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Dr. Makoto Suzuki, Okinawa Research Center for Longevity Science. The Okinawa Centenarian Study is a study of the elderly people of Okinawa, Japan. The study, funded by Japan's ministry of health, is the largest of its kind ever carried out. Over the years, the scientists involved have had access to more than 600 Okinawan centenarians. [1]
Okinawa has the world's highest proportion of centenarians, at approximately 50 per 100,000 people. [7] They are known to practise hara hachi bun me, [2] and as a result they typically consume about 1,800 [3] to 1,900 kilo-calories per day. [8]
Tane Ikai (猪飼たね, Ikai Tane, 18 January 1879 – 12 July 1995) had been, at the time of her death, Japan’s oldest person following the death of 114-year old Waka Shirahama in 1992, while also being the first person in Japan to reach the ages of 115 and 116 and being the last Japanese person born in the 1870s.
Given the high number of centenarians living in Okinawa, there's reason to believe the traditional diet pattern there could be contributing to longevity. “Most people on this island live into ...
In the decades since, four more areas have been identified around the globe where locals apparently have an increased chance of becoming a centenarian: Okinawa in Japan; Nicoya in Costa Rica ...
She points to the practice in Okinawa where people stop when they're about 80% full. Again, diets high in plant-based foods are a common denominator in places where people live the longest.
Another longevity index applied was the Centenarian rate (CR) for the 1900 birth group (number of persons surviving to 100 years old per 10,000 people alive at age 60) in December 2000. [2] The Sardinia and Okinawa blue zones had CR values for men substantially higher compared to several other countries, whereas values for women were mostly ...
For example, the people of Nicoya, Costa Rica eat black beans daily, those in Okinawa, Japan enjoy soybeans, and the people of Icaria, Greece consume white beans and chickpeas.