by industries, at schools, during assemblies) since elementary school
I go to Europe pretty much every year since 2018 for about a month at a time for my birthday (sans 2020/2021 with c19) and get sick for about a week everytime I get back… even when I eat pretty healthily… and while traveling I actually eat more and do lose a bit of weight too. It really has made me more unsatisfied with how our country is run -
It's run that way so you're a product of gyms, diets, healthcare (that you pay for) and of course your fave big pharma. As a European we look at the US as one big experiment. Cultureless and manufactured to keep ppl poor, unhealthy and distracted with la la land and entertainment etc. I feel sorry for Americans.
this happens to me when i come back from south america to switzerland actually. there i eat fruits and fish all day long. here just bread and dairy products. i usually feel sick and bloated for 2 weeks until I get used to it.
@ yes same thing South America has the best fruits been to Costa Rica a few times, Peru and Chile…. I just wish that the Hispanic countries were actually civilized…. If they were I would go back but I retired from countries that are “hood”
People need to stop eating, take a break, go on a fast and let the body heal! I was severely sick and overweight, went on Keto and intermittent fasting it’s been 2 years and I feel I will live to 1000.
Thanks for keeping us updated! I feel sympathy and empathy for our country. low income people are suffering to survive, and I appreciate Victoria Anne Leonard. You've helped my family with your advice. imagine investing $30,000 and receiving $95,460 after 28 days of trading.
I began investing in stocks and Def earlier this year, and it is the best choice I've ever made. My portfolio is rounding up to almost a million and I have realized that when a stock makes it to the news, chances are you're quite late to the party, the idea is to get in early on blue chips before it becomes public. There are lots of life changing opportunities in the market, and maximize it.
Im 40 years old with a desk job and I always been skinny. My tip? I dont have a car so I must walk or bike everywhere, even when I take the bus I have to walk some. So staying active is the key
Calories in > calories out = weight ↗️. It's not very hard to understand, but so many people are not aware of all the crap in their food. It should be explained in school
Well it's not that easy since you don't eat when you're satiated. People need to know what they're deficient in when they feel certain cravings and they need to know what foods are satiating, healthy and "low" in calories in relation to how filling they are
2:36 that is not what hypersensitivity reactions are 😂. Hypersensitivity is the medical term for allergic reactions. This study is saying that Blue 1, Red 40, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6 may cause allergic reactions in lab animals.
Want to lose weight ? Start with eliminating any drink with calories. I drink water with lemon and coffee (ok, and the occasional beer) anytime I can pinch more than an inch of fat on my belly. Have been doing this for 40+ years and it has never failed to work.
Great video, here in Canada we have a number of the same dyes and high sugar foods as well; same with the car-centered places rather than walkable cities. The thing that really stands out to me around food & exercise is how they have been added to the "productivity" rhetoric. Fast Food, gym exercise as a symbol of "success," whereas elsewhere in the world the lifestyle itself is based on balance. Maybe there are lessons we can take from that concept that go beyond "what" and focus on "how".
I'm American but moved to Europe during undergrad and have lived in various cities, mostly in Western Europe. I thought 10k was a "regular" daily step count. On a good day, I am usually around 15k, more on weekends. And I never believed that the difference is so significant until I consciously paid attention when visiting friends in the Midwest last summer. The fact that going to the pool or the gym often requires a car there, while here it's a hassle if you *have* to take the car, is a huge difference. Most stuff is also not designed primarily for cars, which is an incentive to be a pedestrian. The grocery stores often have parking, but the majority will be subterranean or otherwise hidden, while the streets have storefronts directly by the sidewalks.
It's crazy to me how people don't understand how to eat properly. Just shop mainly the perimeters of the grocery store, and eat whole, natural foods. If the food you plan to eat didn't exist 200 years ago (pop tarts, oreos, etc) don't eat it.
It’s the comfort of convenience, and lack of knowledge or self restraint IMO. I feel like most people I meet today have little patience, and might not want to forth the effort of researching or moderating what they eat on a daily basis. They might know it’s not good for them, but can’t help but be consumers of it.
" Europe built long before cars have narrow streets and pedestrian friendly shopping centers very close to their home " You never been to Romania bro, in the '80 to '90 Bucharest was called ' little Paris' but now, you can call it ' little New York ' or even better ' little Mumbai '
I’ve been working on losing weight since June of 2024, and I’ve lost close to 40 pounds since then. All I’ve done is consciously limit my portions, cut out soda, and consciously try to pick healthier alternatives with less sugar and fats. It doesn’t have to require great sacrifices, but it does require breaking bad habits and changing your mindset, and it isn’t easy. Even despite this, I still heavily rely on prepackaged foods, because it’s most of what is available here in the US. Corporations do not make it easy on us to be healthy and mindful of our bodies
Further proof that America is not a country, it's a corporation. I always hated it here ever since I can remember. And now I kinda know why. It's not the whole picture, but I sure as heck can make out most of it.
This video is great!! Once I hit middle school and my mom stopped cooking like she had been because she had to start working, I got highly addicted and accustomed to ultra-processed high sugar and high fat foods!! It became a nightmare as I saw my weight increase and I started to feel terrible: back pain and tired, many times even lethargic, ALL the time!!! It was a years-long fight to get myself unaddicted to the foods that made up my terrible diet (and probably would have let to diabetes which is in my family) and finally get my weight down AND maintain it. I DID fall for some fad diets along the way (low carb high fat, keto, zero-moderation styles). I'm glad that I finally was able to work my way to a more balanced whole foods and moderate approach to eating that FINALLY gave me my life back and better control over my health. I'm not perfect, but my weight is normal again, my back pain has massively subsided, and I no longer get lethargic during the day!! P.S. 19:26 Thanks for saying "if you eat animal products". That was appreciated as a vegan here. :)
There is also trisodium fosfate which is a stain remover and tartrazine, a yellow sludge originally derived from coal to dye fabric. And that's just two of the chemicals they put in american food.
I've learned a cool little trick called READING THE INGREDIENTS. Don't like additives in your food? You can avoid them but you have to actually take responsibility and read the label. The government is not your mommy. You are responsible for your health and you alone.
Yeah except we literally pay taxes to the government to do due diligence and forbid harmful chemicals from being added to consumer goods. Unfortunately, foods with less harmful shit in them also come at a price premium.
@@florance333 Sometimes they do come at a price premium but that may not be the case if you do a breakdown of how much of your nutritional needs are covered from those higher priced foods (it's not just about calories) because you're likely to consume/need less of it. Furthermore, even if they were categorically more expensive, shouldn't the quality of our food be one of our top priorities when it comes to spending our money? There are sooo many people who don't bat an eye when buying overpriced luxury items, clothing, cars, cosmetics and many other things, all while simultaneously complaining about how expensive food is.
Jamaican here, my parents moved here thinking it would be better but the only thing that is better is the weather. i was surprised by the amount of cars and obese people and kids bc in jamaica you walk to the stores or everyone knows everyone so you borrow something from them. we grow our own fruits and sugarcane and don’t eat big meals. as soon as i got back to america i found out i lost a lot of weight! planning to go to Europe next and see how it is when im an adult 😂 it also pains me how uneducated some of these kids are. how do you not know how to write a simple paragraph
GMO crops are rarely eaten directly. Roundup Ready corn and soy crops are probably the most common GMO crops in North America. They are mostly fed to a huge number of animals we do eat and may also be used to make oils.
What I found very interesting is that when I travelled and ate a lot in Taiwan I did not put on any weight and felt great but when I returned to Australia it was the completely opposite. Food in Taiwan is so much healthier and also there are so many choices and different places to eat from that are open till late but in Australia there is barely anything healthy and everything is far away and closes early and also most foods including meat, vegetables, fruits...etc tastes like poisoned garbage. It was even in the news that not even baby food is nutritious enough in Australia.
The Japanese large used to be a large in the USA in the 90s. The portions have gotten larger here. The large here in America used to a super size. I'm animal based now. Losing weight cut out the pop and liquid calories.
I love walkable culture cities. Since I live in America, I've started walking on the golf course and at work at least 15 minutes min. For bad weather days, I'm walking in place at home to fast-paced music. I've also started gardening, and im in the middle of giving up junk/fast food.
Also food in the USA is full of sugar. Especially our processed food. Everything is crazy sweet. We put sugar in ketup. Ketup! You know, that sour-tomated flavored stuff that isn't supposed to be sweet? When people from other countries come here, they can't believe how sticky sweet everything is. High blood sugar cause high insulin which causes fat storage.
Gotta tell you man, 4 years ago I took milk and gluten completely out of my live... I've never been so healthy. My biological markers are almost perfect. I don't eat processed food like sausage and bacon... I'm from Brazil and for people around me it seems like I'm insane, but for me I just think it's right to eat what is actually real food. And as I told you it's been 4 years eating like this, I'm 27 and I think I'm in my prime and it seems that I'll keep improving.
The science to support seed oils being as bad as random influencers claim is scarce. I’m still skeptical. Regardless, I try to limit/avoid them and use olive/avocado oil instead
Actyally that’s not what it is. Not all seed oils are created equally first of all, some are almost as heart healthy as extra Virgin olive oil. Y’all USAamericans just eat like shit and never exercise or move, loll
@@Thermalsquid360 So? At least 50% of a car's coolant is water. Wanna avoid water too? Pretty sure water is used in a lot of stuff that's extremely unhealthy
The walking thing is something you can’t pin on Americans or even car centric cities. The biggest issue with walkable cities in the US is simply how absolutely huge the country is. I could technically walk to my job every day if I wanted to, but it would take 3+ hours on foot or 10 minutes by car. The state I live in is a quarter the size of Europe alone.
