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A high-carb diet may explain why Okinawans live so long
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300% more centerians in Okinawa
It’s not that they live long lives, but also healthy lives too, which lead to the proposal that their diet has something to do with it.
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The Okinawan diet
Okinawans eat an abundance of green and yellow vegetables – such as the bitter melon – and various soy products. Although they do eat pork, fish and other meats, these are typically a small component of their overall consumption, which is mostly plant-based foods.
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The Okinawan Ratio
It is quite the opposite of current popular diets that advocate a high protein, low carb diet. We belive carbs are bad, but Okinawa diet is providing counter evidence.
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...is an increasingly popular eating pattern that involves not eating or sharply restricting your food intake for certain periods of time. It may boost your health. However, fa...
Popular regimens of fasting:
- The 5:2 Pattern: restrict your calorie intake for two days per week (500 calories per day for women and 600 for men).
- The 6:1 Pattern: similar to the 5:2, but there’s only one day of reduced calorie intake instead of two.
- “Eat Stop Eat”: a 24-hour complete fast, 1–2 times per week.
- The 16:8 Pattern: only consuming food in an eight-hour window and fasting for 16 hours a day, every day of the week.
Keep fasting periods short
Longer periods of fasting increase your risk of side effects, such as dehydration, dizziness, and fainting.
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