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I'm trying to have a peaceful entertaining Monday morning and First thing second thing first thing I see was something probably the worst thing I ever reacted to and this is the second thing Germans talking about how fat Americans are and They're not wrong So, let me just I've lived in Germany on and off since 2016 and living here has given me a very valuable outside perspective of my home country the USA and a huge takeaway for me has been that Germany is sort of the land of Moderation and the middle while the United States is the land of extremes extremely rich extremely poor extremely beautiful extremely ugly Put Ohio Oh, that's funny. I'll be on Ohio. Ohio is terrible looking. I ain't gonna lie Ohio they got some real steppers out there salute to everything y'all got going on But it's ugly Extremely fit and Extremely fat behind only the small island nations United States is the most obese country in the world the ranging numbers estimate that 30% of American adults are overweight while 42% are considered obese leaving over two-thirds of America's adult population Being considered overweight or obese Among the highest is adult population being considered overweight or Why they put bro, man? Why they doing them like this? Beasts among the highest in the world What contrast is to Germany a western nation with a lot of societal similarities to the United States And you'd think a country that's obsessed with bread and beer would also have this problem on the same scale But Germany actually has a much lower prevalence of obesity with the rate being around 19% even when just walking around in these two countries you can notice this difference So for the past few weeks, I've taken a deep dive into why this is it's been fascinating at times No cap. I feel like Miami is a separate part of the world. I mean a separate part of America I do not if you're fat and you live in Miami. No offense This is just my opinion if you're fat and you live in Miami. You need to go see like Like somebody maybe you got an overactive thyroid gland or something because I don't think it's possible to be big and live here How it's hot? The moment you walk you lose three pounds you walk two steps three pounds sweat it off instantly I don't know and shocking at times. That is why So settle in and let's talk about why Americans get fat and Germans do not Americans are not winning their battle against obesity They can juggle these I was actually pretty good. You see that Okay, chill out right little subjects. Let me tell you guys a little bit about my health So many of you guys know I've been an athlete almost my entire life So my health and wellness are super important to me. I really like to take care of myself and my body I always find that I feel my best both mentally and physically When I really take care of what I put into my body that is where the sponsor of today's video comes in I understand that you got to pay these bills, but they ain't got nothing to do with me. My boy salute though Salute though Are you game a whole little a whole little portion of the video? Physically each video So there's a few main categories that I think we need to discuss The first is lifestyle Love to walk of course there's walking and there's walking the Zontag spa see a gang of Sunday stroll has long been an established feature In the lives of many German families, but Germans are pretty famous for loving the outdoors now This is not to say that I'm that's true I had a I used to date an old pair here. First of all, I miss her and if you ever wanted to come back I'm here for you She was like she was like in shape before she moved here And then like she got out of shape but not out of shape because she was tall She's like six feet tall so out of shape to her country standard She to her and to herself and then when she went back She got back in shape like she got small again like instantly But yeah Americans don't also she like to walk a lot love outdoor activities I would actually even argue that certain American states like Colorado and the arts of my state Oregon are just If not more active than Germany, but we're talking about the countries on average as a whole Germans are much more active in the outdoors that Americans and from my perspective Germans seem to participate in physical activities that are sort of Mild in nature, and they don't really seem to Separate their life from their exercise I feel like it's all one which probably makes it way easier and doesn't feel like a daunting task People in the United States either are obsessed with fitness and working out almost in an unhealthy way or Don't work out or exercise at all. So for example with activities like walking or a mild hike or a little bike ride I ain't never heard of a mild hike. What the hell is a mild hike? What is that? I'm too in the city to be mild hike First of all, I couldn't even walk down the block in Chicago Let's be real Ever since I moved to Miami every chance I get to walk I walk But like cuz I I didn't have that. That was a luxury. I didn't have in Chicago But now that I'm in Miami, you know, I take it, you know Get my little steps in you know Sam I'm relaxed. No pipe on me. I'm just walking freely out here salute This seems to be very common with Germans and stats back it up 80% of German households own a bike Well only 48% of American households do now touch a little bit more on this stuff later But I think it's important just to recognize sort of the different attitudes of these activities