Even 10 000 steps? I'm from Europe 10 000 steps is minimum here 😅 in really busy days i often walk 20 000 bc i have to walk from one uni building to another multiple times
In Asia where I live, the price of 1 bigmac can get me 3 bowls of rice with vegetables of choice, tofu, tempeh, egg / chicken. Junk food can be pretty expensive here, and now im kinda happy for that, its a nice treat once in a while meal not an everyday diet
15:00 an “animal based” diet is animal products such as meat, eggs, dairy in addition to fruit. this diet eliminates all grain, sugar, and seed oils and any kind of processed food. i encourage you to do some research first before criticizing it.
I dislike the cultural framing around car dependent infrastructure being something that's uniquely American. It's more a question of timing of development. Boston for example is about as American as you can get and it's walkable, because of when it was built. And guess what, Americans love it. Nobody visits New England and goes "the towns were nice but I wish I had to drive more." Meanwhile you go to Australia and Asia and you'll find the same car dependent nightmare sprawl in cities that were built during the 20th Century. If Europe wasn't built out before the industrial revolution I can guarantee you there would be suburban sprawl there too.
America and Australia are too big and most of the land is just wilderness so you got to take the car .in Europe you can literally walk from city to city in a few hours with a bunch of suburbs farms and a tiny forest between the cities even the forest sometimes has a random vending machine. if you tried that in America or even worse Australia it would be a dangerous multi week adventure .
here's some info. I'm a celiac, and on the more extreme side of it. I can't do gluten, dairy, or rice. I am more fit then more then 90% of my generation Z. because most of the stuff with all that crap in it, has the nastier stuff packed up too. and gluten ALSO, despite what many would say, is not the great food it is talked up to be. it is great if you want a high calorie load that doesn't even get you to feel half full, causing overeating. that's just my input.
The thing about grains is they have actually singe-handedly lifted people out of starvation and famine. And back in the day when we ate less super-refined white grains, there were a lot more nutrients in the grains and grain products, as well as in the soil to grow them. But through centuries of trying to cut agricultural costs, make labour easier, cut food waste, we've leeched out most of the nutrients in the end-product. We've genetically-modified the grains to be more cost-effective and sweet, but less nutritious and worse for our health. Harder on our digestive systems. The grains in the time of Jesus et al, are not the same grains of today.
@@Un1234l won't argue that at all! they were good a while back. they saved humanity's sorry butts more then just a few times in history. and I wish they were great still, but most are sadly not. genetically modified junk is the majority. all about cutting costs. and since the healthier stuff costs more...well, I personally would rather pay now with cash then later with my life (or any problems relating as such)
i live in an area of the USA where almost everyone is thin, especially the kids. I don't think I've ever met more than three overweight kids my whole life, let alone an obese one. and the parents are usually thin or just mildly overweight too! the main reason is because our area puts a huge emphasis on school sports, I go to a highschool very renowned for its extensive and very good athletics program, almost everyone who goes there is a student athlete, thus, none are fat. also, if they're on a team in school sports, the coaches will often help them get to peak physique (example, my cross country coach would tell us what we should eat leading up to a race for our best performance) and this usually means they're not fat. I'm so glad to live in this area but I think that the food dye thing is so messed up. everyone knows they're bad and nothing happens.
That really is an american problem guys. In Italy, at least, we know how to eat. + you americans have structured your cities in a way that makes it impossible for most people to not use the car when you need to go around. That's bad, the problem is also here (Italy), but less accentuated.
@K.C-2049 Wtf where in Canada do you live? Definitely not in Southern Ontario, Vancouver, or the big cities. Those places are cold and heartless like New York City.
@K.C-2049 "Get outdoors" in the cities. Okay. With one of the highest homeless and gurD problems from sky-high cost of living, inept governing. Pollution and poverty increasing, crime increasing.
When I was in 3rd grade, I knew someone who was allergic to red dye. I didn't realize it could even be a kind of food allergy, however now I am starting to understand why they might be allergic to it.
Portion control is just a portion of the healthy weight equation. To suggest that 200 calories of coke have the same effect on the body as 200 calories of eggs is just dumb. Especially after you acknowledge how all the ultra-processed chemicals are potentially affecting us. I've tried all the diets from vegan to carnivore, whole foods and paleo. What I have learned after all of them is focusing on animal-based protein and supplementing with whole natural foods is the most evolutionary appropriate diet that nature spent a really long time optimizing us for.
I live in Dubai and refuse to own a car. I had a car in Texas and walked 500-1000 steps a day. These days, I walk everywhere and walk on average 10,000 steps a day. 8000-15000. I walked 20 km yesterday!! (12.5 miles!)
Also they healthier food is more expensive than junk food. The cheapest drinks you can buy in a grocery store is a huge bottle of soda, whereas healthier drinks cost 3 times as much. Fruits and veggies are expensive but a big bag of chips is like 1/3 the cost. Reverse that and a lot of the problem will be solved.
no it doesn’t. if you go to a walmart, fresh fruit & veggies are less than a dollar and frozen veggies are about a dollar. stop making excuses and improve yourself.
no it’s not. fresh fruits & veggies are less than a dollar/$3 at most. since you hate water so much, which is free, an entire carton of la croix is $3. stop making excuses and learn and grow as a person.
Something I'd like to clarify a bit better:
I know I used America as the prime example for poor food portions and regulations, but quite a few of the points apply to many other countries as well.
For example, there are many food dyes that are actually BANNED from food in the USA that are allowed in Europe. E124, a synthetic red food dye linked to exacerbating ADHD problems in kids, is banned in the United States, but not in Europe. Quinoline Yellow, another food dye that can cause allergic reactions/skin rashes, is also banned in the USA, but not Europe.
The point is that much of these chemicals, preservatives, and additives have infiltrated our food everywhere. And it's important to protect yourself by checking ingredients, and being mindful of what you eat as much as possible.
SV-40 and other viruses can be added into things taken with needles such as quack scenes.
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Dude, this is such a copout. A comment six days after you uploaded the video? Really? That's how you're going to address perpetuating a false narrative so vehemently?
I'm gonna address every chapter in this video to the best of my ability, because I believe that while you are an intelligent science-minded guy, this video really misses the mark and is only going to cause a community of the exact crazy people on social media you talk about at the end of the video to be strengthened and reinforced in their ideals.
1. This is just a hook, ton of statistics and while I could nitpick that the cancer increase in young people---especially bowel cancer which is on the rise---is most likely due to a lack of fiber, not carcinogens in food as is implied, I understand why you aren't going to add an asterisk to the middle of your intro. What I don't understand is the narrative that Gen Z is the sickest generation in history. I'd like to see a source for this, because though I won't write it off immediately I have a feeling that this is an instance of bad statistics, where all it does is take numbers instead of adjusting for worse diagnosis practices. After all, do you really think the people raised on lead and asbestos are healthier than today?
2. Red 3 IS being banned. They planned to ban it completely ever since they banned it in makeup, even despite a lack of evidence of any carcinogenic effects in the doses that any human could possibly get, and it being phased out of most food products. Blame bureaucracy, not the FDA. Red 40, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6 are, again, safe in any reasonable dose. And it does need to be pointed out that containments are containments. Meaning they're not intentionally included. Meaning that you cannot blame the dye, you have to blame the dye producers not having a rigorous enough testing process to filter these containments out. And, I just need to stress this, none of these dyes are proven harmful to the average person, not a single one is proven carcinogenic when ingested by humans in food at the quantities used. Onto the hypersensitivity point, Red 40 is the only one with any suggested link between increased consumption of it and ADHD symptoms worsening in children who already have ADHD. Not much to say about that, whether it's true or not, we don't ban things for causing an 8% chance of making a child with ADHD a little more hyperactive. That's like banning peanuts to protect people from peanut allergies. Though, if a link between the two is definitively established, I think a warning label would be a good idea. I can't find anything backing that genotoxicity point in humans, and humans aren't rats. In Europe, only a few countries are required to add that warning label, not the entirety as is suggested in the video; but again, I am not against a warning if any link is actually proven. Also, while I cannot be sure and therefore am not making a statement on Red 3, acting all pompous and going "How could these dyes cause cancer if applied to the skin but not when you eat them?" doesn't work when the doses and mode of transportation between those two things is completely different. For the list of additives, I will talk about the ones I am confident with, and leave you to decide with the ones I am unsure about. Ultimately, I cannot know everything, and I believe spreading misinformation of my own is not a way to debunk misinformation. Potassium Bromate is safe in humans. It's converted to Bromide when cooking, which is harmless as it's processed and removed easily by your kidneys. It is only carcinogenic at levels 1000x higher than what the FDA allows. ADA I am not sure about, can't seem to find much convincing evidence one way or another. rBGH is banned for animal welfare, not for being carcinogenic at the dose that would reach a human. BHA and BHT, like most antioxidants, are actually GOOD for you at the right dose. It is only carcinogenic, again, when you give 1000x the dose to rats! Ractopamine, like rBGH, is banned for animal welfare. It has a half-life of 4 hours, meaning by the time it's on your plate the levels are near if not 0. HFCS is just not banned in the EU. It's just sugar. Chlorine washed chicken is not banned in most places, and the places it is it is not due to being unsafe, it's due to the fact that people thought it made the chicken safer to eat raw despite the fact it only made it safer to handle the outside.
