How do Okinawans live longer than anyone else? | euronews 🇬🇧
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- The Okinawa archipelago in Japan is breaking records in terms of long life. Made up of 160 islands bordered by the Pacific Ocean with a subtropical climate, we meet friendly Okinawans who show us why it’s a great place to live (for a very long time).…
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Who is here after reading Ikigai and is wanting to know more about Okinawa's culture?? 😊
Reading Ikigai
Me
Came here because of WW2
I'm glad someone introduce me about ikigai ❤️
Not me... I came here on my own
What they have that's lacking in the west isn't just the diet; it's sense of community, and a purpose.
This is bull. Indigenous Mexicans living away from the cities life the longest. They live into their 90s and 100s.
@@abrahanrodriguez9003 You're saying indigenous Mexicans don't have community and purpose?
@@BrotherShalom no
Facts
@@abrahanrodriguez9003 no pollution, organic natural food and lifestyle, no toxic people , news and processed foods.
Same with Okinawans and other populations living similar simple lifestyle.
I grew up there. Grains of sand the shape of stars, caved lagoons to swim in with blue damsel fish, island hopping, orange pink sunsets, most delicious food in the world, and the gentlest, kindest people.
What island are you from?
@@jorgeh.r9879 The main island of Okinawa.
You are lucky
I did too spent a total 18 years in Okinawa and cannot wait to retire out the Army and move back. The thing I miss is the laid back atmosphere I think this contributes to the long life no stress.
It looks beautiful, with a beautiful philosophy too. I'd be at home there.
natural diet and an active life and small pleasures with friends is the secret to longetivity...
Do not worry and move on.
Work on what you love. ☺
True and thanks
I love watching TV and laying on sofa.
Partly true, to "Work on what you love" can be your downfall, since whatever it is you claim/believe to "love" will eventually be gone, your friends, family and/or hobbies you just can't do anymore, akin to an athlete that cannot play the sports he "loves" or a singer that can't sing anymore
Does even meat falls under natural diet?
Easier said than done, our “ modern” society doesn’t value that anymore. We are bombarded with so much technology that doing that seems just odd plus we are encouraged to succeed ( financially) and be enslaved into consumerism to a point that if we go off the grid and g we out of the rat race we are viewed bad.
Three secrets for longevity. ORGANIC FOODS, STRESS-FREE, and ACTIVE lifestyle.
I'm from Okinawa and grow up here but I didn't know "ikigai" is known all over the world. it's amazing!!!
After reading a book called Ikigai led me to here with tremendous enthusiasm to attain the knowledge of such an incredibly splendid culture of Okinawa.
I want to go there once in my life. God bless you all centenarians
i too
Okinawa has hardly any christians, i think thats one thing that allows them to live so long. Absolutely zero tolerance for bs.
Join the Marines and asked to be transferred to the 3rd Marine Division.
@Miles sir this is a Wendys.
Oh please do! I come from Manila, Philippines and I went to Okinawa, Japan back in 2018! It's only 900 miles away from me but there is no direct flight so I had to do layover in Fukuoka. Okinawa has a lot of similarities to Philippines in environment and culture, with a strong influence of other cultures as well like American because of the army base there. The people were so nice and the food was remarkable! A lot of similarities with Filipino food too, but lighter and healthier. I fell in love with Okinawa, and I'm sure you will, too! Can't wait to go back there!
So much warmth radiated from those elders. Makes me realize how often cold occidental society really Is and how stressful It Is living In cities.
I cam after reading IKIGAI.
Such a masterpiece and I am grateful to know more about okinawa💜
Absolutely correct. Ikigai it is!
I teared up at the end of the video when I saw those three old women..they seemed so cute, friendly and happy!!
spent two years of my childhood there. Snorkeled all day in the summertime. Had few friends there. At 12 years old I would ride the buses the different parts of the island. Just exploring parts of the jungle. I was lucky I was never snake bit. By a Habu snake. The 70s was the best years of my life. Vietnam was still going full blast.
Where r u now?
enjoy life dude💕
The secret to longevity is having a diet made of fresh fruits and vegetables, having a good attitude, not to worry, engaging in an interesting activity like weaving and associating with others.
I love that the food is so creative too and the environment is so beautiful. Great place to live compared to a condominium with no garden and junk food.
1:34 this breakfast is insanely rich. There are massive houses and all kinds of fancy cars in my neighborhood, but no you will never find a breakfast around here as rich as this. Unless you have a personal chef cook for you...
