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Re:Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greate... by lucideer on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @04:35AM (#32148958)
> eat less meat and better quality meat

Both of these are probably true but the latter is more likely the significant margin.

Also may be worth noting the type of meat: e.g. the Sicilian staple I'm most familiar with myself is spleen.

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Re:Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greate... by codeflow2202 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @04:48AM (#32149062)
My favorite spread as a kid (and still now) is basically mashed chicken liver: https://memoriediangelina.com/2014/11/21/crostini-di-fegatin...
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Re:Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greate... by tpush on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @07:43AM (#32150188)
> [...] but the latter is more likely the significant margin.

No, it really isn't.

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Re:Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greate... by lucideer on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @07:55AM (#32150270)
Well we've got a thread here discussing why the former might not be a significant factor - care to elaborate on why you think otherwise?
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Re:Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greate... by tpush on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @09:58AM (#32151528)
Because all high-quality scientific evidence points to eating less meat making a big difference, and there being no evidence that different quality meat makes any significant difference whatsoever.
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Re:Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greate... by lucideer on Saturday July 23, 2022 @06:48PM (#32208341)
Well we've got a thread here discussing why the former might not be a significant factor - care to elaborate on why you think otherwise?
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Re:Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greate... by bongoman37 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @06:53AM (#32149813)
As someone raised in India I didn't get the American dislike for organ meats. I love the liver, the tongue, the brain, and pretty much all the parts of the animal in their various forms. Most American meat preparations taste bland and uniform with really minor variations.
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Re:Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greate... by harpersealtako on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @02:27PM (#32155930)
What are you considering as "American meat preparations" though? It's not all salt/pepper/butter/lemon here. Not even considering immigrant cuisines (which is doing a disservice because that's our entire thing, like ) there are hundreds of local meat preparation styles from southern barbecue variations to cajun food to native tex-mex and southwest styles and beyond.
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