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HylianFox posted...

There is so much sugar in our food, it's crazy.
Even shit you wouldn't think has sugar in it is loaded with the stuff.

This.

As an example here in Portugal, I bought one of those premade sandwiches that you see in US gas stations (ham sandwich, for example). If you look at the calories in that, it'll be somewhere between 400-600 calories in the US.

But the same basic sandwich bought out of an automat vending machine here in a "Spot24h"... only has around 220 calories.

It's got two slices of bread, a mayo spread, lettuce, tomato, ham, and cheese. But less than half the calories.

Why?

Because the bread has no sugar in it.
The cheese is real cheese and not an artificial oil-based cheese product.
The ham is a real slice of ham and not a reconstituted slurry reformed into a ham slice.
The mayo is real mayo and not made of artificial ingredients... and doesn't have sugar in it.

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Also, people don't drive everywhere in Europe. There's a *LOT* more walking from place to place. You'll easily walk around 3 miles a day or more, because everything is not spaced out as much.

So you'll walk a half-mile to a restaurant for dinner... and then a half-mile back home. And walk another mile (round trip) to get a cup of coffee. And then take another mile walk after dinner.

Plus you'll walk to the grocery store and back, or to other local markets. Or to do many of your errands.

A car is only necessary for long trips or for when you can't easily carry something from point A to point B.

Or if you live in a really rural area.