Great place, so nice to know about their way of living, keeping busy, preserving culture and seasonal food habits. Meeting people and sharing keeps them energetic
Wonderful video and people . The location is just magnificent . Must visit one day .
U from India?
I am Okinawan living in Singapore for 27 years I think secret is relaxing life style & food and I think I can not live such a long , cos of stress life here ....
Will you move back one day. What meats do they eat, because this video omitted that fact.
@@Leroy175 -san Okinawa people often eat Poke with ginger. Poke is cheap and healthy for body. Ginger can avoid many sickness.
@@Leroy175 Pork! We use it in many dishes such as rafutee! :)
SHI-KWA-SA is the most delicious citrus in the world (imo) and you left out the Okinawan purple sweet potato which is different than the one from Moloka’i. The staple fish is Gurukun. When meat is eaten it is more often pork in the form of the Agu, a native breed descended from ancient Chinese trading with Okinawa. The bitter melon known as Karela in India, but called Goya in Okinawa, is very popular during the summer hot season. There are many varieties of vegetables, including sea vegetable, eaten by Okinawans, but mostly the people stay very active and do not care to slow down.
My family is from here. Fun fact: the bitter fruit they're talking about is pronounced SI-QWA-SA
Those plants and fruits are present in the Philippines
Any ikgai reader?
me :)
Me bro i was just reading and searched it
Link?
Me 🙋♀️
on page 107
I'm from Okinawa. However, it is said that our younger generation has westernized eating habits. We also started to eat food from many countries. Therefore, it seems that the life span of Okinawans who can live in good health is getting shorter. But my grandmother is over 90 years old. My grandfather is almost 100 years old. My dead grandfather and grandmother passed away at the age of 70 and over.
Good to hear... We know your culture by reading ikigai..i am from Bangladesh
Hello Can you list the foods that your grand parents eat.? do they drink hibiscus tea daily?
It’s not diet, it’s likely the content of what’s grown there and they no stress culture.
The food the old women are eating, Is more than what my grandmother could eat and she is 70+ at the moment. These people are built greatly!
After reading a book called Ikigai led me to here with tremendous enthusiasm to attain the knowledge of such an incredibly splendid culture of Okinawa.
Bonds between people are really important!!
A breath of fresh air!
My dream place to live in Okinawa 🤗😍 very safe very clean beautiful beaches and very very peaceful
Same. I keep brushing off my Jaoanese language. Konichiwa.
TSUNAMI
1. Sleep
2. Exercise (they always move, they don't retire)
3. Diet (Moderate, Variety, Balanced) - green tea, natto, miso soup, tofu, etc.
4. Ikigai
I want to visit Okinawa one day
I always thought Japanese people were super serious but they seem pretty chill in Okinawa
I came here after reading Ikigayi.. What an inspiring book
Do you know what these guys went through in the fall of Okinawa?
You can eat pork ears
I love the company of old people 🥰
Really? then go to a senior home, they will absolutely love you there
Would love to visit Okinawa someday. 💕
It’s how amazing when you realize food is not only for survival it’s for long survival.
Yes they consume alot of antioxidant rich foods, fast, move alot and eat little but even if we did the same thing we could live longer some of us but not as long as them. The reason is due to their soils. Their soils are very nutritionally dense and contain trace minerals that's rarely in our 'modern' treated soils
Totally true. If the soil is debased so is the food and food is fuel if all the food was nutritious we wouldn’t need medicine. The food would be our medicine But the food industry and pharmaceutical industry keep making money from our misery because it’s the same families that control it
@@russcooke5671 yes I hate the modern medical industry
@@sohailislam3416 my friend had Arthritis for many years and was living in pain killers. Then. He started taking moringa with raw turmeric and now he’s completely cured. And no more pain. He can undo lids on jars now something he could never do before and he only took it for about a month before it healed him.
@@russcooke5671 amazing it just shows their are SOO many ways to cure it. Some people cure it from nutrition and going heavy on certain nutrients like selenium etc, some people eat better and quit the gluten and it's cured, some people go on a vegetarian diet and cure it, some people go on a vegan diet and cure it, some people go on a vegan gluten free diet and cure it, their are soooo many ways to cure it but doctor's still say "it's incurable and you'll have to take drugs for the rest of your life"
@@sohailislam3416 go on a raw food diet. And. A long fast. That cure everything. cancer diabetes arthritis all of it
'I forget my age when I work'
I wish one day I could say that
I live here and can say in general life is simpler in that people overall are very friendly and you don't have to go too far to get your basic needs. The only issue they have now is the modern world has caught up with many of the youth. They eat alot of fried foods and their obesity rate is the highest in Japan. The old Okinawan diet was mainly sweet potatoes and anything they could find in reality. My Okinawan in laws told me the old diet was the 'no food' one back in the '50s.
