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Old 06-27-2013, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Villages PL View Post
Search, "The Okinawa Centenarian Study", and you will find some basic information. It was a 25 year study that began in 1975.

I guess the most surprising thing is that there were so many centenarians who were in good health and still working their gardens etc.. Many of them never had any physical ailments.

It was proved NOT to be genetic. Second generation Japanese-Americans have the same rates of degenerative diseases as all other Americans.
http://www.okinawa-diet.com/okinawa_...d_pyramid.html

I don't think you eat fish or eggs, do you VlllagesPl? And can you give us a link to the study that shows that Japanese Americans don't enjoy the same longevity?
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