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Coral calcium is composed of calcium carbonate and trace minerals. Claims for health benefits unique to coral calcium have been discredited. Coral calcium, marketed as a cure for various diseases and linked to Okinawan longevity, is merely calcium carbonate and can be considered a calcium supplement, [1] and it supposed superiority to regular
The Okinawa Centenarian Study (OCS) in 2003 clarified that Okinawan longevity is due to a healthy lifestyle, not coral calcium. The OCS did not endorse coral calcium due to its cost, lack of scientific evidence supporting health claims, and environmental concerns about coral reefs. In 2004, the Federal Trade Commission prohibited the marketers ...
1,251 items, of which 85 are craft works and the remainder writings; the former comprise (a) royal costume (8 items): royal crown known as Hibenkan or Tamanchaabui, black silk with 288 gold, silver, crystal, and coral beads and a gold kanzashi engraved with a dragon; two ceremonial costumes of Chinese cloth; two belts - one with twenty previous ...
The Yaeyama Islands are home to numerous species of subtropical and tropical plants and mangrove forests. [3] [11] The islands produce sugarcane and pineapples.[2] [12]Coral reefs around the islands are ideal habitats for dolphins, sea turtles, and larger fish such as manta rays and whale sharks.
Thereafter, the archipelago, like the rest of the Ryukyu Islands, was under US military administration before being returned to Japan in 1972. The Kerama islands was the site of a true story about romance between two dogs who lived on neighboring islands that was made into the 1988 Japanese film I Want to See Marilyn (Marilyn ni Aitai). [ 12 ]
It was the first map to color-code the coral reefs that appear above the sea surface at maximum low tide and the coral reefs that are below the sea surface. [ 7 ] [ 22 ] [ 12 ] It sometimes is credited as the first topographic map in Japan that included only tidal flats , without dry land, [ 12 ] but it also included Ikema Island and other land ...
As the lacquer tree is not native to Okinawa, the key material needed to produce lacquerware could only be obtained by the Ryukyuans through trade. Though the islands were involved with trade with Japan and the Asian mainland for many centuries, it is generally believed that the presence and production of lacquerware in Ryukyu only began to any significant extent in the late 14th or early 15th ...
Okinawa Little Japanese horseshoe bat Rhinolophus pumilus pumilus オキナワコキクガシラコウモリ Okinawa kokikugashira kōmori: Nago: Sumuide sea fig Ficus superba 済井出のアコウ Sumuide no akō: Nago: Ōshittai Quercus miyagii