2:41 that fruit defo has lots of antioxidants in it
like dark chocolate and red wine
plumeria66
1 year ago (edited)
I grew up there. Grains of sand the shape of stars, caved lagoons to swim in with blue damsel fish, island hopping, orange pink sunsets, most delicious food in the world, and the gentlest, kindest people.
Please types all your videos in closed captions for the deaf and hard of hearing, we want to live long too. Thanks
You forgot to name: not consuming fast food, soda, donuts, pork, sugar, aspartame, gluten, milk and many more that the rest of the world do. Hahahaha
Everything is good as long as "organic". Pork is good as well, a good source of protein.
@@mardukdemigod1523 Plants have proteins as well.
@@aredale
But on a lesser extent than what meat can provide. In other words ALTERNATIVE. Meat is just simply the best source for protein.
@@mardukdemigod1523 Pork is a good source og parasites and not meant to be eaten. Its now prooved that bacon causes colorectal tumor. Pork is not a clean animal, they are scavegengers,
@@lamidom Okinawans eat a lot of pork what are you talking about? That is one of the main foods. Pigs were only unclean when they were wild. Farm raised pigs are not unclean.
A very insightful report about health and nutrition. So important to eat healthily, keep active, lead a purposeful life, have good company and look after your well being at any age. 🙏🙏
People do not die of motor vehicle accident there.
I'm an Indian I want to go Japan .. love Japan people..☺️
We eat foods that is deemed unhealthy to foreigners and live in a society that is laid back and almost stress free. My grandparents are 95 and still genki. Jiichan still does his farming and bachan still does her thing.
Seems wonderful
Nagano has been the no.1 longevity in Japan since around 2013, 2014
Here while reading ikigai ❤️
I wanna visit Japan 🇯🇵 so bad, back when I was like 13 I used to watch an anime called "Inazuma Eleven" and one of the side characters was a surfer from Okinawa. They made it look like the best place ever back then, and it certainly does. This whole vibe kind of reminds me of my region. Kind regards from the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
Yo tb quiero ir desde q vi los caballeros del zodiaco..
You had to remind me of inuzama eleven 😭
LOL inazuma elevn I watch it too and the surfer join Mark's team. It was great back in the days. My favourite character was Brian from Zeus
Take a lot of money, it’s extremely expensive
What for? these people aren't a tourist attraction for you or anyone else to see, if you go to a city, it's a completely different environment, what you claim to do is similar to chasing a rainbow
I lived in Ogimi for a few years. Some familiar faces in the video. Beautiful place full of wonderful people. The world needs to discover shikuwasa!
EVEN THE SNAKES EAT VEGETABLES IN THIS COUNTRY LOVE IT
Okinawa isnt a country but yes I also love it
@Allen S yeah used to be
Okinawa inhabitants are natural food lovers
And they're also pretty smart at maintaining a healthy diet, which is good.
This is Paradise
Fruits 🍋 and vegetables 🥒 hard work 👨🌾 loving your neighbor ❤️ no stress 😀 just the way the Lord intended it.
And steak 🥩
Okinawa and Hokkaido, thats the only 2 places that I still want to go in Japan
And the purple sweet potato. No high fat/high carb processed junk food, no high crime rates, no drug gangs, crime or culture.
Thanks to ikigai Book who brought me here.☺️
Natural Diet, Active Life & Leisure Time... secret of Longevity
I wanna become citizen of such country
God bless me
Wow awesome info, what’s this sakura long life grass. Anyone know?
I'm here watching this video while reading ikigai, such a beautiful place to live💞 love to go there one day 🤗
Amazing island, amazing people
I wonder if Okinawans And Ainus had any sort of battles with another before the Yayois or and Yamatos showed up
I love Okinawa
I miss my mama san Kiko Nakada in kin ville and masami San and my beautiful friend julie san
This is bull. Indigenous Mexicans living away from the cities life the longest. They live into their 90s and 100s.
soooo wholesome to watch 😍😍
this was beautiful!
Japanese marital arts exercises and warmer climate and lots of sea food
Are they vegetarian
Peace to the ainu, luchu, and all the other indigenous peoples
Im 32 and I already feel like ive seen everything, heard everything, experienced everything, and am ready to die. I cant imagine living 70 more years beyond today must be like...
try new things
You have a lack of imagination
MrChiangching Maybe. But certainly not as gray as YOUR life.
