It's hard to follow the Mediterranean diet in Canada.
The Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, published Sunday, ranked 169 nations based on factors such as life expectancy and access to sanitation and medical care
Israel is the 10th healthiest country in the world — 54 spots ahead of the United States.
The Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, published Sunday, ranked 169 nations based on factors such as life expectancy and access to sanitation and medical care. Countries were penalized for tobacco use and obesity, among other health risks.
Unsurprisingly, the Mediterranean diet — common in Israel, as well as Spain and Italy, numbers one and two on the list — was noted in Bloomberg's analysis.
"Mediterranean diet, supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or nuts, had a lower rate of major cardiovascular events than those assigned to a reduced-fat diet," says a study cited by Bloomberg.
The rest of the top 10, in order, are: Spain, Italy, Iceland, Japan, Switzerland, Sweden, Australia, Singapore and Norway.
The U.S. placed 64th, largely in part to its high obesity rate. Recent figures from the Centers for Disease Control estimate about 40 percent of the country, or over 93 million citizens, are obese.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-ranked-10th-healthiest-country-in-the-world-1.6977455
			
			
			
				I see Canada is sixteenth on that list..
Why is it hard to follow a Mediterranean diet in Canada Gaon?
			
			
			
				Quote from: "Fashionista"
I see Canada is sixteenth on that list..
Why is it hard to follow a Mediterranean diet in Canada Gaon?
Israeli food is based on plenty of vegetables and legumes, grapes/wine, citrus fruits and extra virgin olive oil. Tahini, falafel, eggplant, and a variety of salads are always present at the table. All the ingredients of the region. Even the street food is not unhealthy
			 
			
			
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Quote from: "Fashionista"
I see Canada is sixteenth on that list..
Why is it hard to follow a Mediterranean diet in Canada Gaon?
Israeli food is based on plenty of vegetables and legumes, grapes/wine, citrus fruits and extra virgin olive oil. Tahini, falafel, eggplant, and a variety of salads are always present at the table. All the ingredients of the region. Even the street food is not unhealthy
And if it's like other Mediterranean countries, red meat is not a staple.
			 
			
			
				And so you know Gaon, the people of Vancouver and Victoria probably have the healthiest diets of any urban centres in Canada.
			
			
			
				And as usual, Australia ranks in the top ten.
We eat well from the five major food groups.
Beer, pies, chocolate, cake and chips. 
You can get those in Canada.
			
			
			
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And as usual, Australia ranks in the top ten.
We eat well from the five major food groups.
Beer, pies, chocolate, cake and chips. 
You can get those in Canada.
Australia top ten surprises me. Like you said, the eating and drinking habits are not what any doctor would recommend. But, I did work with rig pigs.
			 
			
			
				You should have worked with cops.
Night shift pizza, then beer for breakfast.
			
			
			
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You should have worked with cops.
Night shift pizza, then beer for breakfast.
I found the wrong calling.
			 
			
			
				Mmmm...digging into the earth's crust to tap oil or cleaning up the dumps that society drops on good people...tough call.
			
			
			
				Quote from: "Bricktop"
Mmmm...digging into the earth's crust to tap oil or cleaning up the dumps that society drops on good people...tough call.
Beer for breakfast though. Camps don't serve that.
			 
			
			
				Yup.
Finish at 7.00am.
To one of the early opener pubs for eggs, bacon and a "few" beers.
			
			
			
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Yup.
Finish at 7.00am.
To one of the early opener pubs for eggs, bacon and a "few" beers.
 ac_wot
			 
			
			
				It was the 70's...what can I say.
			
			
			
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Yup.
Finish at 7.00am.
To one of the early opener pubs for eggs, bacon and a "few" beers.
 ac_wot
I've been known to drink before noon too.
			 
			
			
				Can't beat bacon, eggs and beer for brekky.
Of course, if I tried that now, I'd be dead the next day.
			
			
			
				Quote from: "Bricktop"
Can't beat bacon, eggs and beer for brekky.
Of course, if I tried that now, I'd be dead the next day.
I think Gaon's Israeli Mediterranean diet is better
			 
			
			
				Israel has a healthy cuisine comprised of locally grown fresh fruits, and vegetables ripened on the vine. Combine that with a gentle climate that encourages outdoor activity and it's obvious why Israelis are healthier than Canadians and Russians.
			