between the two different countries So since living in Germany every time I go back to the States. I feel a little bit Sick for about a week and I always kind of joked that it's like oh my body Got used to not consuming all those American chemicals while in Germany now I'm back and my body is Dealing with those chemicals again, and I was always like kind of a joke but after Researching every now. It's not on standby. It's still ready, but it ain't you know, it ain't right, you know, Sam My daughter getting bigger. It can't just be you know, say anywhere thing It seems like there's probably quite a bit of truth to that diet food Chemicals it's the early 20th century times are hard in the u.s. We're facing the dust bowl And eventually the great depression So during this time farmers face severe economic hardship And so the government implemented interventions to stabilize agricultural markets and support struggling farmers Including the subsidization Of corn now. This was actually supposed to just be a temporary measure, but over time We realized all of the industrial applications of corn aside from it Just being a very below average food that I never get on my chipotle It has a wide range of applications such as biofuel production animal feed and food processing Eventually lobbying groups came into play as well, which leads this to still be happening today So the situation in the u.s. Today is that corn is subsidized by the governments And it is cheap and abundant and this has led to the development and widespread use of high fructose corn syrup Yep, yep Yeah That's how I taste like uk drinks And all the uk food that i've been trying and it's like a clear difference Like it's not even it's unmeasure The uk stuff tastes way healthier than the american stuff Like literally like I had a fruit boost I know what a fruit boost is of course. I had a fruit boost from the uk And I thought it was like a diet drink. I was what's this? It ain't taste no hot fructose high corn syrup or nothing I was like, okay I'm not used to this But I imagine this is why y'all skinnier This is an artificial sweetener made of corn. That's cheaper than sugar And satisfies that american sweet tooth palette But if you saw the video where my cousin ty tried that sort of I forgot what it was called But this pastry from the german bakery, which is one of the most sugar-filled pastries You can get at a german bakery and he described it as like a diet donut and ty Actually picked out something that I've never eaten before a quark tache Okay, it tastes like a diet donut Ty says it tastes like a diet donut That just kind of shows the difference right there our american honestly, it's the same for the uk for me I feel I feel like every time I eat something. I'm eating this diet Palates are hooked on sweets, which is satisfied by this incredibly unhealthy high fructose corn syrup Which helps plump us up. So today the most subsidized crop in the usa is still corn, which is Juice water strawberry puree sugar lemon juice. Okay All right, but No high fructose corn contentment No high fructose corn syrup It's not the case in germany germany primarily subsidizes wheat Hey, it's will from bucker law. Do you know big So they'll set up will I don't know what you what you You Barley and dairy and this is possibly why whenever germans come over to the united states They always complain about the quality of american dairy products That was one of the things my girlfriend excited when she came back to germany to get good dairy again So we're drowning in the high fructose corn syrup in the usa and it's in an alarming amount of food And this is corn syrup in the usa It's in a big mac It's an ibuprofen or molten It's in an alarming amount of food and this is helping to make us fat It's also crazy when you look at a food products the exact same product the american version versus a european version And how much more sugar conversion versus Yeah This no this literally be high z for the uk as well Literally be like four ingredients and something i'd be like, how is that even possible european version and Look at this vegetable oil, sunflower Rippus seeds vegetable oil canola oil corn oil soybean oil hydrogen Why how much more sugar is in the american version and how many more chemicals are in damn Yo, my daughter eats macaroni and cheese almost every day and she loves it Oh, man. I gotta give me something else. I gotta do something different I don't even like how that looks American food is governed by the fda the food and drug administration While the eu is governed by the european food safety authority, but check this out The fda allows additives to be used in american foods until they are proven harmful Europe on the other hand will only allow certain additives in food after they have been proven to be unharmful So they don't care about our health fda is a reactive government while the european agencies are precautionary That is white Now i'm not necessarily saying that all of these chemicals and additives are making us fat and obese like high fructose corn syrup, but It is i'm gonna take the easy round out and say it is Probably not healthy and probably not helping us Another obvious major point with food is fast food culture and portion sizes The united states is a culture that values convenience and there's nothing more convenient than fast food all the major So white castle is really only a illinois thing, huh I didn't know that Your fast food companies come from the united states and it's ingrained in our culture Additionally