The Spanish seem to be remarkably fit. I say this because their diets are laden with pork, cheese, cream, and very few vegetables. At least this is what the normal run-of -the-mill restaurants in Barcelona and outskirts seem to boast. When one walks into a supermercado, the smell of fish permeates all. Not too appetizing. They say you should never go shopping for groceries while hungry. Perhaps this strategy works overall for the average Catalunyan. They don´t overeat due to the old gag reflex one gets every time one swings by to pick up a pig leg or the double cream for coffee and get a good whiff of the fish.
But perhaps it´s all the walking that is done in between trains and buses going to and from work .
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