Healthy Living

When most people think of the US they think of unhealthy food and overweight people. Sure, we are surrounded by fast food here, and I have seen some HUMONGOUS people BUT here in California I think most people are quite slim and people seem to live quite a healthy lifestyle. All you need is some discipline. I'd even go so far and say it is easier to eat healthy here than in e.g. England, Sweden and Germany. Germans love their pork, bread, fried potatoes and cake. And what about those kebab places everywhere, and the beer. Swedes and their simple home cooking and all the sauces..England, well go to one of the large supermarkets and you'll find they like most things pre-made.


Here you often see products labelled with "fat free", "zero calories", "no carbs", "trans-fat free". People seem to like it. I will not comment on if these products actually are healthy or good but it seems to be a good way of making money. I prefer "normal" ingredients and rather eat leass, but those "normal" products can be quite hard to find. The good thing about the supermarkets we have around where we live (I would give ANYTHING to have a wholefoods in Europe, pricey, yes, but such a great quality) are some of the choices they offer:

• lean beef and the availability of organic meat
  
• fruit and vegetables - I am stunned everyt time I go shopping
• low fat milk, some great dairy products (compared  to Germany...)
• fresh fish and seafood

With some discipline and ignoring those greasy temptations, I think we can do pretty well here in terms of healthy living. I do wonder though, with all those skinny people in CA, who actually does eat at the fast food joints? And it is a little contradictionary people are buying all those products with no calories, it is e.g. hard to find normal butter but on the other hand people constantly chewing on or drinking something, and then all those fast food places... Burgers are nearly always on the menu here but on the other hand raw food is becoming very popular, people drink tons of soda but the new bestseller is coconut or aleo vera water.

Exercise is big here but that can't be it right? Must be another trick or is everyone on Atkins or LCHF? Just wondering :)

Anyway, we are back cooking at home,smoothies for breakfast, sallads sallads and sallads for tea. Better use all that veggie and fruit before it goes off.