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[–]Alphix 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It's not the diet. There are Africans that have all similar genetics, and some tribes eat nearly 100% carbs and others eat nearly 0% carbs, and they are all very lean and healthy and live to old ages.

It's all about THE POISONS. The West got poisoned first but the widespread use of toxic chemicals is taking over the world and oh look, obesity.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Monsanto plus genetically engineered franken foods.

[–]JasonCarswell 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

And sugar/fructose in everything - to fuel more cancer.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

As usual no one wants to mention the big genetic difference between Westerners and Asians.

Many Asian people simply can't get fat because their bodies won't store their fat under their skin (they still want to think it's a personal achievement, though). Those same people are at far higher risk of type 2 diabetes though as they store their fat around their organs instead. They can still be unhealthy and their diet bad even if they are thin.

[–]1Icemonkey 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

California is the worlds largest rice exporter.