Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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Interesting pictures of what people in different countries eat on a weekly basis.

http://www.foodmatters.tv/_webapp_482785/What_The_World_Eats_-_Shocking_Photos

This really puts things into perspective, a picture is worth a 1000 words. It really shows how big food corporations have their greedy fingers into almost every country & culture on this planet.

Is diet determined by largely uncontrollable forces like poverty, conflict and globalization? I think we are evolving into a World where individual choice, in all aspects of our lives, will be non-existant eventually.

flag	asked Jun 22 2011 at 14:37 Josh M 10.9k●1●7●27

Very interesting link. Thanks. – Cacktus Wayfinder Jun 22 2011 at 14:54

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I think i'm going to have dinner with the Mongolians. Thanks for posting, very interesting. (I'm kind of ashamed of my German eaters...wow how things have changed from when I lived there as a little girl!) – Karin Jun 22 2011 at 15:04

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Brilliant link - thanks. Amazing how much of a week's 'food' comes in bottles. (What's wrong with water?) – queen of the stone age Jun 22 2011 at 15:18

karin, our friends from cologne were just visiting, and all they wanted to eat was frickin' APPLEBEES. i was horrified, but they keot talking about how much they love "american food". we went out to restaurants a few times and they would order the big appetizer sampler platter everywhere we went. they love that crap. – being Jun 22 2011 at 15:27

My mom is from Germany, and I was surprised by the German table too! Sad to see so many boxes :( – Jules K Jun 22 2011 at 16:16

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Barb · Answer 1 · 2011-06-22 15:18:58Z UTC

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The "richer" we are, the cheaper we eat. The more poor we are, the richer we eat...... Not always the case but there is truth in it.

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Simibee · Answer 2 · 2011-06-22 16:42:57Z UTC

There's a similar series by the same photographer, which focuses on a day's worth of food for different individuals, ranging from New York models, to Chinese acrobats, Iranian bakers and Brazilian fishermen.

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2037749,00.html

Honestly, I'm not sure which image is most shocking; the Namibian woman scraping by on her meagre portions of monotonous corn gruel, or the morbidly obese American surrounded by what at first glance appears to be an almost obscene abundance of foods, but which in actual fact also mainly consist of reconstituted corn, artifically manipulated and processed to contain an equal number of calories as the Namibian woman's intake.

Talk about food poverty.

OptimusPrimal · Answer 3 · 2011-06-22 15:24:51Z UTC

It seems like the Latin America and south Asia are kicking behind when it comes to food. Mongolia definitely looks tempting with all their meat, but its the greens(fruits/vegetables) that really stand out to me. I assume if you have those, then you have access to meat.

Im sad to see the Africans with all that grain, now I understand why my mom makes pasta and rice all the time(she's conditioned to do so) and underrates fruits.

Those people in Guatemala with the hut and shabby clothes look like they feast on the gourmet organic stuff i could barely afford from Whole Foods/Harris Teeter.

Would any of you trade lives with any of the families shown? Which ones?

Great Post!

JCB · Answer 4 · 2011-06-22 16:11:43Z UTC

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I think I could go live with the Australians too. That's a HUGE amount of ground meat on that table with a fair amount of veggies and the crap is kinda off to the side.

Several of these spreads I am having trouble figuring out where the heck their protein is.

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	the main stash of food in the picture looks pretty decent, but look at how big they are. they are doing something wrong. maybe they are pulling from the stock pile behind them a little too much? – Jack Kronk Jun 22 2011 at 16:58
	The politics are obvious. They're trying to blame the meat and eggs for the family's obesity -- that's why it's front and center, and the sweets are off to the side. – Kaz Jun 22 2011 at 18:02
	They could be reeaaallly lazy? – Sara Jun 22 2011 at 20:15
	did you note the cigs and sweet drinks.Also they appear indigenious, a group that struggles with obesitey. – Kimble Jun 23 2011 at 9:26

Jeff · Answer 5 · 2011-06-22 15:07:31Z UTC

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Very interesting, thanks for sharing! I don't find it 'shocking' though.

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I actually am shocked by the amount of soda in some of those pics... call me naive- I had no idea people drank THAT much! Even back in my soda drinking days- I'd drink a 20oz maybe once or twice a week. Yikes! – thatonecrazylady Jun 22 2011 at 15:19

crazy lady, when i was hitting middle school, there was a point where i needed a coke before i went to sleep at night, and i usually ended a full 5-7 hours of playing intense neighborhood football(i mean intense) with a fresh bottle of Coca Cola. yea... – OptimusPrimal Jun 22 2011 at 15:29

at least you were active! A lot of kids are just playing WoW in their bedrooms with doritors and mountain dew. :/ – thatonecrazylady Jun 22 2011 at 16:13

Since Saturday, my husband and I have drunk about 34 cans of Diet Pepsi. Hangs her head in shame I know people who drink even more, too! – Sara Jun 22 2011 at 20:17

Hahahaha! youtube.com/watch?v=9Kgx2b1sIRs That was for you, thatonecrazylady. – Sara Jun 22 2011 at 20:22

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Sara · Answer 6 · 2011-06-22 16:49:44Z UTC

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I think what's on the table in Australia. Kinda forget about the stuff behind them...

I'm extremely disappointed in their pick for a California family. Oh, well.

Canada looks significantly better than the US or Britain, even if not Paleo.

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That is the average family. – Marnee Feb 1 2012 at 18:53

A week of average food, for a family, from different countries, notice a trend at all?

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