the Guinness Book of World Records. Misao
Okawa will be 115 years old next week. On Tuesday, she got an early
birthday present when.....
named her the oldest living woman on the planet.
Okawa, the Japanese daughter of a Kimono maker, was
born in 1898. She received the impressive title in a ceremony Wednesday,
alongside her 3-month-old great grandson, after enjoying her favorite
meal of mackerel sushi.
Her secret to living a long life? "Watch out for
one's health," she told a reporter after receiving her Guinness
certificate. For Okawa that means eating whatever she likes–as long it's
made in Japan.
With 50,000 living centenarians in
Japan, there's evidence that the country's residents hold the secret to
longevity: a healthy diet.
Japanese women have one of the longest life spans of
any country, only second to those in Hong Kong. The oldest living man
(also the oldest living person) is also Japanese. Jiroemon Kimura is 115
years old.
“The Japanese diet is the iPod of food," Naomi
Moriyama, co-author of Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of
My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen told Web MD. "It concentrates the magnificent energy of food into a compact and pleasurable size."
SC woman, oldest living US citizen, dies at 114
The typical Japanese person consumes about 25 percent
less calories per day than the average American. The base of their diet
is vegetables and fish, a great source of omega-3 fats, which are
excellent for heart health. Because their meals are largely vegetarian,
they eat very little red meat, which can lead to health problems if eaten regularly.
The results of a 25-year study of the longest living group
of Japanese people, the Okinawans, revealed that their traditional diet
of rice, soy, and vegetables could be the reason that, on average,
Okinawan women live to be 86 years old.
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