How to eat healthy – The Okinawa Diet: Living to 100 | NutritionFacts.org

How to eat healthy…

I’m currently doing a literature review for a school assignment and have been researching calorie restricted diets and aging. I’ll write a blog report on what I’ve found in the near future, but had to share this with you now. At one point, the Okinawans’ were the healthiest and longest living people on the planet. This video highlights just what the traditional Okinawan diet is and why it’s so healthy. Sadly, Okinawa has been infiltrated by fast food and the Western Standard American Diet, leaving the current Okinawan people the heaviest people in Asia. Here’s the video:

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What would happen if you centered your diet around vegetables, the most nutrient-dense food group?

Source: The Okinawa Diet: Living to 100 | NutritionFacts.org