The Okinawa Diet: Living to 100
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- The traditional Okinawa diet is centered around vegetables, the most nutrient-dense food group. What would happen if your diet followed the same?
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Yes, there are purple sweet potatoes-yum!
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USA! #1 in exporting death by diet.
+sdushdiu
Americans don't eat as much meat than Hong Kong people so now they have shorter life span than HK people. HK people now consume 30% more meat and poultry than Americans, their life span is longer than Americans. In fact according to UN, in 2015 HK men has world longest life span!
HK people's per capita total consumption of meat (beef, pork, lamb, poultry) is highest in the world, this not even including fish/seafood, eggs, snakes, turtles, pigeons, etc!
sdushdiu
Hong Kong's per capita meat consumption is world highest, higher than USA. People in HK have longer life span and better health index than Americans who eat less meat.
*Meat Consumption measured in grams/person/day (2011 UN data):*
Hong Kong 422
USA 322
World Average 116
*Life Expectancy in years, UN 2010 data:*
Hong Kong 82.37
USA 78.11
World Average 68.84
sdushdiu
People in China consume a lot less meat than Americans and people of Hong Kong.
People in China consume a lot more vegetables than Americans and people of Hong Kong.
People in China have shorter life span and lower health index than Americans and people of Hong Kong.
People of Hong Kong consume more meat than Americans, while both consume same amount of vegetables, HK people have longer life span and better health index than Americans.
*Meat (beef, pork, poultry) consumption measured in g/person/day, UN 2011 data:*
Hong Kong 422
USA 322
China 155
*Vegetable consumption measured in g/person/day, UN 2011 data:*
China, mainland 337.10
USA 113.10
Hong Kong 113.00
*Life Expectancy in years, UN 2010 data:*
Hong Kong 82.37
USA 78.11
China, mainland 74.44
+Future10Video I see our Paleo troll is back.
sdushdiu
Stop lying, vegan.
Sweet potatoes for the win!
do you even potato bro hehe
for sure, good thing they balance with animal products.
@@hyperceptional Did you even watch the video? The group that ate ZERO MEAT beat out the Okinawans - Californian Adventists
Is it possible to overdose in Vitamin A? I heard Dr McDougall say that his son says the healthiest diet you could eat is simply sweet potatoes and broccoli.
@@samtorrance5590 Not when you est plandbased, when you take pills yes
I hope we should not forget the emotional diet of Okinawans too, multi generation family in a single house hold, heading and respect to elders, having a simple life, living along with nature, appreciation to arts and music.
Joint family has nothing to do with increasing lifespan and it causes emotional stress 😅
Or the Adventists.
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@@jeevajeeva6377Not so if you look after ageing parents and they live with your family.
I became vegan, and switched to this diet this year, and in 9 months, I've lost 52 pounds (I plateaued for two months, then started to lose again). I got a blood test, and so much improved. I'm very happy with the Okinawan diet, and will continue to eat it the rest of my life.
Could you please enlighten me about where are you from and how you find local food products similar to the ones in the okinawa diet
Amazing, congratulations. I was vegan, healthy vegan: I left I gained 50lb in less than 6 month 😢
I’m trying to go back now.
I have a question for you, do you use oil in your meal preparations?
I still didn't get what exactly their diet is.....can you pls explain if you don't mind , I really want to try
literally any super market or asian market. the key is Less empty starches (like bread or rice). and more veggies, high quality starch like sweet potatoes. Some rice or bread is ok but don't eat too much. If so, whole grain or brown or mixed rice is good. Meat is ok but not too much. basically a balanced diet. @@dinisnunes9230
Those purple sweet potatoes are no small detail. I got 30 lbs of Okinawan purple sweet potatoes from Hawaii --- they are really VERY good... and it's no wonder why the Okinawans would have chosen to eaten them --- not by logic, they just taste good (much meatier than the regular orange one's we have in the states -- sometimes almost bread like.)
The one's from Hawaii (I get them at the Asian market also) have deep purple flesh --- like purple potatoes. They are really different than regular American sweet potatoes.
If I had to eat sweet potatoes as my main staple, the Purple (Okinawan) sweet potato serves much better than the American --- they are (the purple/Okinawan) mulch more bread like in texture.
+viveutvivas Hey, I'm very interested in sourcing quality purple sweet potato from somewhere reputable. Are the Hawaii sweet potatoes organic & non-gmo? Is there a site that you use to place your orders? Thank you.
IcarusEffect
No - not organic - re: GMO, I don't think the biochemists have gotten around to Purple Okinawan Sweet Potatoes yet!
They are irradiated for commerce.
The company is Hawaii Agriculture LLC, Pepeekee HI 96783 (808)938-8378.
I actually only got them by ordering a 30 lb box from my local Asian produce market. That made the price reasonable.
Heirloom foods such as Okinawan purple potatoes will not be Genetically Modified -- so of course, they are fee to label them as "non-gmo". But it's good to be on guard and not caught by surprise. Best of luck to you in your search for good food.
+viveutvivas Want to try it, thanks for the info in how to get them!!!
Dr. Mc Dougall has a huge smile on his face right now. :-D
So does Colonel Sanders.
+Vegan Health Fitness
Not true, Japanese don't eat more sweet potatoes than world average. Here is official UN 2011 data on sweet potato consumption in Japan:
Sweet Potatoes (kilogram/person/year)
Japan 6.5
World average 7.9
Yams (kilogram/person/year)
Japan 1.1
World average 4.2
Future10Video, your statistics don't show the consumption of sweet potatoes by the Okinawan population, whose diet differs drastically from that of the rest of the Japanese population.
