Why do people in Japan live longer than other people in other countries?
For the most part I would say that diet is the biggest contributing factor as to why they live longer; you’ll note that generally there are very few obese Japanese people. The traditional diet of the Japanese consists of portions made of a bowl of cooked food and a fruit. They eat daily seven portions of vegetables and fruits, seven of cereals and two of soy products. They take various portions of fish weekly and very sporadically meat and dairy products. Overall, their diet is low in calories and contains a lot of vegetables. Interestingly,When the Japanese youth started to go to American Fast-Foods and Pizza Bars, the obesity levels, cardiovascular diseases and premature deaths of the young reached records in Japan. All that said, I have to add that genetics probably play quite a big role to their long life span, so when you put healthy diet and good genes into the mix, you’ve got a good recipe for a long (healthy) life!
