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Originally Posted by Villages PL
There are lots of regions or countries in the world that do better than the Mediterranean. I don't have any statistics on the vegan diet but I can compare the Okinawan diet with Italy, Greece, and the United States. The following was provided by the World Health Organization and Japan Ministry of Health and Welfare....1996.
Death Rates Per 100,000 People For Coronary Heart Disease:
Location:.....................Deaths Per Year............Eating Pattern
Okinawa................................18......... .............East-West fusion
Italy......................................55..... ................Mediterranean
Greece...................................55....... ...............Mediterranean
United States.........................100................ ......American
Stroke:
Okinawa.................................35
Italy.......................................49
Greece....................................109
Cancer:
Okinawa...................................97
Italy.........................................135
Greece......................................109
Deaths From All Causes:
Okinawa...................................335
Italy........................................459
Greece.....................................449
Life expectancy(1996)
Okinawa......................81.2
Italy............................78.3
Greece.........................78.1
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Cigar chomping George Burns (January 20, 1896 March 09, 1996) did not ahere to any of the above-stated diets . Latest life expectancy for men in the US is 78 and for women 83> Just think some passengers waved out the dessert cart just before the Titanic went down. Hmmmmmmmmmm (quoted by a famous female journalist whose name escapes me at this moment(Irma Bombeck)