Anonymous wrote:You're right OP. I'm tired of hearing about yoga and Aryuvedic secrets from India. Is there scientific research to show that people in India lead long healthy lives?

DW is a cardiologist and always comments on how many Indian patients she has. Their diet is too heavy on cream fat I think.

Yoga and Ayurveda have been around for millennia. They are not secrets, nor are they magic elixirs. Much of the modern Indian diet and lifestyle is less than ideal- high carb, high fat, low physical activity, polluted air in cities and very high stress. It doesn't mean that ancient traditions don't have benefits if they are followed correctly. But why do you need to follow another country's practices just because someone talks about it?

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Anonymous wrote:You're right OP. I'm tired of hearing about yoga and Aryuvedic secrets from India. Is there scientific research to show that people in India lead long healthy lives?

They in fact do. Considering how little most of them have to do with.

There were no sections of India included in the research of areas in the world where large numbers of the population lead healthy lives to at least 100 years of age.

From National Geographic, these are the 5 "blue zones". Notice that two of them are in the Mediterranean. None of them are in India or China.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/books/features/5-blue-zones-where-the-worlds-healthiest-people-live/

1. IKARIA, GREECE
2. OKINAWA, JAPAN
3. OGLIASTRA REGION, SARDINIA
4. LOMA LINDA, CALIFORNIA (7th Day Adventist population)
5. NICOYA PENINSULA, COSTA RICA

They're not eating diets heavy in red meat. They're also not eliminating all carbs, like whole grains. They're not "marathon runners" pounding on their joints. Their exercise consists mostly of their daily movement and activity.

As Americans, works sit for too long, and then try to squeeze in a 30 minute workout or run.

If your goal is to live a happy healthy and long life, then I don't think some of the fad diets are going to work for you.

Anonymous wrote:You're right OP. I'm tired of hearing about yoga and Aryuvedic secrets from India. Is there scientific research to show that people in India lead long healthy lives?

They in fact do. Considering how little most of them have to do with.

OP
your xenophobia is showing.

You lost me at the notion that the East and Third World (each and every country/culture!) eats "from rice bowl to rice bowl." The ignorance.

Anonymous wrote:You're right OP. I'm tired of hearing about yoga and Aryuvedic secrets from India. Is there scientific research to show that people in India lead long healthy lives?

Here's a meta-analysis of the benefits of yoga. But doing research on the general population of India (all of whom do not practice yoga) to determine the health benefits of yoga would be pretty unscientific. But I'm sure you knew that, right?

https://www.elsevier.com/connect/the-science-of-yoga-what-new-research-reveals

Eating a piece of cake or slice of pie made with fresh ingredients is different than eating a box of mint chocolate Girl Scout cookies.

Are we blindly starting to follow down a path where we no longer enjoy the richness of Western traditions, such as delicious liqueur, cakes and pies and cookies and other desserts?

You talk about just not eating refined sugar to eat healthier, and then go on to say that we no longer enjoy cakes and pies? LOL

As an Asian American, I love food from around the world, but I'm not a big dessert eater, but I do love BBQ. Europeans love their cakes and baked goods, btw. Just eat in moderation and more fruits and veggies, and move around. That's pretty much it.

You're right OP. I'm tired of hearing about yoga and Aryuvedic secrets from India. Is there scientific research to show that people in India lead long healthy lives?

OP,

You can have a healthy diet with western food. Make sure you are eating fresh, home-made food and not packaged and convenience food.

Eat in moderation. Incorporate fresh produce and organic meats in your diet. Eat a balanced diet. Exercise.

There is healthy food in each kind of cuisine. If you know how to cook tasty food and nutritious food at home that is not full of butter, fat, sugar, white flour, and salt - then there are no worries.

A meat and potatoes person is more likely to have a smaller portion of organic lean beef and a side of mashed cauliflower and microgreens - than edamame and mung bean sprouts.

I am from a 3rd world country but have been exposed to many cuisines in this country. I no longer eat only foods that I was familiar with but I have incorporated my favorite healthy dishes from numerous other cuisines and some of them have been Western cuisine - American, French, Cajun, Italian, Greek etc.

Eat what makes you happy, eat fresh and local, eat produce that is in season, eat fresh food and eat with people you like.

Its all good!

Yeah why don’t you take all the ‘third world’ foods out of the supermarket and see what’s left.

*they

There's nothing more boring than people talking incessantly about what hey eat. Or don't eat. No one wants to hear it.

-signed someone whose coworkers can't shut up about their diets, or are huge food snobs.

Anonymous wrote:What's so special about you, OP? Eat and drink whatever you want. Is someone forcing you to do otherwise? No one really gives a $hit.

+ 1. Do us all a favor by eating First World diet copiously - bread basket to bread basket.

#whatglutenintolerance?