Story 1.1 "Low-fat apple"
Perhaps, for starters, I will tell you about the healthiest nation in the world. Well, you have probably already heard about the fact that there are not so many fat people in any other country. Now I will try to analyze why this is happening.
Sometimes it seems to me that the Americans have surpassed the USSR in terms of propaganda. Honestly! Whatever magazine you open, everywhere they write about how the nation is fighting for a healthy lifestyle, for health improvement, if you take your eyes off the magazine, there is sheer obesity all around.
But how many slogans! America is fighting for a healthy lifestyle! America doesn't smoke, America doesn't drink, America plays sports. The slogan will probably appear soon - America doesn't give a fuck! By God! Now in order. Let's start with the fight against alcoholism.
As part of the fight against alcoholism in the United States, they do not sell alcohol to CHILDREN under 21! They do not sell, and they control this business very strictly. They ask for ID everywhere, in restaurants, cafes, shops, bars. And they don't even sell beer and margarita with 2% alcohol. Comrades, have you ever seen an American CHILD at the age of 21? It's a bogey! This is not a child. At the age of 15, they are all bogeymen. And so, such a "child", which looks more like a closet, is not sold beer. The kids are not particularly upset - the kids smoke marijuana, swallow LSD, have group sex and infect each other with AIDS. BUT DO NOT DRINK BEER! God forbid! They are still children! Children of the healthiest nation in the world! And now, at 21, he tastes beer for the first time in his life! At the age of 21, we already give up drinking, but he is just starting, and right away and into the quarry. Or rather, not to the quarry, but from the spot and to the floor. And in the United States, children under 21 are not allowed to go to discos. Rave! I stopped going to them at 20, because I had already grown up, and they only have it since 21. That's what, and I can't understand this at all. Okay, I'll tell you about their discos separately.
I once saw an amazing picture: a huge crowd of young people gathered in front of the White House on Independence Day to watch the fireworks. Policemen darted around and took the beer away from the kids - no way! The kids were not upset and took out cigarettes with marijuana and ecstasy pills, the nation is fighting for health.
But when they turn 21, they come off to the fullest. America doesn't drink! Vraki! He also drinks, and drinks an exceptional burda! Have you tried American beer? Not? Lucky! Did you drink tequila? Nothing of the kind - I drank everything as it should be - with salt and lemon - all the same, fucking. Brrr. Everything is more or less decent - European. It also amazes me how easily they get drunk. Three bottles of beer and that's it, out, sailed, stop parquet. Rather, carvings, they only lay parquet in the hallway, and in living rooms mostly carvings, apparently, so that it was softer to fall face down.
Let's move on to the fight against smoking. Yes, I admit, most Americans don't smoke! Just don't say that they suddenly became conscious. According to the new laws, smoking is prohibited anywhere! Generally nowhere in the premises. Well, there is simply no smoking area on the premises. There is a 25-storey building, and there is not a single smoking area in it. And you work on the 21st floor, to smoke you have to go outside, walking through the whole building. I would quit too. Well done! Smokers were thrown in, so they should! Hooray! Think Americans now have healthy lungs? But no! According to statistics (The Times magazine, January 2001), there are more lung diseases! Why, you ask? It's very simple: all Americans spend their entire lives under air conditioning - at home, in the car, at work, in the store, and again at home. In many buildings, the windows simply do not open, they are simply not adapted to open, why, because the air conditioner works all year round. I once talked with an American, and we started arguing about the dangers and benefits of smoking. In response to my, in principle, controversial statement that cigarettes relieve stress and calm the nerves, he, with the words: "This is better than a cigarette," - took a package of Prozac pills from his inner pocket. Who does not know, this is the strongest antidepressant, which, as it turned out later, the Americans eat in batches. Honestly, I myself did not believe it until I came across an article on the Internet that claimed that more than half of Americans use antidepressants. Honestly, it's better to smoke.
