Israel would be the “western” country to have the best diet in the world , according to the parameters of a healthy diet: foods with omega3, fruit and vegetables in abundance, whole grains, olive oil, legumes, and few industrially processed foods. Probably because it was influenced by Turkey, Greece and Italy. But the people of the network for once criticize the results of the study conducted, published in the March Lancet health insert and considered one of a kind ., having taken into consideration 187 countries. In fact, Israel cannot be defined as a Western state, at least geographically, being a state of the Near East. Western as Westernized? The strange label may be and most likely comes from here: but the inhabitants of Tel Aviv are wondering how to define healthy a cuisine that, for the quantity of hamburgers and fast food, imports too much the fashions of the United States.
Yet the study, conducted by Dr. Fumiaki Imamura of the University of Cambridge, when seen referring to the world as a whole, places African states as healthier ., that is, among the poorest states in the world. Israel is by far the most westernized country, and takes ninth place on the global scale. The countries with the healthiest diet are Chad, Sierra Leone, Mali, Gambia and Uganda, which are very poor countries. In fact, their diet is not affected by industrially processed, refined, sweetened and excessively fatty foods and has a massive consumption of carbohydrates : some African populations in fact eat up to 70 percent of their diet in whole grains, without being affected by any metabolic decompensation. such as diabetes. The countries with the worst diets ? They would be Armenia, Hungary, Belgium, the Czech Republic and Kazakhstan.