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remember when there used to be all these articles about how people in europe live longer than americans because they drink red wine and eat more olive oil or bullshit like that? turns out it was universal healthcare the whole time

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Did anyone seriously believe Americans would be healthier if they consumed more refined fat and alcohol?

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I mean people also believed in that food pyramid.

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A lot still do.

Visit literally any Dietician, Nutritionist, or Personal Trainer.

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Or phrenologist.

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What do you believe in instead the food rectangle? ‘/!s’ (not satire/sarcasm)

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Well red wine has antioxidants l. And that’s enough syllables to make most people stop paying attention.

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Europeans especially Mediterraneans do tend have a better diet and life expectancy than Americans and even the rest of Europe

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The Scots, inventors of the deep-fried Mars Bar, recoiled in horror when learning of deep-fried butter

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