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Originally Posted by graciegirl
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Well, the book came out in 2001. It may have been updated in 2007. I'll have to check on it. However, regardless of how old it is, it gives the blueprint of how to achieve great health and longevity. The Okinawan elders were the healthiest and longest lived people in the world. They had more centenarians per 100,000 population than anywhere else on earth. The authors stated that younger Okinawans were slowly changing for the worse. And, at the time the book was written, it was to document and give credit to the Okinawan elders. It was a 25 year study. The point was to document it, otherwise it would be lost forever. So it's a snapshot in time that anyone can benifit from.
Yes, they eat some animal protein but it only adds up to about 14% of their total diet, by weight. For example, they typically would eat 2 to 3 eggs per week. The eggs would come from their own chickens that were free roaming. When their chickens (perhaps 3 or 4 per family) stopped laying eggs, they would eat those chickens (high in omega 3). It wouldn't be very much. I'll put this in better perspective at some later time. Perhaps tomorrow.
The problem is that we live in a culture where anything that tastes good would be overconsumed. In the U.S., if you tell people that it's okay to eat 2 or 3 eggs per week, they will eat a dozen or more. Eggs taste so good that it would be very difficult not to eat more. So, for many people, it might be better to abstain alltogether.