Valnao@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL people of South Asian descent are more likely to suffer from heart disease. Even if they have a healthy weight and don't smoke. Scientists are not sure why. magazine.ucsf.eduexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down13
arrow-up1105arrow-down1external-linkTIL people of South Asian descent are more likely to suffer from heart disease. Even if they have a healthy weight and don't smoke. Scientists are not sure why. magazine.ucsf.eduValnao@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squarenomad@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·2 months agoThe answer is usually ultra processed foods.
minus-squarestylusmobilus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoSouth East Asian diets don’t have a lot of processed foods. In fact they’re recommended by doctors to fight heart disease and weight issues.
minus-squarenomad@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoPretty sure that’s traditional Asian cuisine, not the industrial garbage that has taken hold over there too. Maybe its the stress of Asian parents pressuring their kids to perform instead of the food…?
minus-squarexep@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoSouth Asia isn’t Southeast Asia.
minus-squarestylusmobilus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoTake out East and it’s much the same
The answer is usually ultra processed foods.
South East Asian diets don’t have a lot of processed foods. In fact they’re recommended by doctors to fight heart disease and weight issues.
Pretty sure that’s traditional Asian cuisine, not the industrial garbage that has taken hold over there too.
Maybe its the stress of Asian parents pressuring their kids to perform instead of the food…?
Haha yeah maybe.
South Asia isn’t Southeast Asia.
Take out East and it’s much the same
No