The island of okinawa has been a large pork producer for hundreds of years. Pork is this country's meat staple. researcher Kazuhiko Taira states: Okiwana cuisine is very healthy and very greasy Leftover lard from thepork is used librally in thier food. okiwanans eat three tomes more meat then the japenese do japans institute of health recentley stated the japenese make to much of the staple food steamed rice okiwanans have far les heart disease and fewer strokes than the japenese neighbours okiwanan women have the longest life expectancy in the world 84+ yrs Okiwana also has minimal food processing. This is one more case where high levels of meat and fat are eaten in particular culture and posistive effects are seen. its not that a lot of calories are burned up from exercising they arent. Only 300 calories per hour are burned by walking about 600 with areobics. One pound of (exess) body aft has 3,500 calories so about 12 hours of walking or 7 hours of areobics (including warm-up and cool down times) are required to loose just one pound of exess bodyfat if you could access it immediatley. ITS FOOD FOR THOUGHT!
Yes, very interesting. There has been a lot of attention payed to this recently. The Canadian Nutrition Recommendations set a limit of no more than 30% of daily energy to be gained from fat. They recommend minimizing fat intake altogether. However, a comparison between the traditional Japanese diet, and the traditional Greek diet show that the Greeks have a lower rate of heart disease, despite the fact that the Japanese diet has 10% of energy from fat, and the Greek diet has 40%.
I have heard this fact too and my sister's father-in-law (who is Greek) swears it is because of the olive oil in their diet. Do you know if there is any truth to this?
Actually, you raise a good point Anything. It's thought that the Greek diet's health benefits do come mainly from Olive Oil. Apparently it contains an ingredient that increases LDH cholesterol, generally believed to be the "good kind". Apparently it helps out with your cardiovascular health. I know the only thing I cook with now is olive oil. None of this canola oil stuff for me.
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/st...OMAN?SITE=MDFRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT I am willing to put money on it being full fat milk and wholemeal bread. About time the current low fat low calorie doctrine was reviewed I think.
Wow. That's what a natural lifestyle gets you. I don't have anything too scientific to back this up, but I've personally always believed that the more process food goes through, the more that is added and taken away, the less healthy it gets. I love my homemade food, not to mention the deer I kill or the fish I catch. It really does make a difference in my health, I can feel it.
The greeks eat more olive oil than we do, and have fewer heart attacks The french drink more wine and eat more butter than we do, and have fewer heart attacks. German's eat more fatty meats than we do, and also have fewer heart attacks. Forget what you eat, speaking English is what kills you Yes, I pinched it from somewhere else
It is, but at the same time, its quite a way away from Japan, and has a culture quite different to that of the main Japanese islands, and different food since they live closer to the equator.
just had to show this what a lucky little girl and it on topic. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/3709819.stm
That's fantastic. Good news, I'm glad to hear she's doing well. Interesting how that diet could help instead of hurt. Amazing how they could balance it though.
