Rich in seafood, vegetables and low in calories… This way of eating, according to its followers, will be the key to living longer and better. fumiko Inoue / Getty Images/iStockphoto
DESCRIPTION – Rich in seafood, vegetables and low in calories… This way of eating, straight from a Japanese island, is said by its followers to be the key to living longer and better.
Eat better to live longer. OK, but how? Perhaps inspired by the Okinawan diet. The latter bears the name of an island lost in the middle of a chain of islands in the East China Sea, which has an amazing number of centuries. For twenty years, this diet of concentrated vegetables, iodized flavors and all kinds of textures has rivaled the famous Mediterranean diet for its nutritional merits. What is this diet? What are its real benefits and how to apply them well at home?
More than a diet, a lifestyle
Before being a diet, Okinawa is first and foremost a fabulous place. This Japanese island belongs to the select club of five “blue zones” in the world, in these places where a person counts the highest life expectancy. Here there are 42 centenarians per 100,000 inhabitants, three times more than in France. Far from being bedridden, they seem to be less affected by age-related ailments…
Source: Le Figaro
