In a recent visit to China and South Korea, Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, of course discussed many topics. One topic was Canadian beef import to South Korea. Following the mad cow disease situation, South Korea has banned the import of Canadian beef for past six years.
Currently, Asia has the best longevity record and very few Asians are overweight and have all of the major health issues faced by Americans, such as high cholesterol and heart problems. This is due to their diet which uses very little beef, some pork, and chicken, but mostly seafood as its major source of proteins.
In total, according to the food and agriculture organization, North Americans get 7.6% of their proteins from meat versus 3.7% for Asians. North American diet consists of 1.5% fish versus 2.8% for Asian diet. North American diet has only 11% of fruits and vegetables compared to 29% for Asian diet.
And we want to send them more beef so that they too can be overweight, have high cholesterol, heart disease, and a shorter lifespan.
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