Okinawa, Japan, Of all the places in the world, a small island in Japan has a population with Most old age, happiest and healthiest in the world. The island was dubbed the islands healthiest in the world, what is the island?
Island is a small island off the coast of southern Japan, the island of Okinawa. Okinawa Island is the largest island in the Okinawa Islands as well as in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
There are many reasons that make the island The island is touted as the healthiest in the world, but narrowed down to four main causes, namely a healthy diet, a good social, spiritual, and physical activity levels are high.
In Okinawa, most locals applying diet consisting of whole grains, fish and vegetables, and coupled with a bit of meat, eggs and milk, as reported HubPages , Tuesday (03/27/2012).
Okinawa residents also eat a lot of tofu and vegetables like bitter gourd (Goiya) and sweet potatoes are a staple. Okinawa sweet potato is very nutritious, with a serving of baked sweet potato called the medium contains more than 20,000 IU of beta carotene and vitamin A.
On the small island life expectancy is high, with 86 women years and men 78 years. When in other areas in Japan suicide rate is high, it does not apply in Okinawa. On the island had many elderly whose age is more than 100 years, which is about 457 people.
Not only healthy, people in Okinawa are also very happy to live with. Parents or elderly in Okinawa received a higher level of respect in daily activities, a description of the culture that flourished in the area. Okinawa residents are also more involved in spiritual activities.
The people of Okinawa were much more active. Elderly on the island is still a lot of active work and looked very healthy. A 88-year-old farmer still looks healthy and able to work 11 hours a day in the field. Wrinkles of aging and stress seems to be a foreign concept in place.
"I almost never get angry. I enjoy life because I am happy at work and I thought it was a longevity drug, "said a resident of Okinawa.
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