I forgot, healthy American people play sports! They run through the streets! Yes, I saw it several times - he runs during the day under the scorching rays of the sun, along the main street, breathing smog and dust deeply and going around cars and garbage cans on the way. Well done! However, it still seems to me that we still lead a more active lifestyle. All the time Americans spend in cars, here they do not walk along the streets or parks, here absolutely everyone drives cars. For Americans, the task of walking a kilometer is fantastic in its essence! And I understand them, from me, for example, to the nearest supermarket of kilometer 3, and you can't walk it on foot, you have to cross the motorway. There is no public transport as such. Therefore, the phrase: “go for bread, for one thing and get some air” does not work in American conditions. You get in the car and drive. Honestly, I myself have never walked the street on which I have lived for a year from beginning to end. Therefore, to be honest, an American who runs on Saturdays, of course, is great, but still, it seems to me that one of my acquaintances from Kiev, who every day takes half an hour to the metro station, and then another 20 minutes from the metro to work. will be healthier.
And last but not least, the vaunted American food. I once asked an American friend to name some national American dish. Without hesitation, he said: pizza! I reasonably objected to him that pizza, in fact, is an Italian dish. After thinking, he agreed and said that "French fries" is definitely an American dish, who does not know, these are fries or, in other words, finely chopped potatoes, cooked in a deep fryer. Having already begun to get angry, I pointed out to him that even the very name "FRENCH FRIES" indicates that this is not an American dish, but a French one. Less confidently, my interlocutor named an apple pie and a turkey stew with apples - he thought, and he himself admitted that all these are English dishes. Then we moved on to drinks: whiskey, gin, tequila and margarita - it turned out that America has nothing to do with these products either. My interlocutor was amazed, it was news to him that American cuisine does not exist in nature. Already condescendingly, I suggested to him the only dish that really belongs to America - BIG MAC! For some reason, this made my interlocutor, according to his confession, even more uncomfortable. This is so, a preface, so that the reader thinks about the food culture of a huge country, which does not have a single national dish and cuisine as such.
In my opinion, all the troubles of Americans are inherent in their food. Don't believe me? Let's buy three homebrew expertise products to choose from. We take an apple, ham and potatoes toss. We bite an apple. Large. Juicy. Red. Not tasty. Or rather tasteless. We put the apple under hot water for 5 minutes. Clearly, the whole apple is covered with a layer of wax. We take a brush and detergent powder, three minutes three. The film is in place. Yes, you guessed it right, almost all fruits in the United States are coated with a special preservative. Moving on to the next exhibit. We open the package of ham. Tasty, but the meat, for some reason, is sweetish. We read the packaging turnover. Below in small letters: meat with hormones. Clear. We peel the potatoes, such a large one, almost without eyes, fill with an egg and sprinkle with an onion. Yes, with beer. No taste. Salt, pepper, change the type of beer - potatoes are like soap. We read the packaging. New, improved and genetically modified potato variety. Clear. It does not freeze in winter, the Colorado potato beetle dies from it, and we eat it.
What did you want? The same apples are brought from Peru, in order to deliver them they must be preserved. I was somehow amazed when I went to DeLuca's “organic food” store - there the same apple, of the same sort, costs 3-4 times more. And all because without this very wax. With meat it is even easier - we take a calf and every day inject him with hormones for growth, after six months he grows three times more than his other brothers. Profitable! And the fact that such meat is not assimilated by humans, but is directly deposited in fat, no longer worries anyone.
Okay, this is still bullshit. Chickens are the true poison. You've probably already heard that Ukraine has introduced a ban on the import of Bush's legs from the United States. What a noise is worth, what a hubbub. The Ukrainians took revenge on the Yankees! Have you read the opinion of Ukrainian and European experts? I will not quote in full. I'll tell you the main thing. All chickens, from the first to the very last day of their short chicken life, are injected with antibiotics so that they do not die prematurely. What's wrong with that, you say? The fact is that by consuming chicken every day, you are also consuming antibiotics that are found in tissues. After a while, you develop strong immunity to any antibiotics. Then, pah-pah-pah, you get sick, they start giving you medications, but for some reason they don't help you. Gloomy? But American doctors admit it too.