3. I see this argument, but also I don't think getting a better value for your dollar is a bad thing. It's just something that takes discipline not to overuse. I also think it's disingenuous not to mention that these cultural differences either are caused by or have caused Asian people to have significantly higher rates of eating disorders. Idolizing Japan, the place where women are treated significantly worse and expected to fall into every possible beauty standard even before adulthood because people are skinny is a little gross. I actually really like the point about how "fast food" is more often made to be social in Europe, and I will not argue that the US does not have an issue with how food is viewed and consumed, I just believe that issue is cultural rather than regulational. Saying Europe doesn't smother food in oil and butter is not completely true, but smaller portion sizes and making vegetables more of a focal point is definitely a good idea that I personally have followed in my home to good results. 9:34 This made me laugh. What is this for? This isn't a reputable source of any kind, yet I'm pretty sure this is the only source you link throughout the entire video??? He's spouting the same misinformation as you did earlier in this video, and it's just a random gym nut influencer. Not gonna bother talking about what he says in the video, because I think section 2 does that well enough and I've spent too much time on this.
4. Nothing to say about this segment, willing to admit that I completely agree that US infrastructure is screwed and walking, shocker, is good for you. You should make a full video on this, if you haven't already.
5. Same as above, but I will say if that Metabo law doesn't also check in with employees if they suddenly lose weight then it's a biased law, and just reflects what I said earlier about Japan giving poor treatment to people with eating disorders and almost expecting them as a part of the culture. Your conclusion relies off the same misinformation that I addressed earlier, so won't address that despite disagreeing. US healthcare does suck, but not because "They're making us sick to sell us the cure!"
6. Good segment, would like a full video on insane diet culture too. Carnivores are insane lol. Ultimately I completely agree with the conclusion that a wide variety of food is significantly better than cutting stuff out, and the idea of a diet just being eating well is a little weird.
7. This segment is fine, some of the same issues as before, especially saying "regulations in our food is desperately needed" when we are ranked 3rd in food safety and quality by the GFSI. Also, telling the consumer to avoid "any preservatives, additives, NATURAL FLAVORS(???) or dyes" is like telling people to avoid water. There is no pre-packaged food that doesn't have at least one of these, and that's because it's literally impossible. You cannot ship food without preservatives, you cannot make food without additives, and you cannot flavor food without flavor(again, ???). I don't mind saying aim for organic, but be aware it's almost 100% not any healthier for you. I just like the variety provided by organic, but most organic produce uses MORE pesticide because organic pesticides don't work as well. And GMO doesn't mean anything bad. GMO has equal if not more nutrients than non-gmo in most foods, and uses less pesticide and fungicide because it is more resistant normally.
Conclusion
I think this video, just for segment 2, is bad. Segment 2 is a recurring point throughout the video, and it taints anything it comes into contact with. This video should be corrected, but has already done damage just by spreading this misinformation to a ton of people. I DON'T believe, however, that you're a bad creator. I think you fell into the trap a lot of people fall into, which is assuming that once you learn a little bit about a topic, you can educate others about it without going more in depth in your research. You saw things that affirmed the bias you already held, and pushed the things that didn't away. All I want you to do is see this comment, read through it, and change. I'm even going to subscribe, because I want to see this change happen. You hold the power of a platform to educate others, don't take it for granted.
@@macandfries6765 This is why I need to stop clicking on these "essay" videos. All it does is attempt to appeal to someone's already formed bias, and I'm seeing it in the comments too. Just ridiculous all around. I really need to use this site less & somehow fix my algorithm so that videos like these do not pop up anymore.
E124 is just a natural red pigment produced by an insect feeding on cactus
I'm French and German. Here in Europe you will still get fat if you countinue your high fat, salt and sugar diet. It's true that, in european countries high processed food have less ingredients, but you will be still fat even if you are working in a job, where you must move a lot.
Some canned food like tomatos are even imported from China, but labeled as italian, where a lot pesticides are used. After the EU regulations, it's legal to do this, since the laste step is putting the giants can of mixed tomatoes in the can and that happaned in Italy.
The best diet is to reduce the consumption of processed food and to learn how to cook.
Spot on and learning how to cook is really simple as long as you view eating as an activity that's meant to fuel your body and not as a dopamine hit
Fat does ‘t make you fat. Carbs and sugar make you fat. Eat all the meat and real butter you want and the weight will fall off
ok but it's still infinitely healthier than american food but sure lol, murica only cares about profits all of the people will have to die until they do something about a crisis like this
even with that, there is no guarantee you will get a good food - I buy "organic", regular whole foods and cook from scratch in the US - I still have the skin breakouts and greasy hair, fragile nails all the time. Despite vitamins I am taking. My body seems to have no issues with food outside of the US: Russia, Serbia, Malaysia and Thailand
Bro speak English.
What gets me the most is how people know how messed up our food/health industry is and nothing is changing
We are about to get RFK who has sued many of these companies for such practises, but I still remain sceptical as to if he will do anything.
Maybe because those food businesses have a lot of sway in US politics? Bit like Big pharma does and other lobbies.
You have to change your diet with out waiting for the laws to change. Hopefully things will change.
@@l__l2328 RFK is not going to do anything, he's a quack... If you think Trumpy is about to do anything about it, you're even more delusional than I thought. Look at what that Orange Rapist eats: McDonalds.... Plus he's in the pocket of Pharma... Your Savior isn't going to save you, he's in it for himself and you're in a cult.
@@l__l2328 Eh, sounds like he'll be more focused on trying to revoke polio vaccines and banning medication commercials.
I think soda alone is a huge factor. in the past soda was in small glass bottles, my parents only drank it on special occasions. its literally just empty calories that gets rapidly absorbed and spikes your insulin levels. i never drink soda and remain thin without much issue.
Yeah I don't even touch that stuff at all
Been saying this for 10+ years.
I drank 3 or 4 cans of soda all throughout my teens and I was 190 pounds when I was 19, no, I didn't work out and I was only 5'2.
And the only thing I really did was eventually stop drinking so much soda. I'll drink 1 bottle of soda a day usually, but it's diet or zero sugar, sometimes I'll drink a regular bottle, and some days I'll drink 2 bottles, but now I'm 5'4 and have more muscle than I did back then but I stay around 130 give or take...
The change is crazy lol
But I love soda 😭 damn
White rice is just empty calories. Sodas have carcinogenic, neurological and cardiovascular degenerating ingredients which are worse than insulin spikes.
I grew up drinking soda like it was water, myself and my family were skinny. Now, I don’t touch the stuff, it doesn’t come in my house nor candy or other sugary beverages but we’re overweight. I don’t know what actually changed when we are eating/drinking healthier.
I had a colonoscopy earlier this year and they found 3 polyps, two of which were precancerous and one high risk. I had another this month, and they found two more. I'm only 28. People don't usually get polyps until they're 50. The chemicals in our food are ruining our bodies.
Try cutting out all processed food and stick to mostly grass fed animal products and organic vegetables. Make sure to get enought magnesium, zinc, D3, K2 and Fish oil. Eat organic beef liver once a week. You can also take hydrosylated collagen, glutamine and some probiotics. I make my own l.reuteri yoghurt. Eat a lot of fermented foods. So if you eat vegetables stick to kimchi, sauerkraut and if you eat grains at all stick to sour dough bread. I've turned my health around 180° by doing this and healed autoimmune diseases I have had. Not only that suddenly I lose weight and build muscle which I was unable to do before despite me counting calories and training. Yes I could lose some and build some muscile but it was marginal. Now it feels like I'm on steroids or something. Morning woods came back hitting me like a freight train, I wake up 3-4 times a night because of them. I'm 36 now and started 2 years ago. It is never too late. With everything I mentioned above you even have a high chance to cure cancer if you have it already though you'd have to go some steps further in making a long waterfast and then eating zero carbs for some months.
Some other helpful supplements are taurine, selenium, boron and iodine.
Do you have some sort of genetic disposition? What about your family?
how did you manage to get a colonoscopy at 28? i’ve been asking for one and they said not until i’m 45
@@00st307-m just say that you bleed when you go to the toilet. Then you'll get a prescription.
@@00st307-mgo to another doctor.
My mom and step dad are morbidly obese. I have watched them go through fad diet after fad diet, one of which was so extreme that it limited them to only 500 calories a day and had them taking "pregnancy hormone" drops by mouth, claiming that the HORMONE was what facilitated the weight loss. They both lost 100 pounds on that diet in the span of 6 months, and the moment they stopped eating specifically what the diet guide book told them to, they went back to pizza, greasy wings, high-fat and high-calorie foods on a daily basis. They are both back at the weight they started at, and no matter how many times I tell them that going on a diet is stupid and that they should be making informed decisions on altering their daily dietary patterns, they still go to the extremes. My step dad got gastric sleeve surgery 4 years ago to reduce his stomach size and he has lost no weight as a result, and my mom just sent my wife and I home with 5 pounds of various types of bread because she "realized that it's the carbs that are making her fat." But the 10,000 calories of snack foods within arms reach of them while lounging in the living room for the entire evening has nothing to do with it.
Meanwhile, I constantly struggle to find foods that don't have sucralose and artificial coloring in them if I'm shopping anywhere other than Aldi, and even them I'm occasionally surprised to find one of those two on the ingredients list. Like why the fuck does every flavor of Shasta soda have sucralose in it, despite already having sugar as the main ingredient? Why do we need to make the sweet thing even sweeter ARTIFICIALLY?
They're not morbidly obese, they're morbidly a beast. Stop being so negative SMH 😑
Because losing weight is not a diet stuff but a major decision where one have to change it's livestyle....
@@Lee-qt6sy Morbidly is the keyword here
I'm the sexiest person in my family because I took the radical approach of eating nutrient rich and full of fiber. Ironically, most of my food is processed.
What’s worse is the foods and items that shouldn’t have sugar in them but do… like why do we need sugar to be the second ingredient in pasta sauce?!
I'm Japanese and I have to say one thing you should know; The portion you mentioned served in Japan is small to you Not because of Harahachibu. The portion is that "small" amount because it is ENOUGH for regular or most adult Japanese people to become full, that's why. Period.
