Ua ʻike paha ʻoe he 20-30% wale nō ko mākou ola i hoʻoholo ʻia e nā genetics? No ke ola a hiki i 100, a i ʻole ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi, pono mākou i kahi mea liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka pūʻulu o nā chromosomes i loaʻa mai ko mākou mau mākua. ʻO ke ola ka mea nui loa e hoʻoholo ai ʻaʻole wale ka manaʻolana o ke ola, akā i kona ʻano maikaʻi. No ke Kuhina Ola o Iapana a me ka US National Institutes of Health, ua aʻo nā kānaka ʻepekema i nā centenarians.
- Hoʻomaʻamaʻa pinepine ka poʻe ʻelemakule Okinawa i ka hoʻoikaika kino a me ka noʻonoʻo.
ʻO kā lākou meaʻai he haʻahaʻa i ka paʻakai, kiʻekiʻe i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu, a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā fiber a me nā antioxidants ma mua o nā meaʻai Western.
ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka nui o kā lākou ʻai soybean ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua, ua ulu nā soybeans ma Okinawa me ka ʻole o GMO. He waiwai kēia huahana i nā flavonoids a hoʻōla maikaʻi.
- ʻAʻole ʻai nui ka poʻe Okinawa. Loaʻa iā lākou kahi hana "hara hachi bu", ʻo ia hoʻi "8 mau ʻāpana piha o 10". ʻAʻole loa lākou e ʻai i ka ʻai a māʻona. ʻO kā lākou helu calorie i kēlā me kēia lā ma kahi o 1800.
- Ua mahalo nui ʻia ka poʻe ʻelemākule o kēia ʻahahui, mahalo ʻia a hiki i ka wā ʻelemakule, maikaʻi lākou i ka noʻonoʻo a me ke kino.
ʻAʻole paʻa ka poʻe Okinawans i nā maʻi e like me ka dementia a i ʻole pupule, mahalo i ka meaʻai kiʻekiʻe i ka vitamina E, e hoʻoikaika ana i ke olakino lolo.
Wahi a ka poʻe ʻepekema, loaʻa i nā Okinawans nā genetic a me ka non-genetic susceptibility i ka lōʻihi. - he hana koʻikoʻi kēia mau mea a pau i ka manaʻolana o ke ola o ka poʻe noho ma ka mokupuni ʻo Iapana.