portion sizes in the usa are comically big I didn't even realize this until I lived in germany and then came back to the states only to see how crazy they really were You know another thing is I Live in an old european town that was built for the foot not for the car And I very conveniently walked down to the grocery store to pick up these groceries something i do almost Every other day. So it's just sort of built into the lifestyle here Walked down to the grocery store. That probably gives me 2003 thousand steps every time I do it and I do this multiple times a week Something I don't do in the united states in the united states when I go to the grocery store. I'm driving there and I'm buying less healthy foods with a lot more Yummy, but bad for you chemicals And this subject of walking brings us to our next topic cities and Infrastructure, but we all know that the united states is a huge country and incredibly spaced out and more often than not You do need a car to land in the united states It's just too big and things are too far apart american cities were largely made for the car while european German cities were made more for the pedestrian and the foot. So this is the typical excuse. I like that You probably find love more often as well In germany than america since you got drive everywhere and everybody's in their own world when they're driving But when you walk and you can run into people. Oh, excuse me How are you today beautiful day outside? Isn't it? What's your number? Let's have kids. Will you marry me? You get me it goes a little something like that in america. It's like Eh, watch out. I got stuff to do The age you can drive in the u.s. Is like with a permit. I think 15 14 15 16 17 then at 18 I think you can get a license or 17 you can get a license used for why americans drive more than europeans And walk and bike way less It's because our country was built for the car and we can't do anything to help it That's just how our country set up and how it is But what if we eliminated some of these variables and found a little bit of consistency for an example I came across this really interesting set of data that took a look at stuttgart and washington dc These cities have similar economies labor markets and core populations of around 600 000 people Funny enough, these are also two cities that I have spent quite a bit of time in I went to college for four years in washington dc And I do a lot of work now in stuttgart with the stuttgart surge football team So I know both of these cities pretty well dc is also known as one of the very few american cities with good public transportation dc You know what they call dc chocolate city beautiful black women out there Shout out dc, man. I've been there one time. Had a good time I can attest to this. I actually use this in college and it's also one of the most walkable cities In the united states. So let's take a look at some of this data and how people Transport themselves throughout these respective cities 76 percent of people in washington dc own a car while only 58 percent of people in stuttgart do the percentage of all trips made by car 83 percent of americans in dc just 58 percent of germans living in stuttgart This is also interesting the percentage of trips made by walking 11 percent for people in dc Me and my daughter walk everywhere 4 percent for people in stuttgart and for cycling 1 percent of trips made by americans in dc were made by bicycle Whereas 10 percent of all trips were made by bicycle for germans living in stuttgart 10 times as much So even when walking and biking is an option like in washington dc We americans choose not to I think it's ingrained in us a little bit I would argue that's sort of low and this is what my mom wants me to get a car so bad You know what i'm saying and i'm like i don't really need a car You know that's for what i'll be trying to tell like i don't need a car Like all the only time i need a car is to take my daughter from My house to your house and that doesn't seem like it's worth it for me When you have a car and you can do that You know what i'm saying I'm cool walking Intensity mild exercise like biking and especially walking are the best ways to lose weight and lose body fats You can do a lot of it casually and it's not like jogging or running That's a bit more intense and it will possibly work up a big appetite for you So you come home and you splurge on a bunch of food after working out This is why walking is probably the best for losing body fats But we just don't do it americans refuse We hate I noticed that though Walking is walking is walking is pretty cool for me I feel like doing it walking in in florida. I've been losing a lot of little you know Little pockets of fat and things of that nature It get me Walking and a lot of it can be blamed on our cities and how our country is structured But looking at this example of dc and stuttgart and scene the differences in these statistics really opened my eyes To show that it's not just that we also have different attitudes when it comes to this stuff If people in germany do not seem to get as fat and obese as people in the united states It's a fascinating subject. I'd be interested to hear if you guys have any opinions on this if you have It's very interesting. I ain't even gonna lie It's like half of it. We kind of know though But at the same time it's still pretty interesting to hear it out loud like Like damn we fight a sale in america. That's crazy Tlo leave a like comment subscribe turn on post notification bells. I'm gone