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Malenko:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on June 09, 2011, 05:00:15 pm --- And while there are a lot of junk foods made in various Asian countries.. its not just the fact that they exist... but the frequency that they are bought and consumed.

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So we show you the error of your previous post, and this is your retort? When I research and post the profits of the companies are you going to says its due to savvy businessmen? Just say "oops I didn't know Japan eats like pot heads" Being wrong isn't that big of a deal, just ask chad, he does it all the time.

@PBJ I remember going to at least 3, but that was over a decade ago. One was in a tiny strip mall, one was in a bigger strip mall, one was kinda by itself. The one in the tiny strip mall had a Chinese restaurant next to it, prolly the same one. I lived up near where Culebra and Grissom meet 410, you might just be in a different part of San An.   Man, now I'm reminiscing about Jim's and their Tortilla soup, sooooo goooood.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: DaOld Man on June 09, 2011, 07:53:30 pm ---
--- Quote from: eds1275 on June 08, 2011, 07:52:00 pm ---.....Played an ungodly amount of frisbee [which made me more social] and had lots of sex.

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I take it you weren't married at that time..

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First thing my wife did was throw away all my frisbees.

RayB:
My GF went to Bejing couple years ago and she said they have a major obesity problem there that rivals the US.

The stereotype that "asians" have a magic diet that keeps them healthy stems from decades past when, yes, they were thin due to poverty and a lack of choice in foods. That's all changed.

Xiaou2:
I dont mind being wrong, and I can admit it when its so.

 In the case of the post however, it was more of an misunderstanding, and a missed word I forgot to put in.

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 dont snack on high fat garbage like potato chips *much*, dont eat too much sugar, and until only recently *see note* , had very little 'fast-food'.
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 Note: 

 China's history is very long, and its taken many years for just a handful of fast food places to spring up.  McDonalds barged its way in fairly early, but the rest taking much longer. (McDonalds over there also serves different kinds of food too)

 And even after such places became available, it wasnt like today, where some people eat 2 to 4 times a week at such places... and the rest of the time, are eating other forms of trash thats similar in nature, as a main food staple, rather than an occasional indulgence.  Which is why  for example, on average, Americans, compared to people in Japan or China... tend to be much more overweight.

 And while China for ex, may have some dishes that are bad for them... I dont recall seeing much if any dairy. Few/no high fat cheese dishes, fatty salad dressings, mayonnaise (yuck), hotdogs?.  Yet these are the kinds of things that I see people here eat on a regular diet, in large quantities.

 Do these things exist today in China / Japan?  Probably so.  But I can pretty much say with certainty that their diets on Average tend to be much better.  (for now)

 Some of the stuff I see on the backs of packages here blows my mind.  I once saw one of these little MCdonald-like pies in a box, and it stated that it was like 70% of your daily saturated fat intake. Purely disgusting and completely unnecessary to put that much fat into a single serving snack.

 With McDonalds, they used a kid friendly mascot to draw them in, and hook them early on.  Getting kids hooked to the absolute worst quality food, and as grown ups, they gorge on the stuff without any thought to its contents.

 Fortunately, change is slowly starting to happen, as people are finally starting to realize the poison and damages of the crappy food we have been ingesting. Sadly, so much damage has already been done.

Vigo:
When X2 is talking about the healthy asian food, i think it is specifically Traditional Imperial Chinese cooking, which is completely non-westernized. He is right about how it is good for you. That food is ridiculously, insanely healthy, and often delicious too. You can't even expect to find the real thing here either, mostly because for the dishes to be made properly, the food must all be 100% fresh, from ingredients that don't exist in this half of the world. Also culturally, food and medicine are one in the same. You have certain health problems, you base your diet around it and eat certain foods regularly. It works.

That being said, junk food and fast food is everywhere over Asia, and some of these unhealthy foods have been around over 100 years. Probably British influence. They eat it quite often, too. In East Asia, they will also easily eat 5 or more meals a day as well. It is just that most of the food they consume routinely is 100% fresh. Preservatives are not commonly found in their food. And their diets are just naturally balanced. You don't have to sit and eat salads to be healthy.

A lot of what keeps the fat down in east Asia is the culture. They have ridiculous standards on what thin is. When I was over there, I was considered a fat-ass American. I was a bit thinner then, too. I have the build of someone like Leonardo Dicaprio (I certainly don't look like him though  :lol) They will rip you apart to your core for being fat if you have a single ounce of meat on your bones. I'm not sure if they consider anorexia a bad thing over there. Also, when you grow up going to school every day from 7am - 8pm, you don't really have time to eat junk food and get fat either.

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