Why Argentines don t like to eat vegetables

People's Daily Online, August 20 According to Argentina's Zhongwen***, 33-year-old Pablo remembers that when he was a child, his mother's mantra was "go to the table", and the main dish prepared by his mother must be meat, and it is also paired with other accompanying meals, water or juice, fruit desserts are not missing, and the "dining table" is a position for a mother to show her magic. Today, Pablo is also a father of two children, but his children are not so lucky.

The dining table is a place to "eat", and "eating" is only for the sake of satisfying, not for enjoyment. Pablo's wife, Agustina, is a psychiatrist who works full-time. On the weekend, the family, as usual, ate the family's favorite noodles.

Unlike Pablo's childhood memories, baskets full of bread, red wine and fruit were not on the table, and instead of fruit were factory-processed desserts, not home-baked pastries.

When did Argentine table culture begin to change? For a long time, Argentina consumed less and less beef and more flour; Drinking less and less pure water, drinking more and more beverages; Eating less and less fruit, eating more and more ice cream; More and more salt, bread, sugar, eggs, and all kinds of puffed foods and snacks are consumed, while vegetables are eaten less and less. The change is very bad and terrible, the Argentines are eating more and more unhealthy, consuming too many calories instead of the nutrients that the body needs.

In addition, Argentines have less time, intensity and frequency of activity, and many people hardly participate in any sports. In the 80s, Argentines consumed an average of 2,800 calories per day, and now due to changes in eating habits, the average intake of 3,300 calories is 50% more than the average daily calorie requirement of a normal person's body, which is why more and more Argentines are becoming fat.

According to the Argentine Ministry of Health, 1% of Argentines join the ranks of obese people every year, which means that 400,000 people in the country suffer from obesity every year, an average of 1,100 people per day, and an average of 40 people become obese every hour.

Argentina's per capita beef consumption has dropped from 105 kilograms per year in the 70s to 60 kilograms per person now; The per capita consumption of beverages has increased from 44 liters per year in the 80s to 131 liters per person now. Thirty years ago, the average Argentine person consumed 7 liters of beer per year, and now the average person consumes 41 liters per person; In the last 10 years, the amount of milk consumed per capita in Argentina has decreased by 20 litres per person, and instead 100 eggs per person per year have been eaten compared to 14 years ago. In addition, biscuit consumption increased by 35% and ice cream consumption increased by 70%.

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Argentines are accustomed to eating European-style Western food, mainly eating beef, sheep and pork, especially "roasted" as its traditional food.

Argentines love to invite friends over to their homes, and it's time to have authentic beef from the country on the table. If you are a guest at an Argentine house, it is customary to give the hostess a bouquet of flowers or some sweets.