Re: Researchers Discover Mechanistic Link Between High-Fat Diet and Type 2 Diabetes

runnswim@xxxxxxx wrote:
: Regarding Okinawans:
:
: 1: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2001;10(2):159-64.
:
: History and characteristics of Okinawan longevity food.
:
: Sho H.
:
: University of The Air Okinawa Study Center, Japan.
:
: Okinawan food culture in the Ryukyu island is one of the world's most
: interesting culture because its consumers have the longest life
: expectancies and
: low disability rates. It is a product of cultural synthesis, with a
: core of
: Chinese food culture, inputs through food trade with South-East Asia
: and the
: Pacific and strong Japanese influences in eating style and
: presentation. The
: Satsamu sweet potato provides the largest part of the energy intake
: (and
: contributes to self-sufficiency), there is a wide array of plant foods
: including
: seaweed (especially konbu) and soy, and of herbaceous plants,
: accompanied by
: fish and pork, and by green tea and kohencha tea. Infusing multiple
: foodstuff
: and drinking the broth is characteristic. Raw sugar is eaten. The
: concept that
: 'food is medicine' and a high regard accorded medical practice are
: also intrinsic of Okinawan culture. Again, food-centered and ancestral
: festivities
: keeep the health dimensions well-developed. Pork, konbu and tofu (soy
: bean-curd)
: are indispensable ingredients in festival menus, and the combination
: of tofu and
: seaweed are used everyday. Okinawan food culture is intimately linked
: with an
: enduring belief of the system and highly developed social structure
: and network.
: PMID: 11710358
:
: It's important to note that the Okinawan diet has changed. I
: previously quoted a study done by the Japanese (I have the full text
: somewhere...don't have the reference as I write this) which looked at
: what Okinawan centenarians were eating at age 50. It was
: predominately sweet potatoes, with very little meat. I owe you guys
: the reference; I'll try to find it.

In my previous posting there are the proportions of different foods Okinawan
centenarians eat:

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.nutrition/msg/63c0b225440f207f

In younger generations the diet has deteriorated as mentioned.

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Juhana


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