Today
in between my chemistry and liberal studies class, I went to the library and
read an article on why women in certain countries have better overall health
than women in other countries, like United States for example. The article was called “Secrets of the
world’s healthiest women”. According to longevity researchers, the answer to
living longer in America would be to act as if you were living somewhere else.
An explorer Dan Buettner wrote a book called “The Blue Zones: Lessons for
Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest”. The book show that
women who live in countries like Italy, Japan, Greece, California, and Costa
Rica have traditionally stayed healthy and lived an active life to 100 years of
age or older.
French women
tend to stay slim because of their portion control. They tend to have small
amounts of fresh food. They also have to walk places majority of the time
because of sky rocketing gas prices and older buildings in France don’t have
elevators so therefore they have to climb the stairs.
Scandinavians secret is to
eat from the farm. Scandinavian women eat locally grown and fresh foods. The
meats they eat are omega-3 fatty fish (which help prevent serious illnesses
like heart disease, hypertension, arthritis, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, depression
and much more) and lean elk and game birds.
Japanese in Okinawa practice eating until
their 80% full also known as hara hachi bu. They use meditation to reduce
stress. They also have lower cancer rates due to their diets of rice, soy and
omega 3 fatty fish as well.
The article
came with some health tips like, having a more plant-like diet, less sweet
foods; take it easy to shred stress, eating 20% less than we do, and obviously
exercising more. The main purpose of my blog today was all about being
healthy!!
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