@@jerolvilladolid Youre just a kid you havent seen half of what I have.
@jerolvilldolid you say you have seen everything, done everything at 32. May I ask: have you ever played an instrument or sung in a choir? If you did play an instrument, were you able to play with others as a group to a high standard? if no to either of these, you have missed a great deal of joy and an incredible way to feel time expand. Have you sketched a portrait of anyone with just one pencil, a portrait that others could identify and recognise? drawing is also a time warping experience, as is plein air painting. Have you done something for your country, or for another person that put your own life at risk? Have you raised a child or even a flower garden and helped create something for others? somehow i don't think there will be a response to these questions, will there...
My Okinawan grandparents made it to 95. I don’t remember the bitter citrus but one can NOT forget that icky green goya…NOT a fan and neither were my grandparents. We had lots of rice, fruits, danced, walked, played tennis with my Grandfather’s ‘sports club’, after tennis, it was hot green tea, some type of cookies the ladies brought and socializing. LOTS of festivals to attend. Okinawan culture and language are different than Japanese. The Okinawans are indigenous to this island which was taken over by the Japanese in the late 1870s.
Okinawans sway gently and easily for a very long time just like palm trees….one reason they live so very long is their resiliency to whatever adversity thrown their way. The largest civilian casualty was Okinawans during WW2. My grandparents hid in caves with my mother and uncles while the Americans and Japanese waged war upon this tiny island.
The western diet has caused a tremendous amount of obesity, acne, and health problems for this tiny island which is overwhelmingly still U.S. military. Some of the land has been returned to the original owners. Things are becoming more Okinawan again instead of American military.
The food they eating is health but when fried it’s deadly
How can anyone settle here permanently post retirement?
Gosh now a days thiers a lot of processes foods and super sweet that's why I hate to go out and eat mostly I make my own foods wow healthy people and nice place
100+ People in Grants Pass Oregon in Upcoming years.
Master weaver, wherever you are, you're smile remains here on 🌎. Aroha, from New Zealand.
if there's something I'm not interested in, it's long life. If he's happy, if that's what he wants; My wish that he enjoy each day.
1:46 - Even though Roy Walford couldn't reach maximum lifespan, he definitely tried his best. Even I am trying my best. However, my family said that calorie restriction is not the way.
A balanced life is important 🌻
There is so much spirituality in Okinawa and China 🇨🇳
China no way 😮💨
IKIGAI 😊
will definitely visit okinawa one day💕💕 in love with karate so got to know about okinawa...
Seasonal vegetables fresh, lemon Chiquita
Their skin is so good
The secret is diet genetics and enviroment.
TJMonoSano17 lifestyle is included in environment
It's 99% the whole food plant based diet. Genetics is irrelevant. If these people had moved to the US and adopted the Standard American Diet, they would suffer from exactly all the heart disease, diabetes 2, dementia, cancer, etc., etc., etc.
Help me to come here
@@balderdashery1 Okinawans eat loads of pork and fish. don't be fooled by vegan propaganda.
2:28 he doesnt look a day over 95
Let food be your medicine; and let medicine be your food.
people that don't concern themselves with material wealth have money, those that don't worry about living the longest end up doing just so!
This is the best place to live❤️
If you search for Japanese life expectancy by prefecture you will find that Okinawa is just BELOW average life expectancy for the country. So about half the prefectures can be expected to live longer. And if you look at life expectancy for Asian Americans is is about 3 years longer than Japan. Not saying the U.S. is healthier by any means, just that there is something messed up with the "Blue Zone" statistics.
please, someone do script for this video. I'll be very grateful 🥰
I am okinawan I am proud to be uchinanchu. Neifi debiru
The concept of ikigai is extra powerful....
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I desire to visit this place
After Reading ❤Ikigai. From India ❤
So yeah it was described in Ikigai so I was wondering how Okinawa might look like
People in Okinawa are forbearing and forgiving. That is the secret of Ryukyu, the secret of our island peoples.
Hi Atomboy. Are you from Okinawa? Nice meeting you 🤗
Hi Atomboy Astroboy. Nice meeting you🤗 Are you from Okinawa?
Yeah lovely. Like the Pasta Grannies channel.
You guys should use subtitles as well instead of just using a narrator. Makes it much more watchable and it makes you connect with the people speaking more.
How do you spell it? Why are there no links to the foods and herbs that you recommend?