Known as the Standard American Diet (though Wikipedia calls it the Western pattern diet), it is “generally characterized by high intakes of pre-packaged foods, refined grains, red and processed meat, high-sugar drinks, candy and sweets, fried foods, high-fat dairy products (such as butter), eggs, potato products, and corn products (including high-fructose corn syrup). Conversely, there are generally low intakes of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, nuts, and seeds.”
It’s generally agreed-upon to be unhealthy, but how to move away from it is a much harder question. Capitalism, food deserts, willpower, etc etc all get talked about. But regardless of whether or not it’s a good thing, how SAD is your diet?
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Everything is expensive around here so I mostly buy what grows locally or what comes from Madagascar/SA/Réunion… we’re at the end of lychee season now but we’ve been having about a kilo a day for the past month. It’s reasonably cheap for what it is, between 4 and 7e/kg. Mangoes are ending also, haven’t had so many this year. I made juice from carambolas the other day. I gotta say I’m guilty of falling for a pastry once in a while, but luckily my wife like to bake so I know what I’m having is reasonably healthy. I must rank low on this sad scale, I guess.
TIL the real name of the “star fruit” fruit.
You mention Southeast Asian fruits but buying foods from Madagascar and South Africa. I’m curious where you live. Somewhere between the two?
“Caramboles” is what we call them in french, but not sure how else they might be called throughout the world… I live in Mayotte, in the Mozambique channel