Top 10 Countries with Healthiest Food

Healthy food starts to look a lot more exciting once you stop treating it like punishment with a side of steamed sadness. Around the world, some cuisines make balanced eating feel natural, with vegetables, grains, seafood, legumes, spices, fermented foods, and fresh herbs showing up as everyday staples instead of emergency guilt purchases. You get meals that are colorful, satisfying, and often built around ingredients that have been helping people eat well long before nutrition labels started sounding like tiny legal contracts.

This list looks at the countries known for food traditions that support healthier eating without draining the joy from the plate. Vote for the places you think do the best job of proving that good-for-you food can still be bold, comforting, and worth seconds.

1. Japan

   

   As a man who has lived in Japan and enjoyed real Japanese food, I can proudly say that it is one of the best foods in the world with a rich history. It's less oily, you can eat a lot of vegetables, and its calories are really low, so it's good for your diet too. Also, go and search "beautiful Japanese food" on Google. I'm pretty sure you'll be amazed at how colorful and attractive they are. Promise!

   If you think you can only eat raw sushi and vegetables at a Japanese restaurant, you've been to the wrong one for sure. The real ones are made with so much care and take a long time to cook. Seriously, be careful of the ones that are run by non-Japanese people with no previous working experience at a restaurant in Japan. It's totally different from the original. Even if the restaurant people look like they're Asian, they may not be from Japan but from Korea or China. I know it's hard to tell.

2. France

   

   Butter, you said? Yes, but not more than elsewhere, and surely it's better to use butter than palm oil, which is used in many countries and is worse than butter but without any vitamins.

   You should know that France has the highest level of veterinary and fraud controls in restaurants and food producers. For that reason, each time there is a fraud, it's largely broadcast by the media as part of the transparency required by public authorities. If a case is publicly known, it's because of those controls. Without any controls or because of corruption, those cases would not be known. In 2015, there were exactly 0 deaths related to food. So be tranquil, no worries at all, and if you find one, please do not hesitate to contact our services.

3. Vietnam

   

   It should rank higher than this. Not many other cuisines on this list have successfully minimized their dependence on oil usage or maintained the fine balance between the freshness of herbs and spices with the meat components better than Vietnamese.

   How is France higher than this? Nearly everything is fresh, no frying, no lactose, light portions. The list goes on and on. This should be number 1.

   Veggies in every dish make it an ideal place to have hot pot for people who prefer less spicy food on a cold day. Yum yum!

4. India

   

   Indian food is well-balanced. The varieties and ingredients have been meticulously chosen over thousands of years for their flavor, nourishment, energy, health influence, taste, and nutrient requirements.

   India is not only a gourmet's delight but also a good nutritionist's prescription. It is a science by itself when it comes to meal preparation, ingredients, and accompaniments.

   Indian food is well-cooked with many spices, which are rich in antibiotics. The usage of spices is only known by Indians. They have a huge variety of spices, which are added to daily food, making the food digestive and delicious. But nowadays, in India, mostly teens are addicted to fast foods (like Chinese noodles, Manchurian), which are greasy foods.

5. Bhutan

   

6. Thailand

   

   We have fresh food growing in our country and fresh ingredients in our backyard. We buy fresh food from the market each day from local growers. We love to eat fresh fish from fish farms and fresh meat from butchers each day. We cook food each day, and Thai people do not like to keep their food in the freezer, enjoying fresh food daily.

   A lot of herbs and vegetables. Good taste and good look.

7. Norway

   

   Norwegian foods are healthy, considering that Norway is known for its seafood. Because of their diet, Norwegians are among the world's healthiest people.

   Norway's foods are delicious and nutritious.

   Easily one of the best cuisines in the world.

   There are really few processed foods in Norway.

   That's how healthy Norwegian foods are.

8. South Korea

   

   Korean kimchi and other fermented foods are very healthy. They have lots of vitamins, minerals, and protein. They may be seen as a bit unusual to other countries and Western people, but it is scientifically proven that Korean food is tasty and good for your health. They can be salty, yes, but other nutrients make up for that flaw, so it is okay. We also use lots of vegetables, unlike Japan, which uses lots of fish, and China, which uses lots of meats like pork and gammon.

   Korean food history is more than three thousand years old and has developed in better ways. If you start eating Korean food, at first you might feel gross, but if you keep eating, it will become quite addictive.

9. Laos

   

10. Greece

    

    The Mediterranean diet is one of the healthiest in the world, with plenty of fruits, vegetables, and heart-healthy fats.

    The real Mediterranean diet includes no pizza, no pasta, only fresh and natural ingredients.

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13. China

    

    Real Chinese food is healthier and tastier than most Chinese food in America.

14. Iceland

    

    I heard the Icelanders eat food that is practically 0% processed and they only eat locally grown food.

15. Spain

    

    In Spain, we have very natural and healthy food indeed, so I think it should be higher on this list or at least ranked above England.

