I can do my weekly shopping without having to get in the car. Because in Europe everything’s all mixed together rather than zoned into miles of endless residential, that you have to drive for 25 minutes in order to leave to get to the big shopping mall was it’s one million car parking spaces.
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glitchdx@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
They walk more. That’s it. That’s the secret.
echodot@feddit.uk 12 hours ago
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 hours ago
And also didn’t replace all the fat in their food with sugar processed from corn.
Fat doesn’t turn into fat when you eat it - it turns into sugars, which then turn into fat. Eating sugar just takes one step out of the process and makes your body work less (and therefore burn less calories) turning it into fat.
essell@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Portion sizes are a factor too!
axexrx@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I dont feel like they are. Traveling France and Italy a couple years back, I found myself not finishing meals much more regularly that I do in the states, Even though I was eating a bit more because I was walking 5+ miles a day.
Maybe i was in part over ordering due to language, or menu expectations. Maybe some of thw places I was in were touristy and over doing it to match ‘american portions’
But for instance, i got breakfast that was ‘oefs en cocotte de compagne’ at a café a couple blocks from the louvre, far enough to not be in the tourist trap surrounding area anymore.
It was massive- 4 shired eggs with a generous amount of mushrooms and gruyere, served with 4 pieces of toast. And I confirmed with the waiter that that was not a shared portion…
Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 hour ago
France doesn’t really do restaurant breakfast, that dish is a main. Breakfast is coffee and a croissant if you’re having it outside the house, otherwise it’s brunch.