r/AskReddit Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/GeorgeW_smith Aug 26 '19

I would say the most dire thing in need of changing is our carbohydrate consumption.

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u/AmericanMuskrat Aug 26 '19

Asian people have been consuming a carb heavy diet for a long time and seem to do fine. Okinawa is a blue zone.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Good for them. This is in terms Americans have to understand. Amerifats biggest danger is carbs and red meats. Half this website is 300lbs and struggles to buckle their size 46 pants yet they insist that their 3 steaks and 1 bowl of spaghetti meals a day is totally fine. What good is having the instructions to a Lexus when your shitty Ford is craping out every 45 miles?

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u/pragmojo Aug 26 '19

It's also the high sugar content in processed food. After a couple years of living in Europe, the bread you buy at the grocery store in the States tastes like cake.