A long, healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits. If you have a healthy lifestyle, experts say you may live up to ten years longer.so what is the secret of a long life?
I visited places in the world where many people live to be 100 years old, including Sardinia in Italy and Okinawa in japan. Sardinians and Okinawans live longer, have fewer illnesses, and enjoy long healthy lives.
Sardinians
First, I went to Sardinia, where many people, especially men, live longer than in other parts of the world. Generally women live longer than men. In fact, in America, there are four times as many 100-years-old women as men However, in Sardinia, an equal number of men and women reach 100.
The reason is possibly that the men have a stress-free life working outside, while the women look after the house and the family money. “I do the work ,” says Tonino, holding his wife Giovana around the waist. “My wife done the worrying”
Okinawans
Since I last visited Ushi five years ago she’s taken a new job, tried to run away from home, and started wearing perfume. Normal for a young women, perhaps, but Ushi is 103. When I ask about the perfume, she jokes that she has a new boyfriend, then puts a hand over her mouth and laughs.
“Okinawans have one-fifth the heart disease, one-fourth the breast and prostate cancer and one-third less mental health problems than Americans,”
Says craig willcox of the Okinawa centenarian study. What’s the key to their success? “ikigai certainly helps,” willcox says. The word translates to “reason for living” and it may help to prevent stress and diseases such as high blood pressure.
Okinawans have a low-calorie diet. “ a full plate of Okinawans vegetables, tofu, miso soup, and a little fish or meat contains fewer calories than a small hamburger,” says makoto Suzuki of the Okinawa centenarian study. “and it will have many more healthy nutrients.”
A long, healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits. If you have a healthy lifestyle, experts say you may live up to ten years longer.so what is the secret of a long life? I visited places in the world where many people live to be 100 years old, including Sardinia in Italy and Okinawa in japan. Sardinians and Okinawans live longer, have fewer illnesses, and enjoy long healthy lives. Sardinians First, I went to Sardinia, where many people, especially men, live longer than in other parts of the world. Generally women live longer than men. In fact, in America, there are four times as many 100-years-old women as men However, in Sardinia, an equal number of men and women reach 100. The reason is possibly that the men have a stress-free life working outside, while the women look after the house and the family money. “I do the work ,” says Tonino, holding his wife Giovana around the waist. “My wife done the worrying” Okinawans Since I last visited Ushi five years ago she’s taken a new job, tried to run away from home, and started wearing perfume. Normal for a young women, perhaps, but Ushi is 103. When I ask about the perfume, she jokes that she has a new boyfriend, then puts a hand over her mouth and laughs. “Okinawans have one-fifth the heart disease, one-fourth the breast and prostate cancer and one-third less mental health problems than Americans,” Says craig willcox of the Okinawa centenarian study. What’s the key to their success? “ikigai certainly helps,” willcox says. The word translates to “reason for living” and it may help to prevent stress and diseases such as high blood pressure. Okinawans have a low-calorie diet. “ a full plate of Okinawans vegetables, tofu, miso soup, and a little fish or meat contains fewer calories than a small hamburger,” says makoto Suzuki of the Okinawa centenarian study. “and it will have many more healthy nutrients.”
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