16. Lebanon

    

    Lebanese food is very similar to Greek, Israeli/Palestinian, Armenian, Egyptian, and Indian cuisines. It is very healthy when eaten traditionally, just as Greek food is healthy, although obesity in Greece is high because people don't eat traditional food and instead prefer globalized, processed foods high in fat, salt, and sugar.

    Lebanese food is no different. Lebanon has a high obesity rate, but that is because people eat unhealthy, non-traditional food. Traditionally, we have pine nuts, olive oil, spices, lemons, fish, chicken, vegetables, walnuts, rice, chickpeas, yogurt, lentils, bulgur, and, in moderation, honey, dates, lamb, and beef.

    Balance is important. Many Asian foods have lots of sodium and MSG, but Japanese cuisine manages to balance it out.

    Mexican food is also healthy when eaten with more vegetables instead of overeating tortillas. Beans are nutritious, and so are chia seeds, tomatoes, avocados, chilies, and fresh meats and seafood.

17. Indonesia

    

18. Switzerland

    

19. Denmark

    

    Denmark has some of the healthiest seafood in the world.

20. Sweden

    

    Swedish food often includes meatballs, fish, raw fish, and vegetables. Our foods are often not processed and are very healthy.

    The only Swedish cuisine I've heard of is Swedish meatballs, which are healthy and tasty to eat.

    Swedish food should be in the top 10. It is much healthier than American food, which is processed. The United States should even be in the bottom. What is America thinking?

21. Malaysia

    

    Ulam is a healthier food because we eat raw leaves and have it with sambal.

22. Singapore

    

    I've never had cuisine from Singapore, but I've heard it is quite healthy.

    Singapore's food is not as healthy as some of the above countries like Japan or Korea, but it is definitely healthier than the USA.

23. Canada

    

    There is far less obesity in Canada than in the USA, and provinces like Quebec have lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, plus many wineries in southern Quebec.

    Yes, there are really good organic vegetables here in Canada, despite the fact that people prefer eating fatty and disgusting Italian pizzas.

    Lots of agriculture and meats. Not nearly as processed as the U.S.

24. Finland

    

25. Philippines

    

    Filipino food can offer so many tropical fruits and vegetables no one has heard of outside of the country. Homemade Filipino food really beats restaurant food, however.

    From all the raw fruits and stuff, Philippine food is good for health. It needs to be in the top 5!

    It has delicious, healthy foods, fruits, and vegetables, so I hope ya like it!

26. Iran

    

    Iran has a wide variety of foods that are suitable for all kinds of people. For example, cooked rice with lentils and raisins (vegetarian option), sour cherry stew, celery stew, beans and mixed vegetables with rice and lamb, yogurt and cucumbers, eggplants cooked with tomatoes and rice, bean soup (lentils, kidney beans, onions, and many green vegetables), peach stew, rice with lima beans and green spices, carrot rice, rice with barberries and saffron, ice cream with pistachios, cauliflower rice, rice with lima beans, yogurt, and meat wrapped in grape leaves, rice with tiny bits of ground beef wrapped in cauliflower leaves, and peppers filled with rice and tiny bits of ground beef. If you were to just take away the meat from these meals, they could all be vegetarian.

    It is a shame that most vegetarians do not have any knowledge of these foods. It would be just a delight to see so many people trying Iranian food because kabobs originated from Iran. Iranians mix so many vegetables and greens into their diet that their food is just irresistible. Try some Iranian food today!

27. Peru

    

    The lesser-known cuisine of Peru is starting to grab headlines and the world's attention. So much so that, at the recent World Travel Awards held in Delhi, Peru beat out strong competition from countries like Italy, China, Thailand, Mexico, Japan, and France to take home, for the marvelous land of Peru, the prize of "World's Leading Culinary Destination."

    The foundation of Peru's rich culinary scene starts with its unique and rich landscape. With topographical regions that encompass an incredible 90 different microclimates spanning sun-soaked deserts, high-altitude mountains, and vast tropical jungles, Peru has the ability to produce a huge range of regular, exotic, and even just outright bizarre ingredients.

    Furthermore, not only is Peru blessed with vast land resources, it also has some of the richest seas in the world. Home to several hundred species of fish, Peru's nutrient-rich waters teem with high-value species like sea bass, mackerel, tuna, herring, anchoveta, and other marine life such as crab, lobster, and molluscs.

    Unlike the more adventurous cuisines found in Asia and other parts of the world, traditional Peruvian cooking utilizes a large percentage of ingredients that most of us are already familiar with. Ingredients like camote (sweet potato), beans, rice, corn, chicken, beef, and fish all regularly feature on restaurant menus, meaning that delving into a plate of Peruvian food may not be as squeamish as you might have first thought.

    In a few words, if you want to try innovative and tasty cuisine, then go Latin and delve into a new and exciting world that is Peruvian gastronomy.