Okinawans live well past 100, and are doing physical activity into their 90s. Americans are falling apart by the time they turn 60, dead before they hit 80.

I hope the flavor is worth the colon cancer!

[–] fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Not American myself, but I can think of a few factors besides meat:

less stress
less polution
less processed food, be it meat or not
less sugar
less sedentary lifestyle
genes

Nutrition alone won't get you to 100. Having a diverse diet keeps ypu healty, but there are many factors that impact health. I do agree that meat is overused in general population, but can't really force the vegan/vegetarian lifestyle onto an omnivore specie.

[–] mob@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

While moderation is the key to everything, and I wouldn't be surprised if cutting out red.meat is a lot healthier for the consumer

Feels like you just randomly made something up here by comparing some random outlier stories you've heard.

[–] MickeySwitcherooney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure that's the only difference between the average American and people from those countries. Same exact genetics, lifestyles, air pollution, economy, etc.

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I would love you to show me where I said that's the only difference.

They also have a sense of community. Americans will fuck over anyone for a slight advantage.

They also are physically active, unlike Americans eating 3k calories and sitting on their asses all day.

There are actually many places on Earth that are just like Okinawa in that they have long lives. I think that's evidence enough that genetics are not a big factor. They are not some sort of superhumans, They just live a better life.

Go ahead and defend how Americans live.... We are insatiable pigs, on a whole. Nearly half of us are overweight because we can't control ourselves. We have no meaningful culture. We have no sense of community. We are individualistic to the core. And we die before we hit the age 80. But yeah America's number one right?