• @[email protected]
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    711 months ago

    Romans are stuffing their faces with cacio e pepe and guanciale asking “what’s a vegetable?” Oh yeah, the appetizer.

    • @Wogi
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      211 months ago

      Urban Romans also tend to walk a lot more than the typical American does, and as it turns out, walking every day is extremely effective at combating weight gain and diabetes.

      • @[email protected]
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        -311 months ago

        Walking doesn’t give you vitamins and fiber that you need from vegetables. That’s what this conversation is about: food.

        • @Wogi
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          211 months ago

          If they were deficient in those nutrients they’d have higher rates of metabolic disease than they do.

        • @[email protected]
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          011 months ago

          Walking is part of the Mediterranean diet which os what OP is actually talking about, even if they are not aware of it