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> but that is more about clientele. Yeah, absolutely agreed. Most 'traditional cuisines' tend to be fairly healthy. My pet theory on this is along the lines of
by moufestaphio 8y ago
> but that is more about clientele.
Yeah, absolutely agreed.
Most 'traditional cuisines' tend to be fairly healthy.
My pet theory on this is along the lines of an evolutionary standpoint.. if it wasn't healthy, the people eating it would have been more likely to die off.
Unfortunately North American's got all the delicious foods from all the cultures that immigrated :)
- bobthepanda 8y agoTraditional food for the average person is very healthy. Of course, the average Cantonese person was very poor until decades ago. Most of the dishes that have made it abroad usually consists of tastier fare for a more wealthy population. We know a wealthy Chinese woman as far back as 600BCE had high cholesterol and a heart attack. https://allthatsinteresting.com/xin-zhui-lady-dai https://allthatsinteresting.com/xin-zhui-lady-dai