There are more centenarians-aged 99 or older-living on Japan's Okinawa islands than anywhere else in the world. Okinawa is one of the most well-known Blue Zones-places with the world's longest-lived and healthiest people.
People living in Okinawa have especially low rates of obesity and chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. The secret to their good health? Experts suspect it has to do with their local diet-the Okinawa diet.
People living in Okinawa have especially low rates of obesity and chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. The secret to their good health? Experts suspect it has to do with their local diet-the Okinawa diet.
The Okinawa diet emphasizes:
- High-fiber carbohydrates, make up more than half of Okinawans’ plates
- Green vegetables such as leafy greens and cabbage
- Seafood and seaweed such as kombu and hijiki
- Small amounts of red meat, especially pork
- Shiitake mushrooms and bitter melon, a bitter gourd-like fruit
- Jasmine tea
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