That was an enlightening post by @anon2571578 - I feel a new acronym evolving ‘VSL’ anyone?
However you’re absolutely right, there do seem to be a lot of these type of posts popping up at the moment!
Genuine Curiosity about Keto & Other Cultures
Robert_Johnson
(Consensus is Politics)
#44
Wow! I think I connected at the full 2400 Turbo baud!
Talk about a flash back to the 1980’s.
(sniff I miss my Apple IIe, so much 
)
I often wonder what a power house that chip set would be if it evolved with the others. Instead, Apple euthanized it.
A toast to the 6502!
Long Live the Dream Machine…
charlie3
(charlie3)
#45
I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s. The only processed food I saw regularly was corn flakes but that bowel of cereial was washed down with whole milk ( I would get up early and pour the cream off the top of the quart milk bottle bottles delivered daily by the Twin Pines Dairy milk man). At a young age I could fry my own eggs, which was always part of my breakfast. In grade school I came home for lunch. Family dinners were mandatory (mom and dad and 6 kids) and were always entirely scratch cooking. School lunches in the cafetereia were scratch cooked. There were no vending machines in public school buildings. College cafeteria food was all scratch cooking. We werre skinny by modern standards, very few fat kids. Real food is always better eating. It was true in the good old days and is still true. The debate back then was about convenience vs scratch cooking. Isn’t that mostly still true?
Jennibc
(Jennibc)
#46
Right now China has Type 2 diabetes skyrocketing. Jason Fung posits in The Obesity Code it’s because of the Chinese’s increase of sugar consumption over the last 30 years. He believes that increased sugar consumption in the form of soda and confections are to blame for us no longer being able to manage other carbohydrates. I think I agree with him.
DawnOM
(Dawn O Miller)
#47
I agree with this, we should be cautious judging the appearance of Asians by Western Standards.
I have a friend who is Korean, she was complaining to me one day about her weight gain, which I assured her she looked healthy to me. She than explained to me that by my viewpoint she may look fine but by her culture standards she was considered overweight.
After some research I learned that WHO does not apply the same BMI criteria to Asians, and that a BMI of 23 for an Asian is considered overweight despite it is considered Normal Weight for a Caucasian.
This same Korean friend of my also has a family history of diabetes, and her concern is that she is on her way of developing the disease as well. She is a homemaker and cooks her traditional food but she does also eat/drink a lot of sugary foods like Starbucks Coffee pretty regularly.