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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I lived in Germany for over a year and came home 5 lbs heavier (on a tall frame so basically the same). I don't think there's a lick of truth to this, no matter how often people say it. [/quote]

Agree. It isn’t what’s in the food, it is the actually food people are choosing to eat.  The US is the birth place of processed food, fast food, convenience foods.  They are EVERYWHERE.  And those food companies have marketed them hard for decades as a brilliant shortcut because people are soooo busy you don’t possibly have time to cook, and even if you did, you surly have better things to do than cook.  People in the US have been brain washed to believe they don’t have time to make their own meals and thinking it is more expensive to cook/prepare your own cook.  And now that everyone is used to eating crap, they love it, think it tastes better, and like the minimal effort.

If you live in the US, you don’t have to eat like that.  Eating real whole food can be simple and cheap. But people in the US just don’t to. [/quote]

OP here. I thought that was it at first, which is why I started food logging and tracking. I am now sure that this is not what is going on here for me. When I am in Europe I eat at a lot more restaurants. I cook homemade meals from scratch here. I also unquestionably eat more in Europe. I now have multiple trips where I’ve logged food and it is clear I eat more (and more restaurant food) when in Europe.

It also doesn’t explain the stiffness and achiness. [/quote]

Restaurants in Europe are likely to be cooking from scratch.  Restaurants in US mostly use shortcuts, processed crap, and Gordon/Sysco garbage.  Unless you are eating at farm to table type US establishments, except your restaurant food to be poor quality.

And are you really surprised pizza in Italy is better quality than your US Little Cesar garbage? C’mon.  You can find handmade pizza in the US too though.  Stop eating and low quality places in the US.  [/quote]

OP here. I’m not sure how often I need to repeat what I’ve said several times, but again: I don’t eat very often at restaurants in the US. I’ve never had Little Caesar pizza in my life. As I’ve said several times now, I nearly always home cook from scratch when in the US. I shop for ingredients at Whole Foods and farmers markets. I eat in restaurants in Europe. I eat more food in Europe. And yet, I lose weight effortlessly in Europe and I don’t have the bloating and stiffness I get every time I return to the US. [/quote]

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