Americans are a nation of consumption. Go to a large store - a small fat woman walks and barely pushes in front of her a hefty cart with groceries, which, for me personally, would be enough for a month. Somewhere I understand them. Everything is so beautiful, in such bright packaging. Advertising on TV every 15 minutes. I understand and regret it. And most importantly, I am annoyed by the inscriptions on all products: "NO FAT". These inscriptions are on everything: on sour cream (what kind of sour cream is it without fat), bread, margarine - everywhere. Lord, if you have everything without fat, why are you so fat? I myself, without noticing, gained 8 kg in six months. There is even a saying here: when you come to the USA, you get fat from the air. But the biggest shock I experienced was when I saw the inscription Low Fat (low fat content) on the bag of apples. Well, there cannot be fruits with fat, well, they simply cannot physically.
And here is a short excerpt from Eric Schlosser's book Fast Food Nation: “54 million Americans are obese, 6 million are super fat - they are 100 pounds overweight. No nation in history has gained weight so quickly.
Obesity is the second leading cause of death in the United States after smoking. 28 thousand people die from it every year. "
For some time I photographed representatives of the healthiest nation in the world on the streets, those who are from 200 kg and above, so that later they would just believe me that I saw this with my own eyes. Until they almost gave me on glasses when they noticed. Now I do not take pictures, I'm afraid they will give it to me. I just know the truth about their whole healthy lifestyle, I know it quietly and keep quiet. Well, unless I told you.
Story 1.2 "How my tooth was pulled out for free"
What is most surprising, just before leaving, I thoroughly treated my teeth in our Kiev dental clinic. But then I had little time, and they did everything in a hurry, which affected the quality. In the third month of my stay in the USA, I felt that the filling so skillfully placed by Ukrainian doctors ordered me to live a long time. At first, I still had a glimmer of hope that I could reach Kiev, and there they would do everything for me. Didn't hold out. By that time, I already had dental insurance (they have separate medical insurance and separate ones for teeth), and I decided to use it.
I made an appointment and waited, then ran along the walls, and back on the ceiling ... it was painful. Finally, I waited. I come to the clinic, the doctor, of course, is African-American, who else is with my happiness. She looked at my tooth with a hole, made me take an X-ray (I understand that they don't even treat a cold without an X-ray) and delivered a verdict - one filling of 95 bucks. This amount was covered by insurance, and I agreed. Here, of course, I have to bow my head in front of their equipment, everything is thoughtfully perfect, everything is sterile and disposable. The only thing I didn't like was the propensity of American doctors to give very strong pain-relieving injections. Later I compared my observations with what my colleagues told me, so they give an anesthetic even with a therapeutic massage. In short, for the first time in my life they put a filling under local anesthesia. They did everything, and I went home happy. Speaking of anesthesia, he held out the next day, as a result, everyone at work thought that I had given up somewhere in the morning: my tongue was still under anesthesia and I didn’t move it very well.
After three days I no longer ran on the ceiling, I settled there! Either she put my filling incorrectly, or drilled it out incorrectly, I don't know, but I just didn't want to live because of an even worse toothache. Since it was just Saturday and Sunday, I bravely endured, and on Monday, at exactly 8 am I already went to the clinic. I go in, I say (politely, damn it, I say so): You, good lady, did something wrong - it hurts, however. She sat me down in a chair and looked. She shook her head, gave me an X-ray and a referral to another doctor, he, they say, will help you. Nothing to do, I'm across the city to him. I went in, they immediately offered to pay 50 tanks in advance, with a shout (to myself): “Choke!” - I cry. They put me in a chair, and this time the man examines the tooth. He reassures me that everything will be fine. I'm getting dumber from the pain and start talking to him in Russian. And then it dawns on me that the guy is putting too suspicious objects on the table. With the last of my strength, I wonder what he is up to. Like what? He is surprised, we will tear. Okay, I think, but I just wanted to put a seal ... But honestly, I didn't care. They injected me with three anesthesia cubes and pulled out. I'll give them their due, they pulled them out perfectly, in two minutes, breaking - not building.