Nonetheless in the last decades their consumption of sweat potatoes has dropped as a consequence of their recent Westernization of their lifestyle, particularly of their diet.
+Future10Video He didn't say ALL japanese he said Okinawans and not present day Okinawa.
Zephyr López Cervilla
I can't find any sweet potato consumption data for Okinawa, but United Nations have data for most countries worldwide.
Japanese don't eat a lot of sweet potatoes. The countries with higher per capita sweet potato consumption have shorter life span!!!
Stop falling for media and marketer lies, and stop parroting those lies over and over again without checking actual statistics and facts.
There is absolutely no evidence and there has never been any scientific study proofing eating eating sweet potato can increase life span. Reality tells a different story, people who have highest consumption of sweet potato have shorter life span!!!
*Sweet Potato Consumption in grams/person/day, 2011 UN data. (*Life Expectancy in years, UN 2012 data)*
Starting from high to low sweet potato consumption:
Solomon Islands 490 (66.39)
Rwanda 200 (53.94)
Uganda 194 (52.24)
Angola 123 (49.62)
Tanzania 116 (55.44)
Mozambique 95 (48.77)
Haiti 92 (60.99)
Cuba 73 (78.50)
Sierra Leone 69 (46.26)
China 65 (72.71)
Guinea 50 (52.44)
Kenya 49 (54.98)
Madagascar 49 (65.77)
Zambia 47 (46.93)
Uruguay 46 (76.36)
Nigeria 40 (50.26)
Mali 38 (49.99)
Africa Average 38 (59.55)
Asia Average 25 (71.57)
World Average 22 (70.47)
*Japan 18 (82.73)
So sad to hear about the effects of a SAD diet on such a traditionally healthy population. Also, side note: Although I'm vegan for health reasons, I'm not trying to live until I'm 100. I just want to keep my health, independence and self reliance throughout my life. I don't want to be 60 or 70 and immobile because of health reasons I could have prevented.
+JayAntoinette this.
It's the same for me. I eat a plant based diet mostly for health reasons although animal welfare was my first concern.
I don't call myself a vegan, though. Vegans don't want to be associated with "dietary vegans" or people making health claims about food (it makes them "look bad").
They are a political movement focused on animal equality And it's become quite clear to me that I don't want to be associated with them either. That's why I call myself a strict vegetarian or a person in a whole foods plant based diet.
+Mario G
I can't speak for anyone else, but personally I started researching vegetarian diets to avoid supporting the industries that abuse animals. I was willing to avoid eating meat if there were no adverse health consequences for it despite the fact that at that time I liked the taste of meat and it is more convenient to pick meals without being concerned about animal body parts being in the meal. My research indicated that there are actually health benefits to avoiding animal products so the decision to avoid them was easy for me. However, I don't think that I would have become vegan if the available evidence suggested that avoiding animal products increases one's risk of chronic diseases. Fortunately, the available evidence suggests eating whole plant foods reduces one's risk of suffering from a chronic disease.
Y sad? We have highest life expectancy of any formally described population.
Mario G Interesting. I wasn't aware about this side of veganism. My decision to give up meat, dairy and eggs was mostly made and carried out in seclusion. I don't dabble very much with other vegans for other reasons not related to what you mentioned.
Great video!!! Thanks from Germany 😀
You've been stepping up your game Dr.Greger! Thanks for your work!
Outstanding video Dr. Greger! Thanks for this very well put together explanation of the Okinawa diet.
@Lewis Blanchard nope. Now their diet have changed though
This diet was for a short time in 1948 and for a few years after the war with the food shortage and it was bad for their health. If traditional Okinawa had no access to synthetic vitamins, supplements or fortified foods, then where did they get enough proper absorbable Vitamin A1, B12, K2, DHA, C15:0, Iodine, Heme and Choline to live so long on a 96% plant diet?
Its complete bullshit, their diet was mostly pork and seafood
From the plants and a rooster😂
KFC, a weapon of mass destruction. :-P
NGC6144 Dr. Greger, weapon of mass instruction
Colonel Sanders was a Mason
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I think it's really interesting how they don't eat until they completely full, that goes against what most people in the hclf community say. Personally I've listened to Freelee's, Bonnys etc advice and always eating until I'm full and I wasn't feeling too great, now I stop eating before I'm too full and I feel lots better. I think it's important to be mindful when you eat, I'm not talking about deliberately restricting your calories but to listen to your body and in most cases you're body will tell you to not stuff yourself even if you're eating fruit.
I think it’s all about trying to stop eating when you’re no longer hungry, as opposed to when you’re full. It’s a difficult thing to adjust to though if you’re like me and you’re used to stuffing yourself full like it’s your last meal on earth
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TRUTH BOMB! Meat-eaters always attribute their longevity to the fish they're eating. They were practically vegan!
+Glenn GoGo
*Hong Kong is among top of world's longest life span and best health index, it's also world's biggest consumer of meat.*
(Reported on 22 October 2014, Daily Mail UK) Hong Kong's diet has changed dramatically over the past half century, with the average person eating more grams of meat per day than any other food group. The average calorific consumption per person has also increased by 26 per cent, to 3,260 calories a day.
