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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm European and eat chocolate or ice cream every day. So does my very skinny kid. My toddler doesn't eat any desserts but I'm not freaking out over a few grams of sugar in a hot dog bun.

You think the French with their butter and smoking are making better choices? Or the Germans with their processed sausages and copious amounts of beer? Or the Brits (I'm not even going there as far as alcoholism goes).

Over to Asia, white rice is metabolized basically the same way as sugar, and while I know many an auntie who swears by the health properties of ghee, I hate to burst their bubble...

Americans are fat because they don't move. It's not because their food is that much worse.

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You sound woefully misinformed about nutrition. White rice is not metabolized the same way as sugar. It also has a bunch of vitamins and protein.

Ghee (saturated fat) is actually much healthier than trans-fats.

Lifestyle issues definitely impact why Americans are fatter on average. But the quality of our food is also poorer than in most other countries, and it also makes a difference.[/quote]

Actually white rice has a hugher glycemic index (75) than sucrose i.e. sugar (65). I didn't say butter was a health food (see comment re: the French), only that copious amounts of ghee are also not very good for you.

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