People here work longer hours than in the north, and the only I know who do
siestas are retired or unemployed.
Cheers,
Nathan
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YNWA
On Jul 28, 2013, at 4:29 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> So culture, life styles and siestas play no part?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 7/27/2013 4:58 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> The European countries around the Mediterranean--Italy, Greece,
>> Spain--tend to have a lower incidence of obesity, heart disease, and
>> other lifestyle diseases than the northern countries. They also have
>> good life expectancy statistics, especially considering that the
>> average income per capita is much lower (30% or so) here than in
>> Scandinavia or the US. Since people here smoke at least as much as
>> people in the north, and exercise less, the only remaining variable
>> is the food they eat. This is not a "beyond reasonable doubt" kind of
>> thing--you will never get that when dealing with complex phenomena
>> like this. But surely common sense has a part to play too.
>>
>> Cheers, Nathan
>>
>> On 27 Jul 2013, at 20:22, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>
>>> So you've defined the Spanish Mediterranean diet. What about the
>>> French, Italian, Croatian, Albanian, Greek and Turkish, etc.
>>> versions? And how is it that there is *no doubt* which is
>>> healthier? Can you remove all doubt about removing the confounding
>>> variables that plague all dietary research?
>>>
>>> ps: I happen to agree that whatever a Mediterranean diet is it's
>>> *likely* more healthy than a full English breakfast. On the other
>>> hand I'm very far from agreeing that there's *no doubt* about it.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/27/2013 1:45 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>>> It is easy enough to define it when you live here. Compared to
>>>> Northern Europe (and the US), the diet here in Spain contains
>>>> much more seafood, more vegetables and less red meat. A
>>>> traditional breakfast food, for example, is a toasted baguette
>>>> with ground-up chunky tomato and some salt and pepper and a bit
>>>> of olive oil to taste. I very much enjoy my full English
>>>> breakfasts when I am in the UK, but there is no doubt which is
>>>> the healthier diet.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, Nathan
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> YNWA
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> On Jul 27, 2013, at 4:31 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I don't have any objections to a Mediterranean diet but I have
>>>>> never recommended it since I don't believe it can be well
>>>>> defined.
>>>>
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