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The Japanese Secret to Longevity: The Science-Backed Plan
Japanese longevity examined through the research rather than the folklore. Covers the Okinawan cohort studies and what happened as diets shifted, the role of social structure and moai, physical activity patterns, and dietary composition — with attention to where correlation has been over-read as causation.
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Hara hachi bu has become a familiar phrase, but the research behind Okinawan longevity is considerably wider than the name alone suggests. This book goes to the actual cohort studies, what they measured, and, just as tellingly, what happened to health outcomes as local diets shifted away from tradition in later generations.
Moai, the lifelong social groups common in Okinawa, get treated as a longevity factor in their own right, separate from diet, alongside the physical activity patterns typical of the longest-lived generations and the full dietary composition behind the famous phrase. The book is equally direct about where correlation in this research has been over-read as causation.
What's Inside
- What the Okinawan cohort studies actually measured, and what changed as diets shifted away from tradition
- The role of moai and social structure in longevity outcomes, separate from diet alone
- Physical activity patterns typical of the longest-lived Okinawan generations
- The dietary composition behind the diet, not just the name hara hachi bu
- Where correlation in the research has been over-read as causation, named directly
Who This Book Is For
For readers who want the research behind Okinawan longevity, not just the phrase hara hachi bu repeated without its context.