Category Archives: Okinawan Diet

Energy Restriction and Longevity: The Okinawan Diet

Laboratory experiments from a variety of animals, most notably rodents, suggests that energy restriction may increase longevity. In particular, animals exposed to low energy intake for much of their life are protected from diseases associated with ageing, and may also … Continue reading

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Eat Smart, Stay Smart

Western lifestyle diseases include cognitive degeneration. It is often assumed that it is common to experience such age related cognitive decline. However, studies on populations consuming traditional Mediterranean foods show that this is not the case, and suggest that diet … Continue reading

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High Quality Diets Prevent Disease

High quality diets are those that contain the essential nutrients required by an individual for correct metabolic function. In addition, high quality diets must be absent of metabolic poisons such as sugar and other fructose containing molecules, and possess high … Continue reading

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Didj You Get Your Fibre Mate?

Traditional diets may be beneficial to the health because they contain a high fibre to starch ratios. One of the main problems with adoption of the Western diet is that the fibre to starch ratio is low, which deleteriously affects … Continue reading

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The Decline of the Traditional Diet

vidence suggests that traditional eating plans such as the Mediterranean, Inuit and Okinawan diets are protective of disease. Despite obvious differences in composition, common characteristics of such traditional diets exist. In particular, traditional diets are low in sugar and refined … Continue reading

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Obesity: Blame Western Food

Western nations lead the way in the obesity tables, with the United States ranking as number one. The cause of obesity is not fully understood, but increasingly poor quality diets are being implicated. In particular, diets high in refined carbohydrates, … Continue reading

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The Okinawan Diet

A number of traditional diets have been identified and researched because they may protect from chronic disease. Of these, the Mediterranean diet is perhaps the most well known. Generally, traditional diets are high in plant based foods such as whole … Continue reading

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