*Most residents of Hong Kong follow a healthy heavy meat/fish diet.*
*Hong Kong men live the longest in the world. Hong Kong men have the highest life expectancy in the world for the second year in a row, with 81.2 years*. (HK government 2015 report)
Hong Kong health indexes among world's best. Hong Kong continues to rank as one of the healthiest places in the world. Life expectancy at birth, had been steadily rising for more than three decades.
Hong Kong woman, average life expectancy coming in at an impressive 86.7 years.
2015 UN data for Hong Kong:
Life Expectancy (Both Sexes) 84.18 years, world 2nd place.
*Life Expectancy (Male) 81.16 years, world 1st place*.
Life Expectancy (Female) 87.23 years, world 2nd place.
References:
2015 Revision of World Population Prospects, United Nations, Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations
2015 World Population Review
Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such
as: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects,
(2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics
Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical
publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat:
Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community:
Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau:
International Database.
+Future10Video
Okay I'll bite (pun intended)....
The data you posted doesn't break down the % of meat being eaten by age category - a criteria that is very important in determining what food sources are contributing to the total calorie intake of those 65 years old or older and what they may have eaten throughout their lives. Numbers are meaningless without context.
And your data talks about averages - how do we know that it's not the younger generation shoveling the beef into their mouths versus the older generation especially since those Hong Kongers who are 65 yrs old and above account for only 15.4% of the total population per the Hong Kong Govt Census and Statistics department (mid-2015 census): www.censtatd.gov.hk/hkstat/sub/sp150.jsp?tableID=002&ID=0&productType=8.
And Hong Kong is a huge tourist stop - It's very probable that foreigners are adding to that meat eating average.
+Glenn GoGo If meat was so bad the Okinawans would have completely eliminated it a long time ago. Why do they still eat it? Dr. Greger is a quack. Ray Peat is the one to listen to.
T Brown
For centuries Okinawa was known as Islands of Pork because of the islands were full of wild pigs, popularity of traditional Okinawan pork cuisine dishes made them famous in Japan.
Historical records show Okinawans consumed a lot of pork, the only time their pork consumption decreased was due to WW2 when American troops murdered 1/2 of Okinawan population and wild pigs to stop Japanese troops from surviving on the islands.
In the 10 years after WW2, the US military turned the islands into a huge military base and restricted Okinawans from fishing, hunting and farming for foods, that caused a serious food shortage crisis for the Okinawans. It was at that time the US government conducted a dietary survey on Okinawans, Willcoxs use that survey for their lying "Okinawa Sweet Potato Longevity Diet" report!
+Future10Video
"Historical records show Okinawans consumed a lot of pork, the only time their pork consumption decreased was due to WW2"
Sweet potato was the staple food for most of Okinawan history, they ate pork during special festivals and fairly sparingly the rest of the time. By Japanese standards no doubt they ate a lot of pork, but by western standards not so much.
Time you posted some links to these 'historical records' you're referring to.
GREAT INFO!!
This was awesome! Thank you!
This is amazing!
We are eating our homegrown purple sweet potatoes right now!
+Vegan Gardener Are they easy to grow?I've been planting potatoes for the 3rd year,happy with the results but i'd love to try sweet potatoes :-)
They grow like weeds here in Thailand because they like warm sunny weather! Even if your climate is not ideal, I think it's worth the effort :-)
Oh i see,in Thailand hey?Lol,i'm in Belgium,any tips?
+Chris Del Ⓥ I think you might find it difficult up there Chris because you need a long growing season (sun and warmth). Maybe a trellis in the greenhouse would give them enough time, and of course selecting the most suitable variety will give you the best chance. Sorry I can't be more help, I've not heard of anyone growing them up there so my guess is it would be difficult.
Ok,thanks anyway :-)
I first got to try the purple sweet potato a few years back. Yum.
Most people I think would live to 100 if they all followed a healthy diet from the beginning of their lives. But if you start late in life, no diet will boost you to live to 100. My doc told me by 50, it's too late. Said we can improve the rest of what life we have left, but won't be able to prolong it because too much damage is done. I have an elderly friend who is 95 and been a SDA since he married an Adventist at age 27 and stopped eating meat , he tested positive for CV19 and you'd never guess this 95 y/o man had it!!! Amazing.
Fantastic!
This is very encouraging. I've
been on a healthy lifestyle for a while but it's
not easy to get my whole family on board. Gotta keep trying though :)
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Down the road they will wish they did
Love this video! :)
thank you for sharing!
Hey Dr.Gregor you have been a real inspiration to me, and have really helped to wake me up and see modern life in a whole new perspective, I haven't eaten any animal products for 3 days, and I have to admit I'm not feeling great, I'm just might not be eating enough, but do you think its possible to go through a bit of a meat detox and have physical withdrawal??..
Sweet potatoes are my favorite food right now. I'm vegan (have been for years) and am currently experimenting with a diet consisting solely of fruits and vegetables. Not for weight loss, longevity, or any specific health reason; primarily for simplifying meal planning, minimizing packaging, and rediscovering the taste of whole foods.
My smile went away with the KFC part. I DID NOT EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN... That felt like an attack to the Okinawan´s. Plant based diets never cease to amaze me.
Great video regarding food and longevity. Brief and with lots of info and color. One thing not mentioned was that aside from longevity was how long these people continue to work. Harry surgeons in their 70'sand 80's for the Loma Linda folks.