I think you misunderstood what he was trying to explain. He mentioned the 80% full mindset but that wasn’t the point of his statement. He stated that he learned the word for large BECAUSE he knew that the small portions would leave him hungry. But even your guys large is our small regardless if you all eat to 80% fullness. You said that those portions were ENOUGH for adults that’s not how American think, we don’t eat for ENOUGH food we eat until we feel physically sick and a lot of us don’t know the difference between ENOUGH and stuffed.
腹八分を意識する日本人は少ないでしょうが、文化的影響はあると思います。適量を食べるのに慣れているとビッグサイズを選好しないと思うし、反対にビッグサイズを日常的に食べればその分体が大きくなってさらにビッグサイズに頼らざるを得ないみたいな悪循環が起こるだろう
Few Japanese people are likely to consciously practice the concept of *hara hachibu* (eating until 80% full), but I believe cultural influences are at play. Being accustomed to eating moderate portions likely reduces the preference for oversized servings. Conversely, if one regularly consumes oversized portions, it may lead to the body adapting to require more, creating a vicious cycle where one becomes increasingly dependent on larger sizes.
@@toyoashihara6242 yes, that was exactly he was trying to say. You misunderstood the point in your first comment.
The average Japanese person is tiny compared to other countries. No wonder the portions are small.
People talk about portion sizes, but packaging is also enourmous. In Europe, most food comes in 100 g packages and you use that to feed several people or last several times. Which is about 3.5 ounces. When you get huge packaging, you end up using more because you are serving yourself as a share of the packaging. Also in Europe they will say xxx calories per 100 g, so if you have a 100 g package and eat half the package or a third, you can easily calculate the calories, but in the USA, they will say something like xxx calorie per 7 peanuts. It makes it impossible to understand how many calories you would be consuming by just looking at the package in the store. It makes people give up and just overeat without being conscious.
I’m sorry, 100g feeds SEVERAL people? Forget full or satisfied, how are you ever not hungry?!
What kind of food are you talking about? Pre-packaged raw meat in european supermarkets comes in about 400-600g per package (in my experience one pack can feed 2-4 people, depending on the dish). Unless you're talking about rice/groats or maybe small packages of pre-sliced cheese and ham.
What are you talking about? 100g? Maybe if we’re talking about deli meats or chocolate.
Agreed about declared portions on packaging though, it’s much more reasonable.
I live in Canada and I was recently baffled to find out that the frozen fries I bought contain caramel colouring for that golden brown look. Add some paprika for God's sake.. not buying that brand again
Wow that’s so unnecessary… watch out for the sugars and corn syrups too, I started reading labels some years ago and sooo many brands add sugar to things like pasta sauces, juice, granola, bread, etc
That's why I make my own sweet potato fries at home. Of course I'll eat out here and there but I prefer cooking my own stuff at home.
@komfykoala6083 yeah I don't have time for that
@@florance333you don’t have time to cut up a potato?
Lmao that’s terrible good thing you found it. Stay vigilant folks. Stop being complacent!
One thing you take for granted living in Europe is non-artificial coloring and sweeteners. Here in Finland at least, all food producers use different kinds of vegetable and fruit juices to make the colors stand out and give the products sweetness. I recently bought German made pudding from Lidl which had both Acesulfame K and Sucralose in it, and it was so sweet it was unedible.
Edit: Yes, I know Germany is in Europe. I'm just saying we have options
"it was so sweet it was unedible" - such phrases basically don't exist here in the USA. I used to eat normal processed american food, and then when I switched to healthier non-processed food, one of the biggest surprises was how sweet carrots are. In the USA, we're raised on HFCS to the point that we can't even properly taste real food.
Eh, as a czech artificial coloring and sweeteners are what I see in most stores actually.
I come from Switzerland and I just spent one year abroad in Germany. I can only agree with you. I do not cook very well, so I buy processed food occasionnally like sausages, raviolis, fries, spring rolls, premade sauces, etc. The ones I bought in Germany were all so sweet and so greazy compared to what I'm used to that I felt almost nauseous eating some of them
I'm from Sweden, and I guess we have a lot in common with Finland (and Norway) when it comes to food. One thing I've noticed is that us Nordic countries, tend to have even higher food standards than continental Europe. We use less antibiotics for livestock and poultry, and often have even stricter regulations around things like pesticides and herbicide use than continental Europe does. I remember when Sweden first joined the EU about 30 years ago now, there was a fair bit that we suddenly had to put up with that had been banned or regulated here before, but EU allowed so we had to allow it as well :/
I live in the Netherlands for the past 10 years now but I am originally French, and the amount of sugar and sweeteners they put in everything just baffles me... it is like you say ''so sweet it was inedible''. They also seem to be addicted to 0% fat products, 0% sugar in every sweetened product (which means artificial sweeteners), and high-protein everything. The yogurt section is probably the worst when it comes to this, as it is a combo of all three...
They are falling under the same tropes as the US. They also eat bigger and bigger portions, a lot of hyper-processed food, lots of sodas (a normal fanta here contains sugar AND sweeteners... it just tastes horrid) and the obesity rates, and metabolic disease rates are growing rapidly. Add to that the fact that this so called ''biking country'' is using e-bikes now, and their number one source of physical activity is now gone... I can't see this having a happy ending, it's so sad.
I’m a thin American, have been my whole life.
Even as an alcoholic, my weight never got above 145 (I’m 5’6). I’m also severely disabled and cannot work.
The habits I have are:
No added sugars, once a week treats are allowed by day to day I consume none.
Walking most days of the week for an hour.
Doing small amounts of lifting, most days of the week
Eating veggies with my meals, and eating fruits, seeds, and cheese, as my main snacks
I still eat to many carbs but I bake my own bread using a bread machine. I found I got migraines from store bought breads.
Habits I see others have:
Consuming huge main portions with few veggies
Not eating whole grains
Not consuming enough fiber
Eating fast food
Unfortunately, I have a disease that means that my daily walks and cooking are literally all I can do. But I feel so much better when I eat and move as much as I feasibly can.
I used to eat tons of added sugar and few actual meals. I lost a bunch of weight rapidly when I quit drinking, and my immune system tanked. I developed a yeast infection in my mouth, throat, stomach and intestines. It was crippling and I vomited daily for months. I finally quit consuming sugar, focused on Whole Foods, gained a little weight back, because when I first took antifungals the infection came right back. Now it’s been gone for months!
Im 5'7 and im 165, skiny af, its probably that disease is what keeping you that thin.
Canadian here -
Despite having quite similar food items and cultures, I do think that our saving grace is the portion size. Some of your portions are simply grotesque to me but seem perfectly normal to you.
I have visited Texas recently, I was shocked. I had to split a medium sized side dish of mac n cheese with a friend and we both couldn't finish our half. A child at the next table over had the full thing AND some brisket, my mind was blown.
I've been to Canada the portions are NOT small. Texas is different than other states for sure.
Oh please. You literally have to go out of your way to find these "huge portions". I'm an American and I was actually shocked at how much BIGGER restaurant servings were in most northern European countries.
Texas has a "food culture" where eating out is a hobby. The whole bible belt really... You can track obesity rates by states over time and the belt is fat...
I'm a Canadian living in the USA. In new England the food portions and quality is similar to Canada.
That was my experience as a brit visiting NYC first time in 2007. Oversized everything and varieties/choices. Awfully grotesquely overweight folk once you're away from the rich areas.
Went to Denmark in 96, everybody was walking or riding bikes, the food was rich actually I mean flavorful, the only marshmallow man you saw was from the US. I was not one of them.
lol marshmallow man
@@ColeHastingshuh
@@ColeHastings if I say anything in reference to that I'll get hit with a cyberbully or hate speech warning without a receipt. Screw tube so feminized and thin-skinned. Can't say anything.
lol to this day Europeans in the cities are a healthy weight, bc they actyally eat well and they walk. The problem is USAamericans and their shit diet
@AmazingEmerald😂
So the title was supposed to be "American Health Crisis"
No, because America's problems are being adopted around the world. Ppl in every country aspire to some version of US life, eg more free time, less hard work, more entertainment, more yummy food, more convenience, more freedom (cars), etc
I was diagnosed with ADHD as a 5yo in the mid/late 90s. I was not allowed to eat anything with red dye because it made me insane. I always thought that was bs but i've since learned it's actually true. My mom is a psychologist however so, I guess she knew.
Im from Argentina and the first time I went to the US I was sooo suprised, everyoneee was fat.
Like it made me sad how little the country cares about its people that they built the city like the Wall-e movie
Urban sprawl and walkability are rabbit holes that, on their own, would take at least a 15-hour video to cover why they are so much better and list the benefits, from physical to economic to psychological, etc. I don't know what kind of mindset one has to have to prefer being in car-centric places.
Ah, not just the walkability is generally approached, but architecture too! There are several studies pointing out how classical and traditional architecture is so good for us psychologically and socially, instead of the boxes of concrete and glass we see everywhere.
america became car centric in the 1950s, obesity wasnt a problem until the 1980s-90s. its more complex but i believe tied to breakdown of community and rise of hyper-processed foods.
@@xq39car dependency was in full swing in the 1950s and took time to remove all the corner stores and remove the remnants of walkability. Driving everywhere never interacting with neighbors on the way out of the neighborhood helped destroy community.
And yeah, high carb food can replace all the calories burned walking in a single meal so food is a huge component.
@@xq39 the shift from sugar to corn syrup in processed foods happened in the 1980s
@@karld1791 I was talking to older relatives about this, and they said up until the 1970s , even if you lived in the suburbs, everyone knew each other, would carpool together, and the early suburbs were built near towns, schools or shopping centers you could walk to . They said after the 1990s, you would go in your car everywhere and knew no one around you. Traffic increased and you couldnt walk even if you wanted to.