			
			
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Quote from: "Bricktop"
Can't beat bacon, eggs and beer for brekky.
Of course, if I tried that now, I'd be dead the next day.
I think Gaon's Israeli Mediterranean diet is better
Don't knock it til you try it!!!
 ac_drinks
			 
			
			
				Quote from: "Bricktop"
Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "Bricktop"
Can't beat bacon, eggs and beer for brekky.
Of course, if I tried that now, I'd be dead the next day.
I think Gaon's Israeli Mediterranean diet is better
Don't knock it til you try it!!!
 ac_drinks
I would think it's possible in Australia to eat healthier than we do..
We grow summer vegetables and seasonal fruit, but the rest of the year they come from factory farms in California..
Not to mention tropical fruits which come from South America..
Australians, especially in the North can enjoy fruits ripened on the tree..
As Gaon mentioned, that tastes better.
			 
			
			
				Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "Bricktop"
Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "Bricktop"
Can't beat bacon, eggs and beer for brekky.
Of course, if I tried that now, I'd be dead the next day.
I think Gaon's Israeli Mediterranean diet is better
Don't knock it til you try it!!!
 ac_drinks
I would think it's possible in Australia to eat healthier than we do..
We grow summer vegetables and seasonal fruit, but the rest of the year they come from factory farms in California..
Not to mention tropical fruits which come from South America..
Australians, especially in the North can enjoy fruits ripened on the tree..
As Gaon mentioned, that tastes better.
Canadians are about as healthy as they can be in a country this size and this cold. Scandinavians are healthy  due to consuming more fish than other forms of protein.
			 
			
			
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The Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, published Sunday, ranked 169 nations based on factors such as life expectancy and access to sanitation and medical care. Countries were penalized for tobacco use and obesity, among other health risks.
The U.S. placed 64th, largely in part to its high obesity rate. Recent figures from the Centers for Disease Control estimate about 40 percent of the country, or over 93 million citizens, are obese.
Life expectancy is a fairly objective measure although non health related fatalities could bias results, like auto accidents, suicides and homicides.  Obesity and tobacco seem like fairly good measures, but then there are other dangerous habits like drug and alcohol use that are important as well.  Sanitation and health care are not well defined and possibly more subject to bias.
			 
			
			
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The Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, published Sunday, ranked 169 nations based on factors such as life expectancy and access to sanitation and medical care. Countries were penalized for tobacco use and obesity, among other health risks.
The U.S. placed 64th, largely in part to its high obesity rate. Recent figures from the Centers for Disease Control estimate about 40 percent of the country, or over 93 million citizens, are obese.
Life expectancy is a fairly objective measure although non health related fatalities could bias results, like auto accidents, suicides and homicides.  Obesity and tobacco seem like fairly good measures, but then there are other dangerous habits like drug and alcohol use that are important as well.  Sanitation and health care are not well defined and possibly more subject to bias.
I read that American life expectancy is dropping because of so many premature deaths due to the opioid epidemic.
			 
			
			
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The Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, published Sunday, ranked 169 nations based on factors such as life expectancy and access to sanitation and medical care. Countries were penalized for tobacco use and obesity, among other health risks.
The U.S. placed 64th, largely in part to its high obesity rate. Recent figures from the Centers for Disease Control estimate about 40 percent of the country, or over 93 million citizens, are obese.
Life expectancy is a fairly objective measure although non health related fatalities could bias results, like auto accidents, suicides and homicides.  Obesity and tobacco seem like fairly good measures, but then there are other dangerous habits like drug and alcohol use that are important as well.  Sanitation and health care are not well defined and possibly more subject to bias.
I read that American life expectancy is dropping because of so many premature deaths due to the opioid epidemic.
Yes it would appear so.  I think the reason for this was in the past heroin had a huge stigma attached to it as a street drug that only low lives used.  But with the greater growth of pharmaceuticals like oxycodone and other prescribable opiates it has taken the stigma off.   Also before people had to seek out street dealers now they can just go to doctors. I could be wrong but that is what I think is going on.
			 
