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A study of what 30 families living around the world eat in one week shows the huge gulf between the diets of different nations.
Crisps, biscuits and chocolate treats dominate the shopping basket of the Baintons from Britain who spend an average of £155 every week to feed their family of four.
Other items on their shopping list include ready meals such as baked beans as well as convenience goods like ketchup, teabags and mayonnaise.
These pictures of their weekly food shop shows the sharp contrast between the eating habits of those in the UK and others around the globe.
Britain: The Bainton family of Cllingbourne Ducis spend £155 on their weekly food shop. They list their favourite foods as avocado, prawn cocktail and chocolate fudge cake with cream
Japan: The Ukita family from Kodaira City with their £200 weekly food shop
Egypt: The Ahmed family from Cairo who spend around £43 a week on food
Germany: The Melander family from Bargteheide who spend around £320 on their weekly shop
America: The Revis family from North Carolina spend £220 on the weekly food shop which includes several fast food take-aways
Canada: The Melansons of Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory, who spend around £220 a week on food
Maybe someone could add the other countries if interested.
damn, that articles says published in 2013 but I feel we've seen it before.
"A study of what 30 families living around the world eat in one week shows the huge gulf between the diets of different nations."
haha, and then the writer picks "The Melansons of Iqualuit" in the middle of butt-fuck nowhere to represent the "average" Canadian family. This writer is definitely cherry picking his data!
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damn, that articles says published in 2013 but I feel we've seen it before.
"A study of what 30 families living around the world eat in one week shows the huge gulf between the diets of different nations."
haha, and then the writer picks "The Melansons of Iqualuit" in the middle of butt-fuck nowhere to represent the "average" Canadian family. This writer is definitely cherry picking his data!
and where's the Siracha?
To be fair, half the towns they picked their examples from don't necessarily resemble the stereotype of the given country they're from.
That said, that Nunavut purchase looks pretty similar to mine.
Those pictures are from a journalistic photography set, not a "study"
It was never intended to show more than some amusing anecdotal portrayals of how different families eat around the world. They don't represent ANYTHING other than that.
I posted this to say the American family will die first.
Yeah yeah. "Death to America" All that.
We get it. You're from Iran and proud to be Iranian.
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This is good that you question it because although the study looks very credible, with a shiny heart blocking video and famous host Charlie Rose, it may very well be flawed!
For example, say a study shows that eating processed meats like bacon and hot dogs increases your risk of heart disease.
Let’s also say, as the healthy user bias predicts, that those who eat more bacon and hot dogs also eat a lot more refined flour (hot dog and hamburger buns), sugar and industrial seed oils, and a lot less fresh fruits, vegetables and soluble fiber. They also drink and smoke more, exercise less and generally do not take care of themselves very well.
How do we know, then, that it’s the processed meat that is increasing the risk of heart disease rather than these other things—or perhaps some combination of these other things and the processed meat?
The answer is, we don’t. Good studies attempt to control for some of these confounding factors, but inevitably some will not be controlled for.
Further reading
Spoiler!
And one of the most important potential confounding factors that is never controlled for is the gut microbiome.
Numerous studies, which I’ve written about on this blog and spoken about on my podcast, suggest that the balance of bacteria in our gut may be one of the most important factors—if not the most important—that determines our overall health. Gut dysbiosis (an imbalance between healthy and unhealthy bacteria in the gut) and small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO, a condition involving an inappropriate overgrowth of bacteria in the gut) have been linked to health problems as diverse as skin disease, depression, anxiety, autoimmunity, and hair loss.
Now that we got the juices flowing... GMO foods damage organs, so you can bet the families that have more boxes and packaged food at their tables will be the first ones to end up in hospitals and die.
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