Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

The healthiest people on Earth - What's their secret?

Everyone wants to live a long life. Usually when we're young we think no matter what, we will stay young and healthy forever. But unfortunately as we're getting older we realize that aging makes no execptions.

There are altough some nations where people live a very long life. And not just long, but healthy. Get to know these people's secret!

Okinawa

Many Okinawans reach the age of 110 years old. They have lower risk of heart attack and stroke, cancer, osteoporosis and Alzheimer. They don't just live long, but they even stay healthy. The secret? Healthy lifestyle. The traditional diet of Okinawa is vegetables, fruit, fish, soy, seaweed, green tea and rice. They don't eat too much meat or dairy products, they don't smoke or drink alcohol and their lives low in stress. The other most important thing is the physical activity: biking, walking several kilometers daily, practicing karate, kendo, dance and gardening.

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