			
			
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Quote from: "Gaon"
Quote from: "Wazzzup"
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The Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, published Sunday, ranked 169 nations based on factors such as life expectancy and access to sanitation and medical care. Countries were penalized for tobacco use and obesity, among other health risks.
The U.S. placed 64th, largely in part to its high obesity rate. Recent figures from the Centers for Disease Control estimate about 40 percent of the country, or over 93 million citizens, are obese.
Life expectancy is a fairly objective measure although non health related fatalities could bias results, like auto accidents, suicides and homicides.  Obesity and tobacco seem like fairly good measures, but then there are other dangerous habits like drug and alcohol use that are important as well.  Sanitation and health care are not well defined and possibly more subject to bias.
I read that American life expectancy is dropping because of so many premature deaths due to the opioid epidemic.
Yes it would appear so.  I think the reason for this was in the past heroin had a huge stigma attached to it as a street drug that only low lives used.  But with the greater growth of pharmaceuticals like oxycodone and other prescribable opiates it has taken the stigma off.   Also before people had to seek out street dealers now they can just go to doctors. I could be wrong but that is what I think is going on.
American physicians are the new street dealers. Opiate addiction is a very big problem here in Vancouver.
			 
			
			
				Beautiful women, a pleasant climate, good food and drink, low crime, and beaches. If it had more golf courses, it would be paradise.
			
			
			
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Can't beat bacon, eggs and beer for brekky.
Of course, if I tried that now, I'd be dead the next day.
I think Gaon's Israeli Mediterranean diet is better
Don't knock it til you try it!!!
 ac_drinks
I would think it's possible in Australia to eat healthier than we do..
We grow summer vegetables and seasonal fruit, but the rest of the year they come from factory farms in California..
Not to mention tropical fruits which come from South America..
Australians, especially in the North can enjoy fruits ripened on the tree..
As Gaon mentioned, that tastes better.
Fruit?  ac_dunno
			 
			
			
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Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "Bricktop"
Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "Bricktop"
Can't beat bacon, eggs and beer for brekky.
Of course, if I tried that now, I'd be dead the next day.
I think Gaon's Israeli Mediterranean diet is better
Don't knock it til you try it!!!
 ac_drinks
I would think it's possible in Australia to eat healthier than we do..
We grow summer vegetables and seasonal fruit, but the rest of the year they come from factory farms in California..
Not to mention tropical fruits which come from South America..
Australians, especially in the North can enjoy fruits ripened on the tree..
As Gaon mentioned, that tastes better.
Fruit?  ac_dunno
You don't like fresh fruit?
			 
			
			
				Of course I do.
A slice of lemon in a gin and tonic is a delight, and fresh orange juice with a shot of vodka is a great start to the day.
			
			
			
				Quote from: "Gaon"
Israel has a healthy cuisine comprised of locally grown fresh fruits, and vegetables ripened on the vine. Combine that with a gentle climate that encourages outdoor activity and it's obvious why Israelis are healthier than Canadians and Russians.
I hope you are being paid by Israel's tourism industry.
			 
			
			
				Quote from: "Bricktop"
Of course I do.
A slice of lemon in a gin and tonic is a delight, and fresh orange juice with a shot of vodka is a great start to the day.
Shame on you.
			 
			
			
				Finland is 15th..
The vodka, beer and mustard-cracker diet is working for us..
			
			
			
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Finland is 15th..
The vodka, beer and mustard-cracker diet is working for us..
That surprises me. Finland has high alcohol consumption per capita. Nearly all of Europe does. South Korea is the Asian country with European levels of alcohol consumption.

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Finland is 15th..
The vodka, beer and mustard-cracker diet is working for us..
That surprises me. Finland has high alcohol consumption per capita. Nearly all of Europe does. South Korea is the Asian country with European levels of alcohol consumption.

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Taiwanese drink more than that.
			 
			
			
				Hmmm....someone forgot to white out Australia.
			
			
			
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Quote from: "Odinson"
Finland is 15th..
The vodka, beer and mustard-cracker diet is working for us..
That surprises me. Finland has high alcohol consumption per capita. Nearly all of Europe does. South Korea is the Asian country with European levels of alcohol consumption.

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We are binge drinkers..
Our livers get bombarded but its only momentarily.
I can drink two litres of vodka easily in one evening.. But my liver is just fine..
We walk and bicycle a lot and are overall more fit than some other folks.
			 
			
			
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Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Odinson"
Finland is 15th..
The vodka, beer and mustard-cracker diet is working for us..
That surprises me. Finland has high alcohol consumption per capita. Nearly all of Europe does. South Korea is the Asian country with European levels of alcohol consumption.

