Tevai Wrote:
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> Interesting figures, koriwhore...
>
> I'm not surprised by Buddhists in the #3 position:
> many of them are vegetarians, or alternatively, a
> Buddhist diet is often heavy in fish and
> vegetables (including sea vegetables).
>
> Hindus in the #7/#8 position is surprising to ME,
> but (on reflection) shouldn't be, since the Hindus
> I know live in the United States and are mostly
> vegetarian (although a typical Hindu diet is
> dairy-heavy, with many different sweets of various
> kinds). If Hindus worldwide are considered, then
> there is extreme poverty involved for a huge
> percentage, as well as "nutritious" food which is
> often contaminated with all kinds of environmental
> toxins (pesticides, heavy metals, etc.).
>
> Jews are very much more difficult to analyze,
> because there are so many different kinds of Jews
> worldwide, and because (in a North American, or
> English-speaking, context) it is too easy to make
> the "logical" leap that specifically Ashkenazi
> (generally: German- and Russian-descended) Jews
> are (on this level of longevity) representative of
> Jews worldwide.
>
> Some facts which certainly contribute to Jews
> being deemed the most "long-lived" are that a
> so-called "Mediterranean"-type diet ("Israeli
> diet," as one variation) is increasingly being
> accepted among most all Jews in heavily-Jewish
> places (such as North America and Israel)...
>
> ...plus the fact that there is comparatively very
> little alcoholism among most Jews worldwide...
>
> ...plus the fact that, in most any heavily-Jewish
> country, Jews are often among the "first adaptors"
> when new, natural, health discoveries are made
> regarding diet and nutrients. (Partially because
> of education: Jews tend to read science news,
> which includes new health discoveries, as a big
> part of their new information input...and Jews are
> usually prominent among the scientists, MD's,
> other health professionals, and writers who
> disseminate information about these new
> discoveries to patients and to the popular media,
> as well as to their families and to fellow members
> of the Jewish community.)
>
> Thank you for this, koriwhore...this was really
> nice to post today.
You're welcome. Nice of you to say so.
The more religious you are, the more you deny science, unless you're Jewish, Hindu or Buddhist, who've got no problem with the theory of evolution. Actually it fits right in with their more pantheist beliefs.
http://www.pewforum.org/2009/02/04/religious-differences-on-the-question-of-evolution/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/atheists-more-intelligent-than-religious-people-faith-instinct-cleverness-a7742766.htmlUnfortunately most Buddhists and Hindus live in third world conditions, which might explain why they don't live as long.