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latch
on Jan 18, 2021
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Japanese people may have gained longevity by balan...
According to wikipedia, Okinawan men now have a life expectancy below the Japanese average for men. Which is why I think it's useful to look at.
howlgarnish
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TIL! Looks like that flipped around 2000:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18924533/
This goes into some more detail:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa_diet#Longevity
teraku
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That's because lots of US troops are stationed in Okinawa and with them came lots of fast food chains. Young(er) people in Okinawa eat lots of junk food, and they have shorter life expenctancy than their parents.
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