Here I am sitting now, looking at the bill that has already come for a pulled out tooth and thinking. Either they have good medicine, that they pulled out a tooth so quickly, or bad, because, in fact, I just wanted to put a filling. I do not know.
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The British website Clinic Compare has ranked the most unhealthy countries in the world. The study used data from the World Health Organization, the World Lung Health Association, and the CIA World Factbook. Information on 179 countries was analyzed. The factors considered were alcohol and tobacco consumption per capita per year, as well as the problem of overweight. The same ratings were determined for each item.
We also analyzed various diseases of a non-infectious nature, including diseases of the cardiovascular system, diabetes and oncopathology. They were taken into account, since in most cases these diseases develop against the background of an unhealthy lifestyle: alcohol and tobacco abuse, as well as due to malnutrition. Below is a list of the powers included in the top 20.
The most interesting thing is that the leading positions among the unhealthy countries are occupied by the states located in Eastern Europe.
20th place - Ukraine
The last step of the twenty is Ukraine. There is a lot of drinking people in this country. Each citizen has more than 12 liters of alcohol a year. Among other states, Ukraine entered the ten most drinking nations, taking 8th position.
19th place - United Kingdom of Great Britain
This country has a high level of economy. It is the world's largest food retailer. But she also made it into the top 20 most unhealthy nations. Many residents of the state are overweight, and also abuse alcohol and smoking.
18th place - Romania
The people living in this state have a pernicious habit - smoking. On average, 1,619 cigarettes are smoked per inhabitant per year.
17th place - Greece
Obesity is a major health problem in this country. More than 25% of the total population suffer from this pathology.
16th place - Australia
Australia is in the top 20 most drinking countries, ranking 17th in the ranking. On average, each inhabitant receives up to 11.2 liters of alcohol per year.
15th place - Lebanon
This country is the world's largest supplier of two types of tobacco. It is not surprising that the inhabitants of the state suffer from nicotine addiction.
14th place - Canada
Improper nutrition is the main cause of excess weight. In Canada, obesity is found in 30% of the population. Despite the fact that there are no problems with food in the country, many continue to abuse fast food and fatty foods.
13th place - Belgium
In this European state, citizens are seriously addicted to nicotine and alcohol. In the world ranking, Belgium is in seventh position in alcohol and tobacco abuse.
12th place - Estonia
This Baltic state is not accidentally included in the list of unhealthy nations. Here, about 24.5% of residents are obese of varying degrees. And the consumption of alcohol per capita per year is more than 12 liters.
11th place - Bulgaria
As in other Eastern European states, Bulgaria has all the same problems: obesity of the population, addiction to alcohol and nicotine addiction.
10th place - Lithuania and the United States of America
Lithuanians drink a lot of alcoholic beverages. The average alcohol consumption per year is over 18 liters per person.
Among all the states in the top ten of the ranking, the United States is the only one outside Europe. Residents of this state, and this is at least 35% of all adult citizens, are overweight. The country ranks 9th in the obesity ranking. For most people, being overweight is classified as dangerous.
9th place - Luxembourg
Despite the fact that Luxembourg is a rather small state, this did not prevent it from getting on this list. The reason is that 25% of residents are overweight.
8th place - Poland
Poland has 2 main problems that have brought it to the top 10 unhealthy countries. These include smoking and drinking alcohol. There are 1,369 cigarettes and 12.3 pure alcohol per Pole per year.
7th place - Croatia
The main problem of the inhabitants of most European countries is the addiction to strong drinks. Croatia was no exception. Every citizen has at least 13 liters of alcohol a year.