Great info, thank you!
No mention of white rice? When I was there (USMC) it seemed everyone ate rice, veges, maybe a little fish.
SWEET POTATOES :D Purple sweet potatoes are SO filling. I know when I eat 2-3 a day I lose weight (because it's so filling)
very compelling good video.
Thank you doctor
I love the quick facts that you give Dr. Greger. Forever a subscriber.
38 executives of the meat industry do not approve of this video and have expressed their displeasure with a fat thumbs down.
Love this!
Thank you
But, but, but, cave men, Vitamin K2, ketosis, HDL, and I really, really, really like bacon.
(sarcasm alert)
ancestor food is enviroment related, okinawa pp ate veges cause the weather was warm, good for agruculture. alaska indui eskimo people had no agriculture weather and needed a lot of fat to warm up so they had to eat only meat thats all there was there, they were healthy also. ate raw meat btw.
@@flowrepins6663 eskimos died at 40. No joke
In the 1800s
Excluding infant mortality, about 25% of their population lived past 60. Based on these data, the approximate life expectancy (excluding infant mortality) of this Inuit population was 43.5 years
This diet data was taken in 1949, right when the war killed the majority of their pig population. Few years after the war they already had their pig population back at the normal amount, which means more pigs than people, and went back to their diet rich in pig meat and fat. They weren't in ketosis most likely, but they did and still do eat A LOT of pig. In okinawa they say that every dish starts with pig and ends with pig.
@@rappatenebrense you are correct. They fail to mention the Okinawan diet before the Americans ransack the country. They eat a lot of meat before.
This really just proves that a small amount of animal products is good for you. The Okinawans are able to absorb the fat soluble vitamins from the plants they eat through dietary fat from pork and some fish.
Evidence?
Or they could just you know eat a little bit of plant based fat.
Love your videos!
I love this guy!
Japan, like many countries involved with World-War 2, had a level of rationing which impacted their diet for a decade after the end of the war. The data therefore may not be a typical insight into their diet, but one influenced due to circumstance. Also, exercise and low-stress lifestyle that you typically find on island/remote communities is also likely to be important.
Even if it was influenced by circumstances, it was still their diet and the results are still valid.
Cayman Islands had a health decline after they started having the SAD imported to their island
They would eat fish , veggies , and coconuts prior to the processed food that caused many health issues
Okinawan people love pork though... Check any foodist documentary about Okinawa.
Only on holidays
I can vouch for this. I lived in Naha, and a lot of the people there ate fish almost every meal every day, and so it's so surprise they aren't living as long.
This is a superb video i eat spiritually and it is true to say sweet potatoes is ok ok to eat but not too much, my mom is 82 and still going strong with not much meat intake 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Oh look!Two KFC stores managers didn't like this video ;-)
+Chris Del Ⓥ ....make that fifteen...as of 13th October 2015....
Chris Del Ⓥ ha!
The managers aren't the evil ones. They're usually just former cashiers/cooks who never made it out of fast food and are slowly dying with their free or discounted lunches. The corporate office is where you'll find the evil ones thriving on all the riches they receive from poisoning the public.
More like meat industry bots
I am half Okinawan and there are several American fast food restaurants there. Probably due to the many American military that are stationed in Okinawa. And I’ve noticed that the younger Okinawan generations are getting bigger & the middle age are getting sicker. The older generations are eating the Okinawan foods. They are thin and strong ! But sadly they may outlive the next generations.
Dear Dr.Greger How a person can avoid the lack of Vitamins B's a B's 12 and more from the lack of eating animals?
YOU CANT YOU HAVE TO EAT ANIMALS
Thx
As an Adventist I have seen many in our church eating animal products and plenty of overweight people. We have a health message but unfortunately it is not followed by many. I asked the pastor to address this but he always tells me there is so much to get through before he gets to that. As dietary guidelines are a part of bible teachings I think it is important to talk about them on the Sabbath by the Pastor!
+frederico George I don't think its fair to lump all SDA members into one category by saying many don't follow it. They wouldn't be doing studies on us if the majority were eating animal products and overweight. Mrs White does say the health message is the right arm of the gospel and that violating the health laws are to be taken as seriously as violating God's law. But I don't think this is the proper forum to be putting your Pastor on blast. The Pastor can't do everything. Members make up the church, so maybe more of us should step up and do our part.
frederico George as a SDA I eat meat and it tastes heavenly!
That makes you a carnivore then. Congratulations
Check out the Adventist health study. Notice who the healthiest of the adventists are. The vegetarians/vegans who have less cancer, diabetes and heart disease.. Each step towards eating more plants and less meat leads to longer life and less diseases. nutritionfacts.org/video/do-flexitarians-live-longer/
Dale Hopper
wow, Thank you for the video! I love and appreciate your work! sweet potatoes for the win! would you say sweet potatoes are healthier than whole grain brown rice? brown rice is our families staple.
thank you!
+Emma I recall he did a video about the contamination of rice and rice products not so long ago.
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Wonderful video.
Thank you! I'm so tired of being told we're supposed to eat other animals. I've been eating a plant based diet for 5 years and I feel amazing. I went vegan entirely after experiencing a change of heart after watching a documentary called 'Earthlings.' I'm 99% convinced that there was a time that civilizations that had been influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism (many eastern countries) were vegetarian/vegan a long time ago-that spiritual enlightenment would have brought them to that path.
there needs to be an Okinawa2u delivery service.
