How to Live a Long and Healthy Life – Secrets of the Okinawans
Posted by admin in Healthy Life on July 7, 2011
One of the longest living people in the world is the Japanese. Numbers vary each year and many factors can make statistics quite volatile, but the United Nations had Japan at number one in life expectancy at birth at the ripe old age of 82.6 for its overall population in the years 2005-2010. The CIA World Factbook ranked Japan at number three (after Macau and Andorra) at a slightly lower number of 82.12 in 2009. Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that the islands of Okinawa in Japan boast 50 centenarians per 100,000 people – possibly the highest number in the world. Not only do the Okinawans enjoy long life, they also are among the healthiest people in the world with remarkably low rates of cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Studies on longevity of the Okinawans have revealed a few factors that contribute to such a long and healthy life.
1. A positive outlook towards life – Research has shown that positive thinking adds years to your life. When you actually look forward to aging and living life to the fullest, you tend to have less stress and worries. Okinawans are cheerful, energetic people who maintain an active social life way beyond 70 or 80 years of age.
2. Exercise – It is not a rare sight in Japan to see an elderly out manually working in their farms, fields or gardens. Japanese elderly, Okinawans included, tend to keep themselves busy and stay in good shape with various physical activities such as gateball (a croquet-like game enjoyed by the elderly in Japan), traditional Japanese dances, and martial arts. Read the rest of this entry »
5 Ways to Kick Off Your Healthy Lifestyle
Posted by admin in Healthy Lifestyle on July 7, 2011
Becoming healthy is one topic on many peoples lips, “is the world really as unhealthy as health experts say” is a question asked by many. There are so many different views as to what is considered a healthy lifestyle. Here are five options included following.
1. Pick what results you want from a healthy lifestyle: Quite often many people want to loose weight and think that a healthy lifestyle will kick this into affect. This is true, with a good and healthy balance of eating and exercise. Other people consider other factors of a healthy lifestyle these being the social aspects of sporting and gym cultures, also just exiting the house for a common walk is considered healthy and could also prove to be a social aspect too.
2. Fast food or health food: Fast food has rapidly evolved over the last decade and is a more convenient option for people on the move. Along with the unhealthy options on menus all over the world, there are many fast food places seeing that a health food option is much better then an unhealthy option. There are now many dedicated outlets that specialize in healthy food for the benefit of weigh loss and also just for the benefit of a healthy lifestyle in general. Read the rest of this entry »