Saturday, November 7, 2009

Rural Chinese diet, compared with us

Rural Asian Diet

40% more carbs
54% less fat
300% more fiber
1/3 less protein
3x the plant protein

Rural Chinese women 80% less likely to die of heart disease
American men 1700% more likely to die of heart disease
Italian/Greek men 900% more likely to die of heart disease
China has the lowest breast cancer rate in the world

This information from Paul Pitchford, author of Healing with Whole Foods

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