That would be awesome🙌
+jlebrech Since that won't happen the onus of careful food choice *and simple food preparation at home* falls on each of us. (Why give up the important act of food choice & cooking to someone whose only-or at least prime-motivation is money from a business?)
...This one is a saver dock...just started on Stokes purple sweets...what a big difference between Stokes and yellow/orange...Thanks
I love this channel!
its not about vegetarian and meat eaters ... its about chemically loaded stuff and clean stuff now ... pesticides and herbicides and anti fungal chemicals sprayed on vegetables ... you cannot survive eating stuff from the stores ... wheter it is vegan or not
+Alexandru Lazlo This is partly true and why it's important to go organic whenever possible
I agree. It seems people are doing well on both ends. Have to look at what correlates between the two
Thanks for posting this. Unfortunately, the channel is reattracting bygone trolls . . .
They aren not really trolls, just triggered meat-eaters and fad-dieters who need to justify their poor lifestyle choices. Nothing to worry about.
Love those Blue Zones!
One of your best, Dr. Greger. Everyone in my family is being sent a copy. They aren't going to be happy with me!
please can u make a video (if there are studies published) on indian populations especially the south as its very very strict vegetarianism (b/ of cultural n religious beliefs of the south)
futurevideo10 so TIME magazine over Dr.Greger's in depth research on this subject yeah?! LOL go watch Dr.Greger's 100 or so videos on fish and omega 3 and how other sources of food offer more of these w/o the fat, the toxicity and other harmful things that fish n seafood contain n guess what its backed by PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ARTICLES not opinion based piece by some journalist at TIMEs who figured how to google n write an article lol...u seriously are going to take an amateur's article over Dr.Greger's years and years of expertise?! man re-evaluate
futurevideo10 and STILL they didnt cite absolutely anything....please dont just spew something u saw somewhere on here...back it up by actual factual data not one random poorly designed study (which u didnt even provide that just a random article by TIMEs of all places written by someone who has no knowledge about this) so send over actual articles many of them or dont pass your OPINION as facts. Have u even seen Dr.Greger's videos on the topic like seriously b/ if u did then u wouldnt be arguing this ha!
+futurevideo10
"India has world largest percentage population of vegans and vegetarians,"
No, it doesn't. Vegetarians in India are always Lacto or Lacto/Ovo Vegetarians. True Vegans are practically non-existent.
forbesindia.com/article/recliner/being-vegan-in-india/4482/1
+futurevideo10
Milk products and ghee are an important part of Indian cooking for even poor Indians.
+futurevideo10
I'd like to see some evidence for this, India is the second highest producer of milk in the world.
Only problem with relying on post-war 1949 data is that it may not accurately reflect actual traditional diets especially when you consider how devastated Okinawa was by the war. The other problem is the number of centenarians per 100,000 people in Okinawa didn't significantly increase until more recently in the late 1980's, 90's and the first decade of this century. There weren't that many centenarians in 1949.
Who cares about the Okinawans when he already mentioned the Adventist vegetarians live even longer?
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this is more about what they did nt eat ie proceesed foods is the killer not meat and fish
+chris jones
A little meat is all you need, more than that is detrimental.
This information is from a 1949 study after WW2. It lasted for about 8 years because the pig population was decimated during the war. Their traditional diet has always been pork based.
Brevity is the essence of wit. Thanks for getting to the point quickly.
Damn straight Uncle Greger... one of these days I'll transition back to a 100% plant based diet. I love your work and your book will be on my Christmas list.
+Gentle Brother "one of these days I'll transition back to a 100% plant based diet"
What the hell you waiting for?
+Gentle Brother The book on the Christmas list, and the transition for the Christmas gift !! ;-) wish you luck !
8 years later ...
keto and carnivore
@@debanda4504 yup. 100% Plant based landed me in hospital in 2013. NEVER again. Besides, I'm a Christian now, my mind has been renewed, and I can see the folly of plant based diets.
Did you notice that they almost don't eat fruits?
I didn't expect it...
Rute Vidal They eat seasonally. Fruit is rare and expensive in Japan...more so in Okinawa.
Fruit have froctuse its kind of sugar, and sugar is bad for the health
@@endomorphfitness2840 Get your facts straight before commenting, my guy. Fructose is not bad for you. Fruit is paired with dietary fiber, which cancels out the effects of fruit's sugar content. That's why people with type-2 diabetes can eat fruit, and in many instances, it actually reverses their diabetes.
@@endomorphfitness2840pure fructose is bad , but a fruit is more than fructose. An apple is 6% fructose while 94% make rest of it.
dr Greger Rulez
Starches >>> Fruits
No way.
Fruits are gold; starches come second. Not to mention it takes the body forever to digest starches.
They also drink a beverage made from turmeric root.
This is not the whole story. Okinawans cook their food with Lard ( pork fat). Their cuisine is considered to be very greasy. In reality they are eating a starch based high animal fat (not the meat) diet.. Go figure.
There are two other variables. After WW2 they went through a severe famine killing off the weaker members of the population. We are now looking at people who were the strongest most hardy members.
The second factor was mentioned, they eat a calorie restricted diet which is known to prolong like.
And there are other factors such as how the elderly are respected and kept involved in their culture which also is know to aid in a long lifespan.
+Marcinmd1 So are you saying that eating mainly a whole plant based diet is not a healthy way to live. You give many reasons except that plants have something to do with it.