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Taiwanese drink more than that.
All East Asians drink, but not as much as Koreans. ac_dance
			 
			
			
				Quote from: "Gaon"
It's hard to follow the Mediterranean diet in Canada.
The Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, published Sunday, ranked 169 nations based on factors such as life expectancy and access to sanitation and medical care
Israel is the 10th healthiest country in the world — 54 spots ahead of the United States.
The Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, published Sunday, ranked 169 nations based on factors such as life expectancy and access to sanitation and medical care. Countries were penalized for tobacco use and obesity, among other health risks.
Unsurprisingly, the Mediterranean diet — common in Israel, as well as Spain and Italy, numbers one and two on the list — was noted in Bloomberg's analysis.
"Mediterranean diet, supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or nuts, had a lower rate of major cardiovascular events than those assigned to a reduced-fat diet," says a study cited by Bloomberg.
The rest of the top 10, in order, are: Spain, Italy, Iceland, Japan, Switzerland, Sweden, Australia, Singapore and Norway.
The U.S. placed 64th, largely in part to its high obesity rate. Recent figures from the Centers for Disease Control estimate about 40 percent of the country, or over 93 million citizens, are obese.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-ranked-10th-healthiest-country-in-the-world-1.6977455
It's not just diet that makes Israeli the 10th, it is probably their sex practices. Religious people TRY to stay sexually moral. Circumcision of men lowers problems for women in Israel as well. I think at one time Israeli women had the lowest cervical cancer rates.
Americans are fairly sexually immoral causing their drop down 50 on the charts STD PLUS they don't have traditionally low cost healthcare for the poor. Early preventive medicine help long term illnesses developing. If the poor can't afford a doctor more serious illnesses develops.
Cane sugar kills westerners... sugary drinks and drinking alcohol and drugs.
Australia only scores high because going to a doctor is almost (but not quite (for some)) free. Baby vaccinations are free and medicine for the healthcare card holders is $5.00 a prescription.
			 
			
			
				Quote from: "Odinson"
 But my liver is just fine..
^^^
Delusional.
Listen up son,... if you want to survive old age with healthy organs, you better rethink your drinking habits now.
			 
			
			
				Quote from: "caskur"
It's not just diet that makes Israeli the 10th, it is probably their sex practices. Religious people TRY to stay sexually moral. Circumcision of men lowers problems for women in Israel as well. I think at one time Israeli women had the lowest cervical cancer rates.
Americans are fairly sexually immoral causing their drop down 50 on the charts STD PLUS they don't have traditionally low cost healthcare for the poor. Early preventive medicine help long term illnesses developing. If the poor can't afford a doctor more serious illnesses develops.
Cane sugar kills westerners... sugary drinks and drinking alcohol and drugs.
Australia only scores high because going to a doctor is almost (but not quite (for some)) free. Baby vaccinations are free and medicine for the healthcare card holders is $5.00 a prescription.
Most Israelis are secular I believe. I could be wrong. I'll defer to Gaon on that.
I get what you are saying about the connection between improved health stats and religion. Utah is a religious state(Mormon) and perhaps the healthiest in the US.
			 
			
			
				Quote from: "caskur"
Americans are fairly sexually immoral causing their drop down 50 on the charts STD PLUS they don't have traditionally low cost healthcare for the poor. Early preventive medicine help long term illnesses developing. If the poor can't afford a doctor more serious illnesses develops.
The poor have free health care in the US through medicaid.  Anyone 138% of the poverty level or lower gets free government health care.
Also STD rates vary greatly by race in the US.
take for example HIV rates--

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 But my liver is just fine..
^^^
Delusional.
Listen up son,... if you want to survive old age with healthy organs, you better rethink your drinking habits now.
I have it on paper..
Its functioning normally.
Heart functions as it should, blood pressure is normal etc.
And little Odie always wakes up energetic and ready for battle.. 
Thats the most important thing.
			 
			
			
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Quote from: "caskur"
Americans are fairly sexually immoral causing their drop down 50 on the charts STD PLUS they don't have traditionally low cost healthcare for the poor. Early preventive medicine help long term illnesses developing. If the poor can't afford a doctor more serious illnesses develops.
The poor have free health care in the US through medicaid.  Anyone 138% of the poverty level or lower gets free government health care.
Also STD rates vary greatly by race in the US.
take for example HIV rates--

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That's waycist. ac_toofunny