6th place - Hungary
Hungarians are considered unhealthy nations due to their addiction to smoking. According to statistics, there are 1,774 cigarettes for every citizen per year.
5th place - Slovakia
In this country, more than a quarter of all citizens have problems with being overweight, which entails the development of cardiovascular pathologies. Also, many Slovaks are addicted to alcoholic beverages.
4th place - Republic of Belarus
3rd place - Slovenia
Slovenia has the largest selection of tobacco products in the world. Therefore, it is not surprising that there are 2,637 tobacco products for every citizen per year.
2nd place - Russian Federation
1st place - Czech Republic
Oddly enough, but the healthiest country was Afghanistan. It has the lowest percentage of obesity in the population - 2.7%. In terms of smoking, there are no more than 83 cigarettes per citizen per year. Since alcohol is prohibited in Afghanistan, there are practically no drinking people here.
The top four healthiest countries also include Guinea, Niger and Nepal.
Incredible facts
They live to be 90 years old, and sometimes even celebrate their centenary. These people live healthy lives, but as a rule, the main reasons for this are embedded in the culture of the country.
In fact, the whole point is not only that people take care of themselves, but also in the habits developed throughout the country.
Why do some countries have the healthiest, happiest people? What do they eat and how do their habits differ from those in other countries?
Iceland
Due to its small population, Iceland is one of the least polluted countries the world. But clean air is not the only reason Icelanders feel healthy. Due to the chilly weather that prevails most of the time, Icelanders enjoy physical activity to cope with their winter depression.
The country has one of the highest levels of life expectancy (72 years for men and 74 years for women), as well as one of the lowest infant mortality rates (2 deaths per 1000 newborns). According to the magazine ForbesIceland is considered the healthiest country in the world.
Sweden
Swedish public policy promotes healthy lifestyles, including positive balance between work and rest... Also, people here love to spend a lot of time in the fresh air, and the stunning landscape, consisting of hills, mountains and glacial lakes, contributes to this in full.
Also, because of their location, people often eat fish, which means healthy omega fatty acids. In Sweden it is customary to use more healthy ways of cooking... So, instead of using large amounts of oil, they boil, ferment, smoke and dry food.
New Zealand
As in Iceland, low population levels and pollution have made New Zealand a great place to live. New Zealanders love to spend time outdoorswhile hiking, camping and fishing. All this contributes to the fact that it is much easier to lead a healthy lifestyle here. It doesn't matter where you live, you can always get to the ocean in a little over 1.5 hours.
Plus, the country has an abundance of whole foods. Residents eat fresh seafood, which they often harvest themselves, and local organic vegetables and fruits. Everyone tries to grow something, and the neighbors sell to each other fresh food.
Sardinia, Italy
Sardinia is an autonomous region in Italy where a large number of centenarians... Sardinia has a strong sense of community. People are most often closely related to each other, and the older generation lives with their families.
Many men work as shepherds and walk 8 km a day, and their diet consists mainly of whole grain cakes, horse beans, tomatoes, herbs, garlic, various fruits, olive oil and pecorino cheese made from the milk of local grass-fed sheep. ...
Finland
According to the magazine Forbes, just 30 years ago, Finland faced one of the highest death rates from heart disease. As a result, the country began to actively promote a healthy lifestyle. The number of smokers has dropped markedly, and the consumption of fruits and vegetables has doubled... This proves once again that if you try to change something, then you will definitely succeed.
Japan
World Health Organization (WHO) analyzed the countries where people live in good health the longest, and it turned out that Japan, where the average life expectancy is 74.5 years, came first.
For the most part, it's all thanks to nutrition... Every meal in Japan looks like a real art. The food here is distinguished by its special appeal, exquisite taste and simplicity. Fish, whole soybeans, seaweed and green tea are consumed more in Japan than anywhere else in the world. Here it is customary to approach food correctly. So, when a person is already 80 percent satiated, he interrupts food intake, waits for about 10 minutes, and then decides whether to continue. And in most cases, people stop without overeating.
