So what are the characteristics of people in areas with high longevity population? At present, the representative longevity areas are Icaria, Sardinia, Okinawa and Los Malinda.
Experts analyzed 150 papers about people's eating habits in these areas, and found that people who live long actually have several common characteristics. According to this analysis, the American health magazine Health introduced the eating habits that can lead to longevity.
95% of the daily diet is plant food = what people living in longevity areas have in common is that they often eat plant food such as cereals, beans and vegetables. They will fully eat seasonal fruits and vegetables, and the remaining vegetables can be preserved by pickling or drying in the sun so that they can be eaten at any time.
Especially the plant food closely related to longevity is green leafy vegetables. According to several papers on longevity, people who eat a bowl of cooked leafy vegetables every day can reduce the death rate by half in the next four years.
Limit meat intake to less than twice a week = people who live long are not without meat. It will only minimize the frequency of eating. And when you eat meat, you don't eat a lot, but you will add a small amount to the staple food.
I will eat meat five times a month on average, and the intake is about 57g each time. The types of meat are chicken, mutton and pork, which are mainly raised on their own farms.
Eat a small amount of marine fish every day = people who live long eat an average of 85g of marine fish every day. According to a study of 96,000 Americans, the diet of the oldest people is mainly plant food, and a small amount of marine fish is eaten every day.
The best species of marine fish are anchovies or cod, which belong to the middle stage of the food chain. Because this kind of marine fish is relatively lightly polluted by harmful substances such as mercury, it can be safely eaten.
Try to keep the original shape when cooking = if the food is over-processed, it will be difficult to tell the state of the raw materials. People who live long will try to keep the appearance of raw materials when cooking.
When eating eggs, you don't deliberately remove the yolk before eating, or you don't filter out the pulp when squeezing juice. Their eating habit is to use all kinds of food in a balanced way.