When I was kid in the 90s the large soda was the medium, medium was small, and small was the kids cup of today. It got bigger.
I moved to smaller, very old, but extremely walkable town in the US, and its just nice to walk to places with a thriving main street too.
What city is that?
Pittsburgh is one of the nicer walkable ones nowadays, they fought tooth and nail to keep their public transport running and have been bending the freeways to serve the city, not the other way around
When I'm there I barely ever need to drive, it's wonderful
I remember the day I ordered a small drink because I didn’t want much and actually felt betrayed because the small was too big.
Estonian here-
We used to think that America was a wonderful land and everything was the best there. Now it turns out that things are better here in Europe.
I wouldn't put it that way given how the whole continent has pretty much been stagnating economically since 2008.
lucky
@@inbb510 So has the USA.
Always have been better on Europe. I've never looked at america as anything but stolen land and a manufactured culture where a minority of people ever leave their country in their lifetime.
@@gauloise6442 , if you are a European I'll get off your fake moral high horse very fast when you have an aging population which is having knock on effects on things like increased tax burdens for healthcare spending and social services, an increasingly energy dependent continent due to not having any natural resources to the scale that America or China does, a stagnating German economy and a French economy on the verge of a Greek Style debt crisis.
Varoufakis said it right: Europe is becoming a mixture of irrelevant and toxic without any sense of direction.
There's a lot to talk about here, but at minimum food dye needs to be banned. No one needs their food to be brightly colored at the cost of cancer.
But also, car dependence kills walkability, which is the easiest and most accessible form of exercise. I walk about an hour a day as a non-driver and I eat whatever I want and don't gain weight. Without that walking I'd be fat. Most people in the US simply don't get enough exercise because all natural exercise has been replaced by driving cars everywhere. Not Just Bikes is right. Other countries are healthier because they can actually walk places. Food quality is massive, but just getting rid of cars would fix half the issue.
The evidence doesnt show that is causes cancer though, there are some evidence that shows like Cole said, ADHD focus intention but that evidence isnt there yet.
You're mostly right with the exception of one hour of walking making up for eating whatever one wants, primarily because those wants differ a lot from one person to another
@@Ella-g2m No definitive evidence that points to this being the case
You don't have to "get rid of cars" you just need to take the time out of your day to exercise if you do end up driving places. Most people would rather sit on the couch and 'unwind' after a day's work sitting down though, they don't like working out. If you like working out, you simply won't be overweight. It's simple.
@@Thetruthiscosmic not at all. Exercise for its own sake is extremely unnatural, and we just aren't programmed to want to do it. Walking to procure food and other life needs is exactly what we were built for. And when you live in a city and don't have a care, you just do it as part of life, and dont even realize it
As for the red dye, it might've been that it increased the risk for some types of skin cancers, but no such risk was shown for gastrointestinal cancers. Cancer is an umbrella term for diseases caused by many different cell growth abnormalities.
Yep at its core cancer is caused by the degradation of ADN in the long term preventing a cell from auto repairing any possible mutation that leads to a cancer cell. Although ADN regenerations slows down with age I bet all of these chemicals and substances might accelerate this process but since we don't have the technology to see ADN damage in real time we wouldn't be able for now to precisely say which substance or chemicals causes this ADN damage.
Since I am Russian, my American husband and I spend a lot of vacations in my home country. Every time we go there, we come back 3-5 kg lighter, with better skin and hair. Portions in Russia are smaller than in the US (naturally), but the food is FILLING you, not just stuffing. We always struggle to stay fit and healthy looking in the States - and it's not just food, but the quality of lifestyle. Car dependency is killing us. This is utterly ridiculous that you absolutely need a car to survive and participate in society. Sometimes it feels like you live in the US only to pay fees, taxes and service your car since cities were build (well, to be truly correct, plowed down) for cars and papa ford motors industry. As for food...Men, the food here sucks. We don't eat store bought bread, deli meats, frozen foods, ultra processed food. And still! My hair gets greasy every day, my face is constantly breaking out. I am tired of this. Constantly sore back due to lack of mobility, poor skin and nails condition unless you want to drive even more and spend more money and time to find "organic" food which can be found in any neighborhood store abroad at one place in walking distance. Honestly, my quality of life has decreased since I moved to the US. (and prior to that I was living in Thailand for some time). I might be able to buy a lot of unnecessary shite for $100, but the quality is still poor. I might afford to spend $50 for services, but the quality is terrible and there is no pride in any work in the US anymore - all they want is tips. I am working on my way out. I don't want to raise kids in this country and praying every day that they will make it out alive without sh00ters or won't break a leg and bankrupt us. American dream is a scam
having children in the USA is child abuse!!!! i had a german parent and she choose to mutilate and traffick my genitals for american profits. its child abuse to have children in this country
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Spot on!
It's Called the American Dream Because You Have To Be Asleep to Believe It" - George Carlin.
I live between Europe and USA, the same thing. part of the problem is if I eat the same foods I do in Europe, I will gain weight due to the excessive sugars, syrups and fats in them, for example bread and cheese. So I need to cut out these basic staples, but then my body is of whack and not in balance. Bread I can bake, but I am not able to make cheese from scratch.
Why don't you move back to Russia then
People living a more sedentary lifestyle, the whole 'a body will rust out before it will wear out' hidden truth of life. People must keep active to stay both physically and mentally heathy into old age. I'm watching this on my laptop in my high back, office chair, thirty years ago, I didn't have this option to suck me in and make me lazy.
Popular point but the main deciding factor on whether you are fat or thin is still food.
Talking from experience of being fat and thin without making a single physical lifestyle change.
Moreover, I felt the urge to exercise only AFTER my weight became healthy.
And lockdowns increased sedantry life. When AI takes over and they keep locking you up...expect more fat folk
I will say, some sedentary stuff can be bent to be more active, you just have to get creative
I've made a point of trying to walk on a slow treadmill or at least stand when I game, for example, lets me keep enjoying the pastime I love while making sure my body doesn't suffer as much for it
@@protogionlastname6003 nah, genetics is the main factor, everything else factors in but your genes determine how much effort you need to put into your habits, your diet, etc
@Ayem427 well done. I try working on my standing desk but after 20 mins or so, I need to sit down! I couldn't play kn my PS5 standing up.
Another thing I noticed in Japan was the lack of napkins. When I Googled it, I found that it was because we are supposed to slowly enjoy our food and not just sit and eat mindlessly like in America, lol. I enjoyed my trip there and we did a lot of walking and I did not really see anybody overweight.
Japan has it good IF they make their slaves work less and push them to have more kids. The work ethic there blows!
I think it has more to do with HOW they eat. Everything is made to be eaten with chopsticks, not hands. I’d love to see anyone slowly enjoy barbecue or Ethiopian food without needing a napkin!😂
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It's a nice sentiment but I think the real answer is cost savings and the fact that most, if not all Japanese people carry their own tissues and handkerchiefs at all times. I think people like to romanticize the reasons that Japanese people do the things they do, but after living with them I've found it often just boils down to sheer practicality.
Sauce doesn’t care how slowly it’s enjoyed. Sometimes it still gets on clothes.
I can't seem to quit sugary treats and pop soda, but was able to quit alcohol and cigarettes much more simply. Can anyone else relate to being addicted to these drinks and sugar?
Yeah I can relate to sugar but I’m working on it
@priscaonyebuchi7403 yea same I cut to drinking more coffee, a little more fruit for sweetness and different soda drinks than the ones I'm usually addicted to but it's hard
I recommend buying a blender and just freezing your favorite fruits and figuring out a smoothie recipe. And use no added sugar or sugar liquids to blend it up. Also adding chia seeds to smoothies is great and super healthy, best way to cut cravings and be healthy
Yes. Sugar is a bad thing. Try B group vitamins (!!!with B12) and jogging. It stimukates pancreas and insulin. You may also notice how brain fog will disappear.
Studies on rats do show that sugar is more addictive than cocaïne.
So i wouldn t be surprised that it is more addictive than tobacco or alcohol too.
"we've been tricked into counting the calories not the number of ingredients"
No one tricked you, whether you are or aren't in caloric deficit is still the deciding factor weather you lose weight or not.
If you want to be shredded with high testosterone and good health then look at the ingredients and count calories, if you only want to be shredded and you don't care about your health than do only the second one. It's that easy.
@clawwestfall8799 calories has no meaning, the quality of the calorie matters. I eat 4000 calories a day and still underweight. You go try eat 4000 calories of donuts, 25 of them everyday vs eating 3 pound 4000 calories worth of Ribeye steak vs eating 1.4 pound of seeds 4000 calories a day, tell me which diet make you gain or lose or maintain weight.
@@milfeullesakuraba2593 there’s difference in calorie absorption for sure, but not to the degree that you’re talking about. To eat 4000 calories and not gain weight, your BMR, NEAT and exercise has to equal to 4000 calories. If it’s more you’ll lose weight, if it’s higher you’ll gain weight.
@clawwestfall8799 this was not about caloric deficit but you do you , but for the sake of the argument : 1000 calories of bacon is the same with 1000 calories of rice and beans? come on now ....
Yet we do nothing to change our current policies. We are weak; and If you aren’t weak, people paint you as a crazy conspiracy theorist. This country is cooked no matter who’s in office/congress.
Well, I know everyone wants to blame corporations, government, or even cronyism. But I think it's the culture.
Americans are obsessed with gambling, looking high status, and colorful fun food. Gen Z if anything is a generation that is the most obsessed with these three. They complain about inequalities, but they'll scream if you tell them that they shouldn't be allowed to gambling stock options on their smartphone.
Well, looks like you haven't been paying attention... Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has literally been appointed the Head of Health because he's been tackling this tirelessly for decades.
You might want to look at his resume.