+Pankaj Duggal Vegan diets are inherently unhealthy because they are unbalanced. Humans would not have survived as a species had they eaten this in the wild.
There are three macro nutrients Carbohydrate, fat and protein. If you short your body of any one of them you use up your reserves until they are depleted and then the wheels come off.
People then often switch to a different diet that includes the missing nutrient and feel better. If that new diet is also missing a macro nutrient they often need to switch again later to find that missing component..
Vegan diets typically short the person on getting enough protein and getting enough fat. It replaces two vital nutrients with too much carbohydrate.
A natural diet for humans contains the optimal amount of all three, not too much and not too little.
The Okinawan diet ( as it really is) is much closer to the right amounts of each since they use large amounts of pig fat ( lard) in their cooking.
Also, plants and especially whole grains and legumes have very high toxicity levels. They damage the gut and block full digestion.
A diet high in grains and beans but low in fat and protein is a recipe for disaster.
I didnt say a vegan diet, as you can still eat a lot of crap - coke and chips are vegan. I am talking about a low fat (ie very low amounts of added veg oils if any), low added sugar and whole plant diet. A diet with legumes cannot be low in protein. Red Lentils have 26% protein - it is not low at all compared to lamb at 25%. Plus they have complex carbs at 60%. lots of fibre, minerals, vitamins and virtually no fat. Check out the numbers for yourself.
+Pankaj Duggal Your math is fuzzy... Lentils are high in protein as a percentage of their size...Lentils are very very small :) The relevant number is what percentage of protein does a food contain PER 100 GRAMS. That tells you how much you would need to eat to get enough protein in your diet... Lentils fall woefully short and other legumes are worse. Lentils may be the best of a bad choice.
Cooked lamb: 20.91 to 50.9
Cooked beef: 16.9 to 40.6
Boiled lentils:9
The optimal protein consumption for humans is around 18% of daily calories eaten per day.. You would have to eat lentils by the shovel full compared to meat.
The other problem with legumes is that they are very difficult to digest and remain in the gut to ferment which is why you can get gassy after eating them. They contain an array of toxins and anti-nutrients like Phytic acid that may bind to nutrients and prevent you from absorbing them..Only cereal grains like wheat are worse. Naturally raised animal meat is very low in toxins.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foods_by_protein_content
As to a very low fat diet, that is a different conversation but the science is becoming very clear as time goes by that saturated fat is necessary for good health. You simply cant utilize fat soluble vitamins without it in your diet and you can become A and D deficient without enough fat.
www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/abcs-of-nutrition/nutritional-adjuncts-to-the-fat-soluble-vitamins/
A healthier form of a Vegan Diet ( organic, no sugar etc.) that is low fat is unbalanced can can leave you depleted once your body has used up it's stores of fat and protein. It can also be highly toxic and lead to gut damage.. It would not be survivable in the wild so we are not adapted to it very well.
For one example many women become infertile on a low fat diet and are quickly restored once they are put on a high fat diet... That is mother nature giving us a big hint.IMHO
Marcinmd1 Look at it again, raw lentils are at 26%, why are you using the boiled figure. And because when they are cooked, the 100g becomes about 250g with added water, they are complete food and satiate as well, because the volume increases and has fibre. They include protein, complex carbs, fiber, low fat, very low saturated fat, vitamins, minerals, phyto nutrients, anti-oxidants, anti-inflammatories - the lot. That is why they are nutritionally superior.
Yes some people have trouble digesting them because of biome issues/lack of good gut bacteria - a result of sub-optimum diet of meat and dairy for many years. Same goes for wheat unless you have celiac.
I'm screaming.. even the Okinawans have said that they base their diet around pork and fish and y'all are saying it's because of their plant based diet.
They are exaggerating. Pork may be their main _meat,_ but it's more of a occasional "treat"; the bulk of their foods are bitter-melon, tofu, sweet potatoes, mugwork, and a host of obscure greens.
oh man, purple sweet potatos is extremely tasty...need to get me some tonight
Wow interesting!
They still aren't vegans , and include some meat or fish , im going with the Okinawa diet .
If you had watched the video before you commented you would have discovered that the "meat and fish" is less than 4% of their traditional diet.
But you didn't so now you look like an idiot.
@Lewis Blanchard No, that's incorrect, but feel free to link your source if you think this will stand up to scrutiny.
@@panzerkami2381 seriously? The Okinawans love of pork puts Americans to shame. STHFU
Please watch @ 3:20
These people live a relaxed lifestyle with low stress, which clearly plays a big role in longevity.
However, a large percentage of western vegans are among the most stressed out, bitter and hateful people in the world.
+The Fearmoths
Really? They mostly seem a lot friendly than average in my experience.
Jester123ish We've had opposite experiences there then. Are you a vegan? That might be why.
+The Fearmoths
Depends whether they are 'ethical vegans' or 'health vegans' I suspect.
"a large percentage of western vegans are among the most stressed out, bitter and hateful people in the world."
Fine, just post your source for that "percentage" and we're good.
Obviously you do HAVE a source, right? You didn't just pull that "large percentage" out of your ass, did you?
@@panzerkami2381 with that reaction your are proving his point haha
Table 1: Traditional dietary intake of Okinawans ( 1:10 )
Sweet Potato 849 g (69% of total calorie intake)
849 g of sweet potato amount to 750 cal raw. If that made up 69% of total calories that means they ate only 1100 cal a day.