Okinawa
Okinawa is a prefecture under the national jurisdiction of Japan. It is worth noting this area separately, as it is believed that this is where people live the healthiest people in the world... According to A study on long-livers in Okinawa, the ratio of centenarians is the highest in the world - 50 per 100,000 people. Also the country is home to many super-longevity, people who have reached the age of 110.
Okinawans attribute their not only long but healthy life to a diet rich in local fruits and vegetables, as well as high amounts of soy tofu and seaweed. Also, this region has a strict lifestyle and low stress levels.
6 Tricks That Make the Japanese the Healthiest Nation in the World Curiously, most Japanese people believe that a crooked neck is one of the first signs of a short life.The Japanese engineer and aikido master Katsuzo Nishi was very painful from childhood.His attending physician told his parents that the boy would not make it to 20 years. To strengthen his health, his parents sent Katsuzo to a monastery, where he spent 3 years.
Looking for ways to improve his health, Nishi read not only many books by modern doctors, but also ancient treatises on Eastern and European medicine. The result of many years of work was the work of Katsuzo, in which he describes the system of healing the body he created. The work was published in 1927, when the author was 44 years old.
Several health rules from Katsuzo Nishi
6 tricks that make the Japanese the healthiest nation in the world
1. Hard bed
Spinal curvature, which is not uncommon, can lead to various diseases of the internal organs. Therefore, you need to monitor your posture and posture not only during the day, but also at night.
Niche believed that a straight spine makes a person a couple of centimeters taller, and also positively affects the work of the digestive organs.
2. A solid roller instead of a pillow
Curiously, most Japanese people believe that a crooked neck is one of the first signs of a short life.
During sleep, it is difficult for us to control the position of our neck, therefore Nishi recommends replacing the usual pillow with a solid roller, which will lie in such a way that the 3rd and 4th vertebrae will be on it.
This will cause discomfort at first, so wrap the roller with something soft, removing these layers over time.
3. Exercise "Goldfish"
Lie on a flat, hard surface. Stretch your arms up.
Position your feet so that they are perpendicular to the floor. Stretch your left heel forward and at the same time pull your left hand up without lifting it off the floor. Repeat for the right heel and right arm. The entire exercise takes 2 minutes.
Next, put your palms on top of each other, bend your elbows and place them under the 3rd and 4th cervical vertebrae, bring your legs together, and slightly spread your feet to the sides. Move your feet left and right so that your whole body vibrates. Do the exercise for 2 minutes.
4. Improving capillary blood circulation
Lie on a firm, level surface. Place a hard roller under the 3rd and 4th cervical vertebrae.Raise your arms and legs up, bend them slightly and relax them at the elbows and knees.Begin to vibrate your arms and legs. Do all this for 1-3 minutes.
5. Closing of feet and palms
Lie on a hard surface and place a hard roller under the 3rd and 4th cervical vertebrae. Bend your legs at the knees, without lifting from the floor, and close your feet. must be repeated 10 times.
Bring your palms together perpendicular to your body and squeeze the fingertips of your left and right hands. Repeat the same movements, but now not only close your fingers, but also your palms. Without opening your palms, raise your hands up and lower them onto your solar plexus.
Turn your closed palms with your fingers towards your face, put your hands behind your head without changing the position of your palms, and then return them to the solar plexus.
6. Belly and spine
Sit on the floor in the lotus position and grasp the ankle of the “upper” leg with your hands, lower your shoulders. Repeat all the exercises 10 times. After each block of exercises, do the following: extend your arms in front and place your palms perpendicular to the floor.
Turn your head to your left shoulder and look at your back, repeat this with your right shoulder. Do the same with your arms raised above your head.
Katsuzo Nishi argued that everything that a person needs for health is inherent in us, the main thing is not to succumb to laziness and reveal our potential.
