Captain_Coconut
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Why is the life expectancy of Canadians 3 years longer than the U.S.?
"Women in Canada live an average of 83 years, compared to 80 in theU.S.; men live more than 78 years on average compared to 75 in the United States."
Personally I am doubtful this is just because they have better health care.
Comparing the two countries is intriguing to me as generally speaking the nutritional and health habits of both countries are quite similar.
I was digging around and two things stand out to me.:
1. Average caloric intake is around the same between the two countries (3500 CA, 3700 US). While saturated fat consumption is about the same between countries (10% of calories CA, and 11% USA) Canadians consume less PUFA; I reached this conclusion by finding that 50% of vegetable oil in Canada consumed is canola oil (20% soy oil), where as in the US around 57% of the oil consumed is soy oil (13% canola oil). Palm, corn, olive etc etc consumption all are around the same between the two countries. Soy is around 60% PUFA, where as canola is around 30% PUFA. Taking these numbers alone, we see that Canada on average is taking in 14.4 grams of PUFA daily, where as US is taking in an average of 17.2 grams PUFA daily. ***
2. Since 1994 Canada does not allow potassium bromate in their flour. In the 1950s the US stopped using potassium iodate as a dough conditioner as bakers switched over to using potassium bromate. Bromide interferes with iodine retention / is an endocrine disruptor.
*** It is also interesting to see that Japan and Hong Kong top vegetable oil consumed is canola, and they are at the top of the list for life expectancy (~84 years). Where as China as a whole is dominated by soy oil consumption, and their life expectancy is lower by nearly 8 years.
What do you all think? I'm interested to hear what else you think might be making Canadians live a bit longer.
sources:
List of countries by food energy intake - Wikipedia
https://www.heartandstroke.ca/-/med...osition-statement/saturatedfat-eng-final.ashx
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhanes/databriefs/calories.pdf
The other “big oil” - Food In Canada
USDA ERS - Oil Crops Yearbook
https://apps.fas.usda.gov/GainFiles/199910/25536052.pdf
"Women in Canada live an average of 83 years, compared to 80 in theU.S.; men live more than 78 years on average compared to 75 in the United States."
Personally I am doubtful this is just because they have better health care.
Comparing the two countries is intriguing to me as generally speaking the nutritional and health habits of both countries are quite similar.
I was digging around and two things stand out to me.:
1. Average caloric intake is around the same between the two countries (3500 CA, 3700 US). While saturated fat consumption is about the same between countries (10% of calories CA, and 11% USA) Canadians consume less PUFA; I reached this conclusion by finding that 50% of vegetable oil in Canada consumed is canola oil (20% soy oil), where as in the US around 57% of the oil consumed is soy oil (13% canola oil). Palm, corn, olive etc etc consumption all are around the same between the two countries. Soy is around 60% PUFA, where as canola is around 30% PUFA. Taking these numbers alone, we see that Canada on average is taking in 14.4 grams of PUFA daily, where as US is taking in an average of 17.2 grams PUFA daily. ***
2. Since 1994 Canada does not allow potassium bromate in their flour. In the 1950s the US stopped using potassium iodate as a dough conditioner as bakers switched over to using potassium bromate. Bromide interferes with iodine retention / is an endocrine disruptor.
*** It is also interesting to see that Japan and Hong Kong top vegetable oil consumed is canola, and they are at the top of the list for life expectancy (~84 years). Where as China as a whole is dominated by soy oil consumption, and their life expectancy is lower by nearly 8 years.
What do you all think? I'm interested to hear what else you think might be making Canadians live a bit longer.
sources:
List of countries by food energy intake - Wikipedia
https://www.heartandstroke.ca/-/med...osition-statement/saturatedfat-eng-final.ashx
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhanes/databriefs/calories.pdf
The other “big oil” - Food In Canada
USDA ERS - Oil Crops Yearbook
https://apps.fas.usda.gov/GainFiles/199910/25536052.pdf