JJ Virgin4x NYTimes Best Selling Author, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Fitness Hall of Famer

Why is food in Europe SO MUCH BETTER!

7 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this vlog-style segment, health and wellness expert JJ Virgin reflects on her experiences eating abroad, noting that she consistently feels healthier, loses weight, and enjoys better-tasting food when she travels to Europe. She attributes the stark contrast to the presence of glyphosate in U.S. wheat, which she says makes American bread and pasta feel “garbage” compared to the same foods overseas. Virgin also recounts a stop in Seoul, South Korea, where she was pleasantly surprised by the cleanliness and simplicity of the cuisine, which centers on protein (meat or fish) and vegetables. The overall narrative emphasizes perceived superior food quality in Europe and certain Asian locales, linking it to lower chemical exposure and a protein‑focused dietary pattern.

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We're so careful about what we eat here, and yet we go to Europe and I always feel so much better. And I never think about like whether I can eat something. I eat everything, never gain weight. In fact, we usually come back and we've lost a couple pounds. And everything just tastes better and you feel better eating it. And you look at what's gone on here and You know, wheat's a great example. Like, I can eat bread and pasta in other countries, no problem. You come back here and it's loaded with glyphosate, you feel like garbage. So Europe is such a great place, such an easy place to eat. We were going to Bali, and so we stopped off in Seoul, and I did not expect to fall in love with this food. It's the most amazing food ever, and, you know, super clean, but everything is basically protein So meat or fish and vegetables, and that's it.