Life etc . by Jun Cordero
A recent study says that immigrants have have a lower death rate at any given time period than nativeborn Canadians . One expert indicated surprise since they expected otherwise , as they presumed immigrants generally struggle financially and emotionally .
It even said “ immigrants have lower mortality in everywhere we look at . Even when they are in lower socioeconomic status , they are still healthier .”
But don ’ t make whoopee yet . Conversely , the study also says that on the average , immigrants die six years younger than those who have been here in the long term .
Their observation was that “ newcomers to Canada
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are healthier than the
Canadian population , though over time and successive generations , their health as well as that of their children and grandchildren tends to decline .” They call this the “ healthy immigrant effect .”
What does this actually mean ? If I ’ ll make it simple , it ’ s something like this :
Canada has a very stringent immigration system that only allows the healthy ones to come . When we first land in Canada we are at our utmost health compared to most people who already have been living here .
As newcomers with no jobs yet we live an austere lifestyle - can ’ t afford too much junk food .
Once we land a job and gets acclimatized to the
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culture and environment our lifestyle begins to change . We now get to enjoy the abundant life .
In time as financial resources go up , blood pressure , sugar , and acid levels go up too . A 29-inch waistline upon landing will now balloon to 33 inches or more . From 128-lb we ’ re now tipping the scale at 198 pounds .
The interesting thing is that no matter how long we ’ ve been in this land our food preference never change . We salivate just at the thought of crispy pata or kare-kare with bagoong , and the sweet life called leche-flan and halohalo . Then weekend comes and we find ourselves at our favorite authentic Filipino restaurant satisfying our
Health Watch patriotic taste buds .
Native-born Canadians generally thrive on salads , which some immigrants may call rabbit food . Pinoys do eat lots of veggies - so long as they are brined in bagoong , patis and sauted pork - like in pinakbet , or if they ’ re swimming in those lardy soups like pork sinigang .
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Maybe that ’ s why they say we die younger than the local folks .
So what ’ s to be learned here ? We immigrants have a good advantage when we arrive here , but we should take care of that advantage - stop pigging out , but be like rabbits .
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