re: Question for those that have traveled/lived in Europe:

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Do you eat out every day?

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No.

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No, Europe doesnt have better food. Americans just make poor choices.

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I disagree with the first sentence.

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You can buy European wine here in the states you know.

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Not really.

Usually the good cheap stuff is hard to find because the Italians etc keep it for themselves domestically. Only a little gets out along with the really expensive stuff which of course they export a lot.

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You can buy European wine here in the states you know.

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Once it’s bottled to be shipped it’s loaded with sulfites. The local family wine at restaurants in most of Europe won’t have that in it.

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Some of the best wine I’ve ever had was in a restaurant in Rome. I asked if I could buy a bottle to take back to the US, how much. Waiter said I’ll see. He came back, said yes, $8. I bought 8 bottles and stuffed them in the luggage for home.

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A funny sidenote...someone once brought my dad some craft Austrian chocolate and it was so good that hes been trying to get some of it for years. I found a little shop in Vienna that had it and pretty much cleaned them out. I then had to haul around a big arse bag full of $150 worth of chocolate bars when flying home

As much as I love America and wouldn’t trade places with anyone in the world, Americans are a gluttonous people. Majority are overweight and sedentary and being kept alive with diabetes, blood pressure and other medicines directly related to them being overweight.

I’ve been in the life and health insurance business for 30 years and minimum 50% of my applicants are denied life insurance or have their premiums rated up or moved to an alternative company who specializes in high risk cases, primarily due to height-weight guidelines and/or the diseases associated with being overweight. I can usually tell by looking at them what category they’re going to fall in.

I’ve been to six European countries - including Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and two in the UK - and as a rule people at least look fitter and healthier than Americans. First, their “food culture” seems healthier in terms of portions and eating less processed garbage. Also, I’ve read that many artificial ingredients in American foods are not allowed in Europe. I understand we value freedom to make our own choices in America, even ones that will kill us, so I’m not necessarily arguing for a European, socialist style answer to control people’s choices. Just making observations.

As for me I try to shop on the outside aisles of the grocery store where the produce, meat and more natural foods are located. I rarely eat fast food.

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Meat? Fruit? Definitely not.

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We found the opposite. We were in a lot of Germanic countries and Poland. The quality of meat and produce was great.

The EU’s food standards are much better than the US. In the EU, an additive has to be proven safe to consume before it can be used. Here, it has to be proven unsafe to not use it. Backwards logic.

I always eat a ton in Europe and Asia because I walk about 15 miles per day.

Are yall a bit overweight? If so maybe it's because you stick out more overseas bc there aren't nearly as many fatty Arbuckles there as in the US.

I lose 20 pounds on every trip to the UK. The food is really disgusting.

You don't like baked beans for breakfast and haggis?

One sight of the blood pudding turned my stomach