21 facts about food and eating habits

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21 FACTS ABOUT FOOD

& EATING HABITS

FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE

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food & eating habits

Food is a necessity. Evolutionary speaking the abundance or lack of it marked our chances for survival. That is why our limbic system reacts so well to any visual representation of food. Including the steak you see behind. But food is not just pure biological need. Food is culture. The way we eat, the way we engage in social activities while preparing and eating food, the habits, customs and even the superstitions that surround it make us who we are. Getting to know one man’s food is learning a lot about him. At Travel World Passport we love to explore the world from any angle possible. And food is one of the fun ways to discover the truth about any given country you decide to visit.

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New Yorkers eat 2 times more oatmeal than other U.S. cities.

People in Copenhagen eat 18.5 times more rye than other countries.

In Crete people rarely eat the last meal of the day until 9 PM or later. Restaurants

will be largely empty during what is considered the dinner rush in America.

In Kenya and other places in Africa, there are still people who practice the warrior tradition of drinking

cow's blood, either directly from the cow, or after mixing it with milk as a delicacy.

In Mexico it is considered rude to leave the table until a respectable amount of time has passed after a meal. To get

up to make a phone call, use the bathroom, step outside for some air, etc. should be avoided right after a meal.

In Sweden, going "Dutch" is the norm. Even on a date, it is customary for each person to pay their share of the bill.

Generally, in fact this is calculated precisely; it is not enough to estimate it roughly.

Packed with protein and often healthy fats, nuts can serve as a nutritious and filling replacement for meat and poultry. In Africa,

particularly in Gambia, peanuts are a common complement to vegetables and spices in numerous soups and stews—and perhaps

it’s no coincidence that this nation has not only no problems with obesity, but also one of the lowest international incidences of all types of cancer.

In Malaysia, turmeric, a spice that conveniently grows wild in the jungle, contains a substance called curcumin,

which, according to a Tufts University study, may suppress fat-tissue growth and increase our bodies’ fat-burning

capacity.

In a recent study, 52 percent of Americans (that were polled) believed doing their taxes

was easier than figuring out how to eat healthy.

Only 3 in 10 Americans believe that all sources of calories play an equal role

in weight gain.

Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that in 2011 the average

American consumed nearly one ton of food. That’s 1,996 pounds of food a year.

20 percent of all American meals are eaten in the car.

At least 1 in 4 people eat some type of fast food every day.

Americans consume 31 percent more packaged food than

fresh food.

Healthiness of the food we eat decreases by 1.7 percent for every hour that

passes in the day.

Americans spend 10 percent of their disposable income on fast food every year.

Honey is made from nectar and bee vomit. If you think honey is made from flower nectar you are only partially

correct. An important part of the process is what happens inside the bee. Bees use their digestive systems to process

the nectar by swallowing and regurgitating it several times before finally depositing it into the honeycomb for evaporation and storage.

Elvis Presley once flew more than 800 miles just to eat a sandwich. But what a

sandwich: The “Fool’s Gold” was an entire loaf of Italian bread hollowed out and

stuffed with peanut butter, grape jelly, and a pound of bacon.

Author Vladimir Nabokov ate butterflies and said they tasted “like almonds and

perhaps a green cheese combination”.

Alexander the Great banned his soldiers from chewing on mint leaves, fearing that

they would become sexually excited and unable to fight effectively.

Amelia Earhart ’s manager-husband insisted that she sign ten autographs before having her orange juice at

breakfast and then sign fifteen more before moving on to her bacon and eggs.

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