Paul Saladino· MD
anytime you hear talk someone talk about okinawan diet and say that it's plant-based and that's going to result in longevity i want you to run the other way
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
anytime you hear talk someone talk about okinawan diet and say that it's plant-based and that's going to result in longevity i want you to run the other way
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The next time someone tells you that Okinawans eat a plant-based diet, show them this study because they are speaking incorrect things.
anytime you hear talk someone talk about okan diet and say that it's plant-based and that's going to result in longevity I want you to run the other way and I want you to give them a Kale's [ __ ] t-shirt um and I want you to hand the mistake and say please eat this because your brain needs more creatine unexpectedly I'm quoting we did not find any vegetarians among the centenarians the second survey for Japanese centenarians in 1975 1976 showed a similar dietary pattern the dietary patterns of their Middle Ages were also inquired into and it revealed no variance from that of the Contemporary Japanese there were no vegetarians among the centenarians in okanawa