@@Un1234l I'm certainly optimistic, but it will take the larger culture to embrace it; not just one man.
@@vladimirofsvalbard9477 I agree. I already took Robert Kennedy into account when I wrote that. It’s really the people and communities that need to be addressing this mostly. Robert will stimulate change for the better I think though.
Exactly ! We are in the prime of misinformation.. I really worry for the next few years.. we as gen z need to speak up more about this issue instead of ignoring it and blaming one another. We need to adapt a better mindset with food instead of focusing on aesthetics.. and trends
How about the internet is deadly too no one socializes in person anymore everyone uses the trash internet now to socialize. That’s very sad.
Deadly is a stretch. It’s one of those “depends on the dosage and usage” things. Water is simultaneously beneficial and deadly, depending on how much or how it’s used. Same goes for the internet.
@@ColeHastingsyeah but its also addictive so the chances are the majority of people will overuse internet to an unhealthy level
Yes but social media is designed to keep you addicted and trapped in a loop and preys on our animalistic part of the brain.@@ColeHastings
tbh i dont really care bout socializing i'd rather be alone doing hobbies but yeah the net is addictive.
Yeah but the world is more than just you. The majority of people need to socialise
I feel this video so much man. I’ve had health issues for years. It’s been a real battle. I tried several different types of medicines, and went to doctors over the years, but nothing ever really helped. Eventually I realized it was the food and went on a whole journey of self discovery to find which diet worked best for me. I feel much better now.
How are you now?
@ much better now
This doesn't even get into Monsanto/pesticides or the fact that America only grows corn/soy and imports everything else.
Yes, we subsidize crop insurance for corn and soybeans so it’s more reliable income for farmers and those crops crowd everything else out in the Midwest and we end up having to import almost $200 billion of food while exporting corn and soybeans to the world.
I was experiencing a lot of health problems and weight gain. Doctor just wanted to give various meds to adress the symptoms. I ended up doing an elimination diet over the course of six months - not with the intention of losing weight, but just to see if I was eating anything that was contributing to my joint/foot pain, exhaustion, and skin issues. Started out eating just red meat, and immediately (two weeks or so) the debilitating pain in my feet that was preventing me from walking in the morning, stopped. I hadn't lost weight at that point, but the pain was gone. Joint pain followed soon after and my skin gradually cleared up. Started introducing other foods and didn't see any problems with veggies, dairy, seafood, but BOOM... Processed seed oils. All my joint and foot pain started up again. Extra virgin olive oil is okay, and I've been playing with avocado oil recently, but for the most part, I stick with butter, ghee and animal fats for cooking.
Result of the elimination diet had me reducing grains, avoiding added sugar in foods that had no need of them, cutting out "vegetable" oils entirely, and I feel better now than I did in my twenties, plus am down 80 pounds without calorie restrictions. I pretty much can eat what I want, but I do need to do most of my own cooking and a LOT of label reading. Processed foods are almost impossible.
Wish this comment was higher up. Also been on a healing journey myself. All you speak of is truth. Thank you for sharing.
9:23 Or the whole thing rests on a false premise and you don't actually lose weight, in the first place. I know someone who went to Japan for 3 months (she maxxed out her visa-free travel limit) and she'd actually gained about 10 pounds versus her weight in the US by the end of the process (she's 5'4" and about 120 pounds normally). After several months back in the US, she'd returned to her prior weight.
What caused it? She went in the summer. Southern Japan, where Tokyo is located, is ungodly hot and humid in the summer. It's like 95 degrees with freakishly high humidity every day. It's even hot when it rains! As a result of all that, it's very difficult to actually do things outdoors. So she was actually more indoor-oriented during her time in Japan than she would normally be in the US at the same time.
Here in Singapore our food is flavourful. Also it is significantly healthier than America. For one, our portions are not monstrous and tipping is not a thing here.
You are not eating ultra processed slop
UK never had a tipping culture when I was growing up, but it's becoming that way more and more. I hate how we're the lapdog.
I live in america, and I have a pretty healty diet. I am also weirded out by all the weird diet stuff. I just eat mostly meat and vegetables like a normal human being, despite having heavily processed and sickeningly sweet foods everywhere. I dont eat much sugar, partially because it can upset my stomach pretty quickly, but mostly just because everything so sweet. I want my deserts to taste like something other than just straight sweetness. I need flavor.
I am tiny compared to the average person so i have lower food requirements, but at restaurants i usually find that my stomach is full about halfway through.
Yep, we had to cut out the restaurants. I started to become sick over the last several years and had huge bloat. Now I eat all organic; mostly potatoes, meat, and fruits.
I think one the most ironic funniest things my homie said to me was that I "Don't eat real food". I've been on a Whole food plant based diet for almost a decade, And My friend who eats fast food drinks sodas eats candy and crap and cant cook a single meal said that to me. He has Chrohn's disease and I was on his case for years telling him he would feel better if only he cleaned up his diet (hes had a few close calls and surgery's due to blockages). He's literally said to me multiple times he would rather die eating his shitty food than clean up his diet, Sadly all this highly palatable ultra refined junk is literally getting people addicted, inflaming them and then they are getting fed the same crap at the hospital. My local hospital literally has a Dunkin Donuts inside it and you can get drinks of soda as a patient, What is going on America its time to wake up these companies and medicals only see you as dollar signs there is no compassion left these days, Its really not hard to eat healthier and exercise a few times a week maybe you'll might start feeling better physically and emotionally if you cut out the processed crap and start moving!
I visited the US a few weeks ago, to Anaheim with my family. I was shocked by how crappy the groceries were. THE smallest produce section I’d ever seen at my life at the supermarket by our Air BnB. The quality of the produce was also horrible - especially considering we were in CA. Normally I try to shop the outside aisles of the supermarket as a rule in Canada. That’s where the produce, Dairy and Meats tend to be that are locally sourced. Even our grains I try to buy the stuff baked in house. It’s also interesting because in Canada many foods are not allowed to be made with HFCS.
Going to be a nerd momentarily but Dungeon Meshi really communicated to me the mindset needed for a healthy relationship with food. To really sit and appreciate a meal and what goes into it (often best done by DIY) instead of mindlessly scoffing it down is a good start..
As a fairly broke person my tips include:
*Frozen veggies are great, often have sales, most nutrients, longer lasting...
*Herbs are fairly easy to take care of IMO, I have a few just sitting on my porch in pots. I'm also planning to look into low maintenance things to grow, so that may be a good idea for others.
*Be willing to shop around 2 or even 3 stores if you have the time
*See what your library offers. Ones in my county have a seed library and some nutrition classes. Also some exercise classes for free. Remember, if you don't wanna be a gym rat you don't gotta be, so keep it simple but consistent. I like to jog, walk nature trails, and stretch to support both.
*Meal planning is really king. But what is queen is to figure out what your pantry staples should be. Lots of guides out there.
Also meal prepping is good if you have days of low energy! Plus simple recipes like no knead breads are worth taking note of when you find them.
This is such a well-made video. Very informative and relatable. It's so refreshing to see good video essays in this age of slop content. Subscribed. 👍🏾
Thanks Miguel
@@ColeHastings No prob. Keep up the great work.
Try spending 3 weeks in rural nigeria. Everything is organic and natural. If you want an orange you climb a tree. No one knows what chocolate is. I came back 10lb lighter with glowing skin and even started sleeping better.
I’ve seen way too many people online lately jumping right into an extreme diet like carnivore, without making sure they’re getting enough vitamin C, vitamin B, fiber, etc. A diet consisting of only 1-2 food groups is not sustainable and will not provide all the nutrients your body needs
Here in South Korea, Ice Americano is the most common drink, almost no one drinks sugary coffee drinks like in America
same here in switzerland. no sugary coffee drinks, shakes, or soda.
Hypersensitivity reaction isn't ADHD, but in medical literature it's either (in a very rough description) type 1 (allergies), 2 (autoimmune), 3 (bulky complexes), or 4 (tissue specific immune cells)
The best example that comes to my mind is the fanta colour in Europe vs USA.
Our (Europe) fanta is yellow, you know like actual ORANGE juice?
Yours is an unnatural orange colour that's not real juice at all.
Yet most of americans would be shocked to realize that.
Most don't even know how orange juice looks like which is kinda insane to me
I keep my weight stable by mainly using "calories in calories out" method and of course avoiding junk food unless its a special occasion
I would definitely struggle a lot with understanding whats healthy and maintaining my weight if it weren't for the free information on the internet!
I love videos like these !
I heard RFK Jr is gonna do something about this, I hope so, because I swear everyday I feel worse and worse in terms of health
I live in Europe, on the third floor of an apartment complex. I can walk to my local grocery, buy what I need and be back in my apartment again, within 10-15 minutes.
I have travelled to Canada through work 3 times now, and each time I have been shocked by how far away shops are, from where people live.
Im 25, i eat pretty good and dont eat much fast food or junk. Always cooking. Yet still i have the worst stomach issues. Ibs or sibo im not sure yet since i cant get a diagnosis due to cost of medical insurance. This system has failed us all.
Aren't there independent labs which sell testing kits online and give you an address in which to send your sample?
@l__l2328 for 500 dollars
Yes, find a natural doctor or a functional medicine doctor. If you can't afford it, follow Dr Berg, Hyman, Ken Berry or Dr Chaffee
@AJ-es5yd ive been watchin dr berg. But they recommend i get evaluated before i start changing diet.
my doctor usually suggested to cut out a food item (like milk) for a week, then restart and see how you react. reason being that lactose intolerance could come out as false when it’s not. if you‘re intolerant, try to replace it (hard cheese instead of soft cheese, for instance). I am currently trying out gluten-free because i feel terrible after eating bread when i come back from holidays were there is no such european bread …
When I did live in the U.S. I tried to eat like I do in Austria and eat healthy. Some of the items that I used to choose that were better-for-you choices don't exist anymore. I looked up why exactly that was the case with Kashi, and found out that it's because Kellogg's owns them, and although they weren't performing badly in sales, Kellogg's decided from marketing trades with other brands that they needed to free up space in their production budget to make more kinds of chips and less healthy snacks. So that's very frustrating to me and it does seem very intentional, because as I mentioned, they were doing well in sales!!!!
