Seven-year study of adults in China links spicy foods to 14% reduced risk of death

[Hamartia Antidote]

@AndrewJin

No mate.

My family and I like spicy food.

We are into curries and spicy food.

Raw vegetables yay or nay?

 

[ahojunk]

Depends, but mostly nay.

 

[Place Of Space]

Considering chili peppers originated in Mexico and they eat it by the bucketfull they should be high up the list.

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I'd figure out what the Japanese (or better yet the Australians) are eating and work your way from there.

My guess is eating raw vegetables (salads) is the actual key.


Hey @Nihonjin1051 is there a history of raw vegetable eating in Japan as I know the Chinese have a strong aversion to it.

It depends. When I eat hot pot, I like to eat some raw vegetable, or immerse the raw vegetable into soup for 3, 4 seconds.
This kind is my favorite:

 

[AndrewJin]

It depends. When I eat hot pot, I like to eat some raw vegetable, or immerse the raw vegetable into soup for 3, 4 seconds.
This kind is my favorite:
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Put in hot pot then it is not raw veggie anymore.

Depends, but mostly nay.

I seldom eat raw veggie, like sheep eating grass.

 

[xyxmt]

why is the coronary care unit in any toronto area hospital is full of Indian & Pakistanis

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Depends, but mostly nay.

Garlic and olive oil....yay or nay?

 

[AndrewJin]

why is the coronary care unit in any toronto area hospital is full of Indian & Pakistanis

Coronary disease is more about fat and cholesterol.

 

[Place Of Space]

Put in hot pot then it is not raw veggie anymore.


I seldom eat raw veggie, like sheep eating grass.

I thought it's still raw vegetable. I just put them into hot soup for seconds.

 

[temp1994]

Some Spices like Turmeric have been linked to lowering of Alzheimer's risk. It is not a long shot that various spices have been found to be good for health.

The problem I see in spicy food in everyday life is that it is usually loaded with chilli, but lacking in other spices like cardmom, black pepper, fennel, fenugreek, bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves etc. When I cook for myself, I add a lot of variety of spices but keep chillies to minimum.

Going by this , North Indians & Pakistanis ought to have a long life.

Our diet is nothing but spicey stuff.

North Indians and Pakistanis also consume a lot of Oil and usually bad type saturated one like Ghee, Dalda etc. Also red meat is bad for helth which would be an added factor in morbidity among Pakistanis.

Considering chili peppers originated in Mexico and they eat it by the bucketfull they should be high up the list.

List of countries by life expectancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'd figure out what the Japanese (or better yet the Australians) are eating and work your way from there.

My guess is eating raw vegetables (salads) is the actual key.


Hey @Nihonjin1051 is there a history of raw vegetable eating in Japan as I know the Chinese have a strong aversion to it.

I think it is combination of raw vegetables and sea food. Both of them are extremely healthy foods.

Also, Japanese statistics may have got a little bump (not much) by some greedy people not reporting death of their dependents thus allowing them to collect welfare in their name. A lot of such cases have been reported from Japan.

I was more surprised by Angola, Chad, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe at bottom. These countries are relatively peaceful on continent of Africa and should have higher life expectancy than both Congos and sub-Saharan Africa.


Anyway; Why people love burgers and pizzas so much. I tried them once and found them to have taste of a cardboard soaked in lard. No offence but American diet seem to be pretty unhealth. Processed food and red meats do not make up balanced diet.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

I think it is combination of raw vegetables and sea food. Both of them are extremely healthy foods.

I'm guessing fish, raw vegetables, garlic, and olive oil. Possibly grape based alcohol.
Italians are high up the list too.

 

[AndrewJin]

I thought it's still raw vegetable. I just put them into hot soup for seconds.

The way you eat veggie from hot pot is not the way I eat then, I wait longer.
Raw veggie is like grass I think.

 

[Koovie]

I like spicy food.

Whats that?

 

[AndrewJin]

Whats that?

Beef noodle in a noodle chain from Taiwan.

 

[Place Of Space]

The way you eat veggie from hot pot is not the way I eat then, I wait longer.
Raw veggie is like grass I think.

Some kind taste like grass, some kind taste a little sweet. I like the later ones. lol

 

[xyxmt]

Coronary disease is more about fat and cholesterol.

I am sure you see 90% Indian and Pakistani fat, maybe compared to average Chinese