People from the anglosphere comes with their own idea of health, which is for the most part originated by their past religious idea of purity more than rock solid science.

Many of them can't accept studies which prove that a good life can sometimes also come out from what they view as a "sinful" behavior.

Old Italians never saw meat eating and alcohol consumption as a negative aspect of life and enjoyed it just because it was part of their culture.

And, against all these calvinist principles, they still enjoyed a pretty long life.