drew_s | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 25 2008 | food, health, obesity, news
Sad news. Liz and I were dining with spry 80-90 year old Mediterraneans last night and hoping that if we ate like them for life we could pull it off too.
Quoted: The fact is that the Mediterranean diet, which has been associated with longer life spans and lower rates of heart disease and cancer, is in retreat in its home region. Today it is more likely to be found in the upscale restaurants of London and New York than among the young generation in places like Greece, where two-thirds of children are now overweight and the health effects are mounting, health officials say.
- drew_s | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 23 2008 | food, seafood, sushi, health, news
That's no good.
Quoted: Tests on sushi bought in Manhattan revealed mercury levels that exceed accepted safety standards.
Quoted: Although the samples were gathered in New York City, experts believe similar results would be observed elsewhere.
Quoted: Sushi from 5 of the 20 places had mercury levels so high that the Food and Drug Administration could take legal action to remove the fish from the market.
- baorao - Sep 25 2008
- drew_s - Sep 27 2008
You must be Drew's friend before you can comment on this Fave.Well I suppose that depends on how you parse the meaning of that paragraph. I took it to mean that young Greeks are no longer eating the traditional diet of their ancestors, and *that* is causing obesity and health issues.
Or are you just lamenting the fact that Mediterranean diet seems to have priced itself out of the middle class lifestyle?
I didn't misunderstand, I just wanted to tell my story about hanging out with vital old Italian folks. But your second point about affordability is very true, so I'll just say that's what I meant all along.
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