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[-] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Easy enough to check. Looks like 11.6%. Higher than the 6.2% of EU diabetics, but hardly "half of America".

EDIT: Looking more closely at the European numbers rather than simply the average is super interesting. Turkey has basically US numbers for diabetes. Ireland at 3.2% has comparatively no diabetes. For all this talk about the "Mediterranean diet" and olives being a superfood, Spain and Portugal have very high diabetes numbers. I guess we should be talking about the "Greek diet" instead.

[-] psud@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

They mostly talk about Italy and France as living longer than current nutrition models expect

The Greek diet that science cares about is the post war Greek poverty diet. Not much food, mostly whatever they could grow in their community, and pull from the sea

So fish, octopus, olives, leafy greens, tomatoes

It's not an easy diet to follow.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I think dessert is a big part of Spanish culture. Idk anything about Portuguese culture though.

[-] OGrumpyKitten@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Dessert is definitely not a big part of Spanish culture, there are a select few small deserts that are offered everywhere, but not that far off a yoghurt, spanish usually just have a coffee after food (a small espresso shot maybe some milk, but that's all)

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