What do you think about that?
I have heard of elderly people who lived on 1300, 1400 cal a day, my grandma was probably one of them. But 1100 cal/day just seems way to extrem as an average for the general population. I think something about this statistic is off.
I eat a plant based diet btw. I'm not trying to discourage anyone from changing their eating habits for the better.
Thank you for the very informative and well researched video!!
so sad :( Why does the USA have to spread it's bad habits to other countries?!
Why? Because: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
It's the complete package: Pop music, Hollywood, computers, devices, jeans, T-shirt, sneakers, internet, English language, investments, military, politics.
The Okinawans were already eating a ton of meat before the war and were healthy
Sorry, but this video is all over the place. There are many variables in lifestyle and longevity. The water you drink, the air you breathe, your lifestyle, your overall pace of living and stress levels, your geneology, your diet, your environment, etc. When it comes food intake specifically, you have considerations for all kinds of chemically laden, genetically modified, and hybrid strains of grown foods and then you have farm raised fish, fowl, & animals vs. free range animals. It's not just what you eat or how much of any one thing. Case in point, my grandmother (born in the 1800s) was poor all her life. She ate animals she raised (rabbits, chickens, etc.), fruits and vegetables that she grew (widely varied vegetable garden with herbs plus peaches, apples, & pears) and hardly ever went to the market (she used to barter with neighbors who raised and grew different things than her). I guess you could say she had a natural paleo diet. Her environment was relatively clean with fairly fresh drinking water. She never drank or smoked, never drove an automobile, and never spoke a single word of English. She died a few months before her 104th birthday... and died from nothing. The doctor said she simply expired from old age. She was only in the hospital one day in her entire life, she outlived her husband, outlived 5 of her 6 children, and hardly ever got sick (I say hardly because I never heard of her being sick or saw her sick). So in my opinion, her secret to a long and healthy life was "clean chemical free non-hybrid and non gmo food", "clean water", "clean air", and stress free natural living within her own environment.
***** Bullshit. Her lifestyle has kept me away from chemicals, GMOs, brought great interest to me in fresh fruit, veggies, herbs, well water, and natural living. You madam are an ass and have embarrassed yourself. Unfounded claims? Nonsense? Rambling? You're a victim of your own imbecilic thought processes.
***** Based on your comments, not surprising.
+Bourne Accident
You're full of shit. You're just rationalizing so you can keep eating bacon an eggs and cheeseburgers. Stay off these videos; your advice (based on wishful thinking and anecdote) kills people.
I'm sick of people peddling the myth that you can eat total garbage provided it happens to be "natural" and "free of gmo's."
profd65 Bullshit. I'm not rationalizing anything girl. I don't eat bacon and cheeseburgers you ass. And who are you to tell anyone to stay off of anywhere? Talk about wishful thinking. Kills people? You've proven yourself to be a no life. And you know what? Why don't you take hold of yourself and try and become a better person. And by the way, you really should be gmo free and stop eating chemicals. They have ruined whatever remains of your brain.
***** You don't even know me and yet you think you are in a postion to pity me? lol And by the way, I don't smoke, but only 15% of people that smoke get cancer. So get your facts straight and stop projecting your own arrogance.
Những món ăn kiên rất ngon tạo cho mình thanh thản tươi hơn có thể làm cho người ít bệnh tật .
Is meat and fish actually that bad, especially Fish? The family members that lived the longest in my family 90+ years in India, ate fresh Fish, Chicken (literally slaughtered in front of them and cooked the same day), Lentils and lots of vegetables/fruit like Spinach, Cauliflower, Tomato, Apples, and Banana's.
Can we still eat Fish and Meats but up our vegetable intake which can counter any bad effects from eating fish/meat?
Gregers pyramid of actual representation is wrong. Fruit should not be on there. Okinawans ate more fish than they did fruit. So their diet is mostly sweet potatoes, rice, veg, soy, grain, fish, and alcohol. Right on
+TallythePlantEater and you got this information from?
Just the video. I looked at the grams
If you have a look again at the table you'll realize that sweet potatoes have been included under the vegetables food group.
*****, that would be worse since fish is more calorie-dense than most fruits.
It's calories not grams that matters bruh.
the most nutrient dense foods are organs not vegetables.
+Alexandru Lazlo
Nope, vegetables are the most nutrient dense food on the planet.
+Alexandru Lazlo Organ meats contain high levels of the heavy metal cadmium, excess consumption of which can lead to cognitive decline.
Yeah if you want cancer and heart disease eat all the organs you can get.. I don't think you're referring to the same nutrients as Dr.Greger..
When I was an omnivore, I never understood the enthusiasm folks had for eating organs whose functions were to act as the body's toxic waste removers (i.e., liver and kidneys).
I get it... when you are living in a time where food is really scarce and it's a choice between eat animals or go malnourished, you eat the animals. But in developed countries these days, unless one is severely impoverished, one has the choice to eat plant-based or animal-based. I watched the Std American Diet (SAD) kill both my parents and eating the animal based SAD literally nearly killed me. Since I switched over to WF-vegan, my health and life have been transformed and I fully expect to not only out live my parents, but have a healthful end of life
Where can I get this whole article? I can't find it. :(
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The people in Okinawa eat fish, eggs, meat like pork, they LOVE pork . They were never vegan .
Thank you. Finally someone that agree with the okinawans.
