The key to a long and healthy life might just be found in the diet of Okinawa, Japan, renowned for its exceptional longevity rates.
Okinawa is the largest of the Ryukyu Islands, situated off the coast of Japan between the East China and Philippine Seas.Specialists at William Russell have identified this Japanese region as having the world's healthiest diet, contributing to the country's impressively low obesity rates and high life expectancy - the second longest of any developed nation.A representative from William Russell elaborated: "The Okinawan diet has numerous health benefits.
So much so that Japan has the lowest obesity rates and second longest life expectancy of any developed country." Okinawa is one of the world's top Blue Zones, areas where people are more likely to live longer and healthier lives than average, and may even reach 100 years or older, reports the Express.
Adding to its impressive reputation, this remote location is also home to the world's oldest women and an above-average number of centenarians.
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