Recent Okinawan data

February 20, 2002

Hi All,

Compared to Americans, Okinawans:

1) Are 75% more likely to retain cognitive ability

2) Get 80% fewer breast and prostate cancers

3) Get 50% fewer ovarian and colon cancers

4) Have 50% fewer hip fractures

5) Have 80% fewer heart attacks

Okinawa Centenarian Study data presented at the American Geriatrics Society

annual meeting, 2001; cited by McCord H, &

McVeigh G, (2002). NutritionNews: " Magic " Appetite Shutoff from the Orient.

Prevention, January, pages 52-3.

They eat almost no dairy & animal meat but do eat large amounts of veggies and

grains.

Here is a quick analysis of the typical Okinawan diet verus the typical US:

Meat / Poultry / Eggs = 3% (29 % US)

Calcium rich foods (Dairy & Seaweed) = 2 % (23 % US)

Vegetables = 34 % (16 % US)

Fruits = 6 % (20 % US)

Flavonoid rich foods (Soy) = 12 % (<1 % US)

Grains = 32 % (11 % US)

Omega 3 foods (Fish) = 11 % (<1 % US)

They also have the highest flavonoid intake (> 100 mg / day) of any population

group. The Okinawan's also practice

caloric restriction as they stop eating when they feel 80 % full.

While not quite a vegetarian diet, the fish does help to boost Omega 3 EPA in

their cell membranes and reduce CVD risk.

Also despite a almost total lack of western calcium sources, they have 50 % less

hip fractures than in the US.

Based on their lower level of disease, one would have to say they are closer to

the ideal human diet than that of the

west.

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Good health & long life,

Greg ,

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