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Anecdotal data - as a Sardinia native, we do eat seafood, but to be honest around me at least that's at most a once a week practice. My grandpas, which lived to

by lhjn 6y ago

Anecdotal data - as a Sardinia native, we do eat seafood, but to be honest around me at least that's at most a once a week practice. My grandpas, which lived to 96, 98 and 101, didn't eat much fish either. Lots of veggies though. One of my grandfathers died young due to a heart condition. All of them were regularly checking their health and doing regular blood tests. I can confirm we don't see getting tested as being "obsessed with our health" but as a good (and for many, not very pleasurable) practice, part of the "preventing an illness is better than curing it" philosophy. Having cheap/free healthcare also helps.

marcyb5st 6y ago
Interesting! Some Friends from Sardinia told me that seafood is predominant in their diet! And of course, veggies.
- lhjn 6y ago
  I wouldn't say predominant, but certainly present! But we each represent a different set of connections, as I said, this kind of data is anecdotal ^^ I'd say i eat way more fish here in Japan than back in Sardinia.
- cultofmetatron 6y ago
  seafood is cheap af in greece. When I was in Athens, a kilogram of fresh caught sardines ran about 2 euro for a kilo. Thats cheaper than canned! On Crete, it was a bit more expensive at 4 euro per kilo but I never paid more than 4 euro for a pound of fish. thats cheap enough to make fresh caught fish a daily meal
  - nradov 6y ago
    That's not a good thing. The Greeks are over fishing their waters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-fishing/as-stocks-deplete-greek-fishermen-scrap-boats-and-livelihoods-idUSKBN1JS1HK https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-fishing/as-stocks-...
gillesjacobs 6y ago
Goes to show how important culture and religion can be in diet. Eating seafood instead of meat once a week, usually on Friday, is a widespread Christian practice called the Friday Fast. [1] In Europe, I know a lot of people that still stick to this practice even without practicing Christianity. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Fast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Fast
- lhjn 6y ago
  Oh, there was some people following the Friday thing, but I've only heard about it during lent and not everyone is following it - it's quite going out of fashion esp with younger generations.
  - mensetmanusman 6y ago
    Younger people make up a smaller and smaller percentage of the total population every year though. Ironically though, the young that do practice Friday fasting are much more likely, demographically, to have children. So I imagine the practice will continue for many centuries.
  - H1Supreme 6y ago
    > but I've only heard about it during lent And even then, it's usually breaded and deep fried. Not sure, I'd qualify it as a healthy alternative to a steak.
- CraneWorm 6y ago
  > seafood instead of meat most of that's still meat though?
  - refactor_master 6y ago
    According to science it should be better than red meat. Additionally, a lot of seafood comes in smaller portions, is full of bones, shells and whatnot, whereas it’s relatively easy and cheap to get large quantities of fully edible red meat. It’s not that you couldn’t have a pound of peeled shrimps, but my own experience with seafood says it’s not very common. So overall you’re most likely ending up eating less meat, and not just different meat.

by lhjn 6y ago

marcyb5st 6y ago

Interesting! Some Friends from Sardinia told me that seafood is predominant in their diet! And of course, veggies.

lhjn 6y ago
I wouldn't say predominant, but certainly present! But we each represent a different set of connections, as I said, this kind of data is anecdotal ^^ I'd say i eat way more fish here in Japan than back in Sardinia.
cultofmetatron 6y ago
seafood is cheap af in greece. When I was in Athens, a kilogram of fresh caught sardines ran about 2 euro for a kilo. Thats cheaper than canned! On Crete, it was a bit more expensive at 4 euro per kilo but I never paid more than 4 euro for a pound of fish. thats cheap enough to make fresh caught fish a daily meal
- nradov 6y ago
  That's not a good thing. The Greeks are over fishing their waters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-fishing/as-stocks-deplete-greek-fishermen-scrap-boats-and-livelihoods-idUSKBN1JS1HK https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-fishing/as-stocks-...

gillesjacobs 6y ago

Goes to show how important culture and religion can be in diet. Eating seafood instead of meat once a week, usually on Friday, is a widespread Christian practice called the Friday Fast. [1] In Europe, I know a lot of people that still stick to this practice even without practicing Christianity. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Fast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Fast

lhjn 6y ago
Oh, there was some people following the Friday thing, but I've only heard about it during lent and not everyone is following it - it's quite going out of fashion esp with younger generations.
- mensetmanusman 6y ago
  Younger people make up a smaller and smaller percentage of the total population every year though. Ironically though, the young that do practice Friday fasting are much more likely, demographically, to have children. So I imagine the practice will continue for many centuries.
- H1Supreme 6y ago
  > but I've only heard about it during lent And even then, it's usually breaded and deep fried. Not sure, I'd qualify it as a healthy alternative to a steak.
CraneWorm 6y ago
> seafood instead of meat most of that's still meat though?
- refactor_master 6y ago
  According to science it should be better than red meat. Additionally, a lot of seafood comes in smaller portions, is full of bones, shells and whatnot, whereas it’s relatively easy and cheap to get large quantities of fully edible red meat. It’s not that you couldn’t have a pound of peeled shrimps, but my own experience with seafood says it’s not very common. So overall you’re most likely ending up eating less meat, and not just different meat.