Re: Sardinia Centenarians

[Guest guest]

Love this article as it fits perfectly with the Walford/Okinawa food

pyramid (some meat/poultry, fish, bit more dairy (including some

cheese), some beans, nuts and grains and plenty of fruit and veg and

redwine or maybe grapejuice and keep active). No processed foods and

no need to start restricting food groups. Okinawa, &

Walfords " optimal food pyramid " and the Mediterranean diet all seem

to fall into a similar dietary patterns, with moderate calorie

restriction, what more proof do we really need that walford hit the

nail right on the head and produced the best book there is for a

long healthy life.

other interesting notes though is pork makes another appearance (as

with okinawa) and the emphasis on organic and none-pasteurized dairy

is starting to make Dr. ph Mercolas (mercola.com) views seem a

little more realistic than I first thought when reading his beliefs

that unpasteurized dairy, eggs and organic grass-fed meats are

beneficial to health and not a risk. Also Fentons " nourishing

traditions " seems quite close in some ways to the Sardinian way of

eating, although she is not as big on fruit and veg).

richard ...

[Guest guest]

Hi folks:

Worth noting that three locations reputed to have surprisingly long

lived inhabitants, Okinawa, Crete and Sardinia, are all islands.

Indeed, one of them even lent its name to a famous 'category' of

fish. I doubt this is entirely a coincidence.

A lack of industrial pollution probably adds three or four years to

their lifespan also.

Rodney.

>

> Today, I watched a TV program about Sardinia centenarians.

According

> to the program, Sardinia has the highest per capita number of

> centenarians.

>

> Here is a general article about Sardinian habits:

>

http://www.mensjournal.com/healthFitness/0410/longevity_sardinia.html

>

> The following link discusses Sardinian genetics:

> " scientists at the university of Sassari found that many Sardinians

> over the age of 100 have a deficiency of an enzyme called G6PD — a

> sort of a housecleaning agent that helps with glucose metabolism.

> People who have such a deficiency can be affected by a disorder

called

> acute hemolytic anemia, giving them a severe reaction if they eat

fava

> beans or inhale their pollen. The phenomenon, known as favism,

affects

> some 100 million people world-wide. In Sardina, however, the

disease

> has become a favoring factor. In centenarians, the incidence of G6PD

> deficiency is on average double compared to control groups. "

>

> http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20020923/longevity.html

>

> Tony