Reply #45: Where peole live longest and why.. [View All]

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http://www.nohypehealth.org/dakoma.html

Another article.

Okinawa – an island off Japan – may hold the secret to a long life. The people of
Okinawa have the longest life expectancy of any country in the world. Why? Well, it
may have to do with something called the Okinawan diet.
IT'S A SHANGRI-LA OF SORTS. OKINAWA HAS MORE 100-YEAR-OLDS THAN
ANY PLACE ON EARTH AND A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF 81.2 YEARS. IN
OKINAWA YOU'RE CALLED A CHILD UNTIL YOU'RE 55 AND GET A PARADE
WHEN YOU TURN 80. BUT IT'S WHAT THESE PEOPLE EAT THAT RESEARCHERS
THINK IS THE RECIPE FOR A LONG LIFE.
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AND WHERE WILL ALL THESE FOOD FACTS GET YOU? NOT ONLY LIVING
LONGER, BUT HEALTHIER. OKINAWANS HAVE 8O PERCENT FEWER HEART
ATTACKS THAN AMERICANS. BREAST CANCER AND PROSTATE CANCER IS SO
RARE THEY'RE UNHEARD OF. OBESITY TOO, AND
SENILITY AND DEMENTIA, EVEN AMONG THESE OLDER INDIVIDUALS, IS
ALMOST NONEXISTENT. THESE HEALTH BENEFITS ARE INTRIGUING, BUT
THE OKINAWAN DIET MAY BE HARD FOR AMERICANS TO SWALLOW.

http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/pulse/scripts/01_02/fyi_-_okinawan_diet.pdf