I recall one
Okinawan centenarian on television stating that they ate many kilograms of vegetables each day, simply because there was nothing else.
14 Lard was traditionally used in cooking on the island and although it may not be used as much today,
the Okinawan centenarians were using lard most of their lives, lives that began long before the USDA decided to tell us all to eat canola oil.
Not exact matches
More compelling is the data from the one of the Blue Zones, the
Okinawan Islands of Japan, where the greatest concentration of
centenarians is found.
The
Okinawans who are primarily plant based had the most
centenarians per capita; that is, the most people over 100 years old in their population.
If we want to use populations as an example, the most long lived population, the
Okinawans, had the most
centenarians per capita in the 1950's.
Its important to note the
Okinawans in the prime of their days had the most
centenarians per capita.
Back in the 1950's the Japanese rural
Okinawan group of people had the most
centenarians per capita.