Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Origin of the low-carb diet
Thread: Origin of the low-carb diet
View Single Post
 
Old 12-27-2023, 10:10 PM
MrChip72 MrChip72 is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Apr 2022
Posts: 834
Thanks: 46
Thanked 726 Times in 347 Posts
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Randall55 View Post
Americans tend to be heavier because of the portion size of food we consume. Any diet that reduces portion size will help you lose weight and keep it off.
Americans are among the heaviest due to High Fructose corn syrup being in almost EVERYTHING. Outside of the US even many of the exact same branded products will not contain HFCS as health regulations will not allow it. Canadians have almost identical diets to the US and the obesity rate is significantly lower. Same for the UK.

Every country except the US doesn't have a Corn lobby forcing corn to be used as a sweetener and to make ethanol for no logical reason.

Australia is known to have larger meal portions than the US in general and their obesity rate is over 30% less.