You clearly didn't watch the video.
Try watching the video before you make yourself look stupid in public. The trad Okinawan diet was less than 4% animal products. So... you were saying?
Is there anything western culture can't ruin?
+hilofhel Yes. We can't ruin corporate leaders' greed, who will sacrifice the well being of others for their next quarterly bonus.
***** That's a little broad, don't you think?
***** You're literally the most passive-aggressive person I've ever talked to online. I can imagine how many people in your life jusg get that sinking feeling when you walk in the room. Just thinking "Fuck. This guy's here."
+hilofhel We are advanced in technology and the technology dumbs us down even more. People now are just waking up to the dangers of longer term EMFs and wifi radiation.
@JD ever heard of Windows? Lol
So when are you publishing a meal plan?
Ok thx, preordered the book already.
But the Okinawa diet also includes lots of pork. The okinawians are not 100% vegan.
I don't think he ever said they were. He did say that they eat ~96% plant based around 1:30 mins into the video
+jessykapop I guess you weren't paying attention....less than 1% of their diet came from meat. They're not 100% vegan but to say they eat "lots of pork" is false.
He didn't but I knew an okinawia woman who was 94 and she told me that they love their pork. They ate it like 3 times a week at least but not like in huge quantities like we do in the USA. Pork is traditionally apart of an Okinawa meal
The Fruitman ok? Lol
+jessykapop
You're correct, Okinawans per capita consumption of pork is higher than world average and Asia average, they have longer life span and better health index than world average and Asia average. Read my other comments including this data under this video.
Lies. So many lies.
Lol yup, Okinawans eat lots of pork everyday.
How long do you boil sweet potatoes for? Also do you recommend drinking the water for optimal nutrient intake? Thanks
It was said in video that most of their food is non-processed. So, the answer likely to be "raw".
Wash the potatoes, steam them in a steamer, enjoy this wholesome nutritious natural food
@@MilaMirageyou can die eating raw potatoes.
@@OctopusH2O no, it is a myth. I have eaten raw potatoes.
Ohhh
Japan's raw fish and raw meat consumption is among world's highest, but live the longest. He is cherry picking again. Tsk
You clearly haven't read the article. They consume less meat and fish than the average Japanese but live the longest. Japan's sodium consumption is among the world's highest if not the world's highest, why don't you down pack of salt to increase longevity?
Who cares about the Okinawans when he already mentioned the Adventist vegetarians live even longer?
That would be you who are cherry picking. Try watching the video instead of commenting first.
Pork fat is the secret to longevity. Pork fat is similar to olive oil and all the blue zones eat pork fat. As for Okinawans only eating a small amount of animal foods bahaha 😂.
I eat a wfpb, low-fat (only overt fat is from 1 tbsp flax, and not everyday) but not until 80% full. When I eat. I eat.
The 1950 Okinawan dietary report used in "Okinawa Diet Study" by Willcox was based on a 1949 survey conducted by the US government on Okinawans food consumption at the time when Okinawa had recently turned into a huge US military base and a war zone in preparation, at the time entire Japan included Okinawa was under recovery from losing WW2, food shortage was a major problem for both mainland Japanese and native Okinawans.
Okinawans were restricted from their traditional farming, hunting and fishing due to US military control of their entire islands area, in preparing war with communists on Asia mainland. Okinawans had to resort to eating mostly sweet potatoes not by their choice but due to lack of other food supplies.
Sweet potato had been brought in from China hundreds of years ago to feed the pigs on Okinawa islands, sweet potatoes were not for human consumption but for pig feeds! Sweet potatoes were also used as pig feeds in China.
In the next few years after that survey done in 1949, Okinawans' food supplies improved a bit, their consumption of sweet potato decreased because more supplies of of the other traditional food items such pork, goat meat and fish became increasingly available.
*Pork, especially wild pig meat was so vital to Okinawan culture that Okinawans often refer to their islands as the “Islands of Pork.”*
Domesticated pigs were first brought in from China in 1392, that was over 600 years ago, some runaway pigs multiplied and populated Okinawa. Wild pigs multiple very fast within a short time. Sweet potatoes grow very well in Okinawa, pigs love eating them. Because of the vast supply of wild pigs and farm pigs on Okinawa islands the people there naturally ate them regularly. For centuries Okinawa pork cuisine dishes have always been famous in Japan.
+Future10Video I've notice this issue too that our health gurus who point out this sort of data from the WWII era fail to mention that these populations endured severe food shortage and even near starvation.
In 1392 Chinese farm pigs were brought into Okinawa islands (was named Ryukyus then), but they failed to become widespread because of a lack of food in the farms of the time. *When sweet potatoes were introduced from Fukkien Province in China, however, the practice of pig breeding spread rapidly, marking the beginning of the meat eating culture.*
The *relationship between ‘pork and sweet potato’ occupies a special position in Okinawan food culture*, favorable geographical
conditions helping the combination to *become by far the most important food items*. It goes without saying that *all the pig was eaten, including the fat, leaving nothing behind*.
+Throngdorr Mighty Could you stop with the homophobia, already, please? Other than that, I think your battling with this guy and his sock puppet is valiant!
tamcon72
You heterophobic.
I do not to live to 100 in this society. I'll take my red meat and bacon thanks. Modern Western culture is torture, might as well live high, enjoying whatever you can and get it over with quickly! Sweet potatoes and vegetables taste like wood.