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Sure, great thing though is that bad choices other people are making don’t affect your body too much. You’re free to fast a few weeks a year / intermittently re
by seer 3y ago
Sure, great thing though is that bad choices other people are making don’t affect your body too much. You’re free to fast a few weeks a year / intermittently regardless of how much everyone else is eating.
Also west =/= usa, europe is not as obese and maintaining a healthy lifestyle is actually quite easy, since most of it is far from car dependent, lots of nature and healthy food options.
I’ve recently found out it’s actually way harder to do all that in south asia where a lot of the fasting traditions come from, since most people live much further away from nature (big unregulated cities) and transport options are as bad if not worse than USA
- lm28469 3y ago> europe is not as obese It's getting there don't worry > Overweight and obesity affect almost 60% of adults and nearly one in three children (29% of boys and 27% of girls) in the WHO European Region. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/353747/9789289057738-eng.pdf https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/353747/9789... There isn't a single country in EU with under 50% overweight rate > since most of it is far from car dependent, lots of nature and healthy food options. We must not be living in the same world then, every mid sized / big city is the same in every country in the west, people barely walk or exercise and everybody's overweight
- nradov 3y agoThere is no reliable scientific evidence that fasting extends lifespans for humans who are already at a healthy weight and body composition. In fact, there is reason to expect the opposite effect due to the increased risk of sarcopenia. Studies in mice and other small animals living in safe, sterile lab cages can't be extrapolated to humans living in the wild.