It sucks because most people cannot even afford non GMO foods or organic foods. I also heard that organic foods are just a marketing scam.
What! Organic food is a scan! 🤯
I hope everyone is able to take care of their health well this year. Happy New Year to you all.
An issue with your recommendations for better food choices at 18:00 is that a lot of what you said boils down to "but the even more expensive, "organic" "Non GMO" variants" which would be fine if people weren't working 80 hours a day so that they can have -$500 in their bank account at the end of every month.
As a zoomer, in high school I had a lot of unhealthy, junk-food loving friends who had simply resigned to getting cancer eventually. They were all rly depressed and unhappy w their bodies but they used excuses like “oh cancer is in the family so I’ll get it too” to justify eating junk and living unhealthy lifestyles. But it doesn’t help them that junk is served up at lunch in school cafeterias and that the unhealthy lifestyle of limited recess and access to unlimited junk is promoted and socially accepted (food industry doctrine pushed on us by industries, at schools, during assemblies) since elementary school
I go to Europe pretty much every year since 2018 for about a month at a time for my birthday (sans 2020/2021 with c19) and get sick for about a week everytime I get back… even when I eat pretty healthily… and while traveling I actually eat more and do lose a bit of weight too. It really has made me more unsatisfied with how our country is run -
third world country
knowingly poisoning its citizens for profits LOOL 🤡🎪
sounds so developed LMAOO
It's run that way so you're a product of gyms, diets, healthcare (that you pay for) and of course your fave big pharma. As a European we look at the US as one big experiment. Cultureless and manufactured to keep ppl poor, unhealthy and distracted with la la land and entertainment etc. I feel sorry for Americans.
this happens to me when i come back from south america to switzerland actually. there i eat fruits and fish all day long. here just bread and dairy products. i usually feel sick and bloated for 2 weeks until I get used to it.
@ yes same thing South America has the best fruits been to Costa Rica a few times, Peru and Chile…. I just wish that the Hispanic countries were actually civilized…. If they were I would go back but I retired from countries that are “hood”
People need to stop eating, take a break, go on a fast and let the body heal! I was severely sick and overweight, went on Keto and intermittent fasting it’s been 2 years and I feel I will live to 1000.
Thanks for keeping us updated! I feel sympathy and empathy for our country. low income people are suffering to survive, and I appreciate Victoria Anne Leonard. You've helped my family with your advice. imagine investing $30,000 and receiving $95,460 after 28 days of trading.
I began investing in stocks and Def earlier this year, and it is the best choice I've ever made. My portfolio is rounding up to almost a million and I have realized that when a stock makes it to the news, chances are you're quite late to the party, the idea is to get in early on blue chips before it becomes public. There are lots of life changing opportunities in the market, and maximize it.
What opportunities are there in the market, and how do I profit from it?
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Do you have an idea of any good broker I
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Im 40 years old with a desk job and I always been skinny. My tip? I dont have a car so I must walk or bike everywhere, even when I take the bus I have to walk some. So staying active is the key
Calories in > calories out = weight ↗️. It's not very hard to understand, but so many people are not aware of all the crap in their food. It should be explained in school
Well it's not that easy since you don't eat when you're satiated. People need to know what they're deficient in when they feel certain cravings and they need to know what foods are satiating, healthy and "low" in calories in relation to how filling they are
2:36 that is not what hypersensitivity reactions are 😂. Hypersensitivity is the medical term for allergic reactions. This study is saying that Blue 1, Red 40, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6 may cause allergic reactions in lab animals.
Want to lose weight ? Start with eliminating any drink with calories. I drink water with lemon and coffee (ok, and the occasional beer) anytime I can pinch more than an inch of fat on my belly. Have been doing this for 40+ years and it has never failed to work.
16:00, sounds like my last 2 years were I went from Vegan to Paleo to Animal Based to now a variety of everything with mostly whole foods.
Great video, here in Canada we have a number of the same dyes and high sugar foods as well; same with the car-centered places rather than walkable cities. The thing that really stands out to me around food & exercise is how they have been added to the "productivity" rhetoric. Fast Food, gym exercise as a symbol of "success," whereas elsewhere in the world the lifestyle itself is based on balance. Maybe there are lessons we can take from that concept that go beyond "what" and focus on "how".
I'm American but moved to Europe during undergrad and have lived in various cities, mostly in Western Europe. I thought 10k was a "regular" daily step count. On a good day, I am usually around 15k, more on weekends. And I never believed that the difference is so significant until I consciously paid attention when visiting friends in the Midwest last summer.
The fact that going to the pool or the gym often requires a car there, while here it's a hassle if you *have* to take the car, is a huge difference. Most stuff is also not designed primarily for cars, which is an incentive to be a pedestrian. The grocery stores often have parking, but the majority will be subterranean or otherwise hidden, while the streets have storefronts directly by the sidewalks.
It's crazy to me how people don't understand how to eat properly. Just shop mainly the perimeters of the grocery store, and eat whole, natural foods. If the food you plan to eat didn't exist 200 years ago (pop tarts, oreos, etc) don't eat it.
It’s the comfort of convenience, and lack of knowledge or self restraint IMO.
I feel like most people I meet today have little patience, and might not want to forth the effort of researching or moderating what they eat on a daily basis.
They might know it’s not good for them, but can’t help but be consumers of it.
If homeless just buy home
but I love pop tarts :(
Whybis it crazy? The whole industries are built to convince people eat it
good thinking
" Europe built long before cars have narrow streets and pedestrian friendly shopping centers very close to their home "
You never been to Romania bro, in the '80 to '90 Bucharest was called ' little Paris' but now, you can call it ' little New York ' or even better ' little Mumbai '
Hold on... 950 - 1 300 mL for a large soda? who drinks this much?
why surprised? Its the home country of the big gulp
Americans 😂
@dragonclaud2386 damn, here in Europe, I am shocked everytime my BF gets a large menu, it's 500 mL drink, and he can't even drink it whole
1300ml soft drink should be family sized
Thanks for the guidance in leading my children in a healthy way
I’ve been working on losing weight since June of 2024, and I’ve lost close to 40 pounds since then. All I’ve done is consciously limit my portions, cut out soda, and consciously try to pick healthier alternatives with less sugar and fats. It doesn’t have to require great sacrifices, but it does require breaking bad habits and changing your mindset, and it isn’t easy.
Even despite this, I still heavily rely on prepackaged foods, because it’s most of what is available here in the US. Corporations do not make it easy on us to be healthy and mindful of our bodies
Further proof that America is not a country, it's a corporation. I always hated it here ever since I can remember. And now I kinda know why. It's not the whole picture, but I sure as heck can make out most of it.
america is the world's biggest circus, knowingly poisoning its citizens and trafficking baby foreskins for profit LOL 🤡🎪
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I feel for you. I hope you can leave someday.
@@chutney-h3o Thank you. Got a lot to do before I'm able to, but hopefully I can make it happen soon.
@@highsol222 God willing! The UK is half way Americanised too but not as bad!
This video is great!! Once I hit middle school and my mom stopped cooking like she had been because she had to start working, I got highly addicted and accustomed to ultra-processed high sugar and high fat foods!!
It became a nightmare as I saw my weight increase and I started to feel terrible: back pain and tired, many times even lethargic, ALL the time!!!
It was a years-long fight to get myself unaddicted to the foods that made up my terrible diet (and probably would have let to diabetes which is in my family) and finally get my weight down AND maintain it.
I DID fall for some fad diets along the way (low carb high fat, keto, zero-moderation styles). I'm glad that I finally was able to work my way to a more balanced whole foods and moderate approach to eating that FINALLY gave me my life back and better control over my health.
I'm not perfect, but my weight is normal again, my back pain has massively subsided, and I no longer get lethargic during the day!!
P.S. 19:26 Thanks for saying "if you eat animal products". That was appreciated as a vegan here. :)
lmao vegan
Red 40 gonna be the thing that turn us into aliens 😭
There is also trisodium fosfate which is a stain remover and tartrazine, a yellow sludge originally derived from coal to dye fabric. And that's just two of the chemicals they put in american food.
what is bad about red 40 specifically? I know to avoid it but I do not know the details
What a nice little involuntary easter egg. I used to know one of the people who worked on that paper about walking. How amazing!
I've learned a cool little trick called READING THE INGREDIENTS. Don't like additives in your food? You can avoid them but you have to actually take responsibility and read the label. The government is not your mommy. You are responsible for your health and you alone.
Hey man, you might be on to something 💡
Yeah except we literally pay taxes to the government to do due diligence and forbid harmful chemicals from being added to consumer goods. Unfortunately, foods with less harmful shit in them also come at a price premium.
I pay taxes though. Should I start to evade them?
@@florance333 Sometimes they do come at a price premium but that may not be the case if you do a breakdown of how much of your nutritional needs are covered from those higher priced foods (it's not just about calories) because you're likely to consume/need less of it. Furthermore, even if they were categorically more expensive, shouldn't the quality of our food be one of our top priorities when it comes to spending our money? There are sooo many people who don't bat an eye when buying overpriced luxury items, clothing, cars, cosmetics and many other things, all while simultaneously complaining about how expensive food is.
literally unaffordable, only the rich get to eat like that
Jamaican here, my parents moved here thinking it would be better but the only thing that is better is the weather. i was surprised by the amount of cars and obese people and kids bc in jamaica you walk to the stores or everyone knows everyone so you borrow something from them. we grow our own fruits and sugarcane and don’t eat big meals. as soon as i got back to america i found out i lost a lot of weight! planning to go to Europe next and see how it is when im an adult 😂 it also pains me how uneducated some of these kids are. how do you not know how to write a simple paragraph
GMO crops are rarely eaten directly. Roundup Ready corn and soy crops are probably the most common GMO crops in North America. They are mostly fed to a huge number of animals we do eat and may also be used to make oils.
What I found very interesting is that when I travelled and ate a lot in Taiwan I did not put on any weight and felt great but when I returned to Australia it was the completely opposite. Food in Taiwan is so much healthier and also there are so many choices and different places to eat from that are open till late but in Australia there is barely anything healthy and everything is far away and closes early and also most foods including meat, vegetables, fruits...etc tastes like poisoned garbage. It was even in the news that not even baby food is nutritious enough in Australia.
The Japanese large used to be a large in the USA in the 90s. The portions have gotten larger here. The large here in America used to a super size. I'm animal based now. Losing weight cut out the pop and liquid calories.
I love walkable culture cities. Since I live in America, I've started walking on the golf course and at work at least 15 minutes min. For bad weather days, I'm walking in place at home to fast-paced music. I've also started gardening, and im in the middle of giving up junk/fast food.
Also food in the USA is full of sugar. Especially our processed food. Everything is crazy sweet. We put sugar in ketup. Ketup! You know, that sour-tomated flavored stuff that isn't supposed to be sweet? When people from other countries come here, they can't believe how sticky sweet everything is. High blood sugar cause high insulin which causes fat storage.
Went to India and had real ketchup and my mind was blown. Everything in the US tastes like plastic
Gotta tell you man, 4 years ago I took milk and gluten completely out of my live... I've never been so healthy. My biological markers are almost perfect. I don't eat processed food like sausage and bacon... I'm from Brazil and for people around me it seems like I'm insane, but for me I just think it's right to eat what is actually real food. And as I told you it's been 4 years eating like this, I'm 27 and I think I'm in my prime and it seems that I'll keep improving.
It all started when big businesses started enforcing seed oils in foods
The science to support seed oils being as bad as random influencers claim is scarce. I’m still skeptical. Regardless, I try to limit/avoid them and use olive/avocado oil instead
Actyally that’s not what it is. Not all seed oils are created equally first of all, some are almost as heart healthy as extra Virgin olive oil. Y’all USAamericans just eat like shit and never exercise or move, loll
Maybe in the fact that you can use them to fuel diesel engines?
@@Thermalsquid360 So? At least 50% of a car's coolant is water. Wanna avoid water too? Pretty sure water is used in a lot of stuff that's extremely unhealthy
@@skythundersky1544 Seed oils were forced because they had a surplus after the war. It didn't stop after. I view it the same as gutter oil.
The walking thing is something you can’t pin on Americans or even car centric cities. The biggest issue with walkable cities in the US is simply how absolutely huge the country is. I could technically walk to my job every day if I wanted to, but it would take 3+ hours on foot or 10 minutes by car. The state I live in is a quarter the size of Europe alone.
Even 10 000 steps? I'm from Europe 10 000 steps is minimum here 😅 in really busy days i often walk 20 000 bc i have to walk from one uni building to another multiple times
In Asia where I live, the price of 1 bigmac can get me 3 bowls of rice with vegetables of choice, tofu, tempeh, egg / chicken. Junk food can be pretty expensive here, and now im kinda happy for that, its a nice treat once in a while meal not an everyday diet
15:00 an “animal based” diet is animal products such as meat, eggs, dairy in addition to fruit. this diet eliminates all grain, sugar, and seed oils and any kind of processed food. i encourage you to do some research first before criticizing it.
Seems highly unhealthy anw.
Ahh yes the carnivore diet. 🤢
@ not quite
People on carnivore diet do not eat dairy and such.It does crash your free test to that of a middle aged woman though. @assr62
Thanks for this based Video. Loving how you hand out paper titles. I definetly will ready through some of them. 👌🏻
I dislike the cultural framing around car dependent infrastructure being something that's uniquely American. It's more a question of timing of development. Boston for example is about as American as you can get and it's walkable, because of when it was built. And guess what, Americans love it. Nobody visits New England and goes "the towns were nice but I wish I had to drive more." Meanwhile you go to Australia and Asia and you'll find the same car dependent nightmare sprawl in cities that were built during the 20th Century. If Europe wasn't built out before the industrial revolution I can guarantee you there would be suburban sprawl there too.
America and Australia are too big and most of the land is just wilderness so you got to take the car .in Europe you can literally walk from city to city in a few hours with a bunch of suburbs farms and a tiny forest between the cities even the forest sometimes has a random vending machine. if you tried that in America or even worse Australia it would be a dangerous multi week adventure .
So then build sidewalks @@belstar1128
here's some info. I'm a celiac, and on the more extreme side of it. I can't do gluten, dairy, or rice.
I am more fit then more then 90% of my generation Z. because most of the stuff with all that crap in it, has the nastier stuff packed up too. and gluten ALSO, despite what many would say, is not the great food it is talked up to be. it is great if you want a high calorie load that doesn't even get you to feel half full, causing overeating.
that's just my input.
The thing about grains is they have actually singe-handedly lifted people out of starvation and famine. And back in the day when we ate less super-refined white grains, there were a lot more nutrients in the grains and grain products, as well as in the soil to grow them.
But through centuries of trying to cut agricultural costs, make labour easier, cut food waste, we've leeched out most of the nutrients in the end-product. We've genetically-modified the grains to be more cost-effective and sweet, but less nutritious and worse for our health. Harder on our digestive systems.
The grains in the time of Jesus et al, are not the same grains of today.
@@Un1234l won't argue that at all! they were good a while back. they saved humanity's sorry butts more then just a few times in history. and I wish they were great still, but most are sadly not. genetically modified junk is the majority.
all about cutting costs. and since the healthier stuff costs more...well, I personally would rather pay now with cash then later with my life (or any problems relating as such)
Estrogenics, and all the byproducts from companies cutting costs. And that's really just the start of it
i live in an area of the USA where almost everyone is thin, especially the kids. I don't think I've ever met more than three overweight kids my whole life, let alone an obese one. and the parents are usually thin or just mildly overweight too! the main reason is because our area puts a huge emphasis on school sports, I go to a highschool very renowned for its extensive and very good athletics program, almost everyone who goes there is a student athlete, thus, none are fat. also, if they're on a team in school sports, the coaches will often help them get to peak physique (example, my cross country coach would tell us what we should eat leading up to a race for our best performance) and this usually means they're not fat. I'm so glad to live in this area but I think that the food dye thing is so messed up. everyone knows they're bad and nothing happens.
super nice editing man
All credit to my editor, he crushed it
tried Tofu 1 week ago. 20g of proteins instead of 12-15g from meat? i easily prefer tofu over meat now :')
I’m European, when I went to America for 2 weeks last year, I ate so little, but l gained 3 kgs💀💀💀💀
High fructose corn syrup
That really is an american problem guys. In Italy, at least, we know how to eat.
+ you americans have structured your cities in a way that makes it impossible for most people to not use the car when you need to go around. That's bad, the problem is also here (Italy), but less accentuated.
@K.C-2049 agree man
@K.C-2049
Wtf where in Canada do you live? Definitely not in Southern Ontario, Vancouver, or the big cities. Those places are cold and heartless like New York City.
@K.C-2049
"Get outdoors" in the cities. Okay. With one of the highest homeless and gurD problems from sky-high cost of living, inept governing. Pollution and poverty increasing, crime increasing.
When I was in 3rd grade, I knew someone who was allergic to red dye. I didn't realize it could even be a kind of food allergy, however now I am starting to understand why they might be allergic to it.
Well...
1. Diet.
2. "safe and effictive"
3. 1+2
So unintelligent. Typical american.
I was diagnosed with stage 3 “environmental” breast cancer, 2022, at 38 years old. No one else in my family has ever had breast cancer.
“Environmental,” can literally mean anything. It just means it’s not hereditary.
Portion control is just a portion of the healthy weight equation. To suggest that 200 calories of coke have the same effect on the body as 200 calories of eggs is just dumb. Especially after you acknowledge how all the ultra-processed chemicals are potentially affecting us.
I've tried all the diets from vegan to carnivore, whole foods and paleo. What I have learned after all of them is focusing on animal-based protein and supplementing with whole natural foods is the most evolutionary appropriate diet that nature spent a really long time optimizing us for.
You are absolutely correct sir!
Typical pseudo dilettante comment
I live in Dubai and refuse to own a car. I had a car in Texas and walked 500-1000 steps a day. These days, I walk everywhere and walk on average 10,000 steps a day. 8000-15000. I walked 20 km yesterday!! (12.5 miles!)
Also they healthier food is more expensive than junk food. The cheapest drinks you can buy in a grocery store is a huge bottle of soda, whereas healthier drinks cost 3 times as much. Fruits and veggies are expensive but a big bag of chips is like 1/3 the cost. Reverse that and a lot of the problem will be solved.
Water is cheaper than soda...I just drink water instead of other drinks and it helps :)
no it doesn’t. if you go to a walmart, fresh fruit & veggies are less than a dollar and frozen veggies are about a dollar. stop making excuses and improve yourself.
no it’s not. fresh fruits & veggies are less than a dollar/$3 at most. since you hate water so much, which is free, an entire carton of la croix is $3. stop making excuses and learn and grow as a person.
I'm glad I'm in a position where I can maintain healthy living without breaking the bank. Not trying to get cancer before my brain fully develops.