According to the Japanese, eating healthy means "eating the 8 colors of the rainbow".
Longevity seems to be the buzzword of Health these days, and for good reason. As Westerners, we want to know what centenarians do to increase their life expectancy. The following tips are from the centenarians around the world who have found the fountain of youth very close to their home.
"Eat healthily!!", This translates directly into a better diet. Today it is easy to get information about what will affect positively or badly your body. And today, you'll find in the web thousands of recipes to make your healthy diet very tasty. "We are what we eat" will never have been so true. Eat in a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, feed yourself from the sea, etc.
Modest life means modest diet. Eating less, in general, is just good practice. "Hara hachi bu" is a saying used by the citizens of Okinawa, which means eating until you are 8O percent full. The Japanese also say that you have to eat the 8 Colors of the rainbow in each meal. In summary, eating healthy would mean, eating 8O percent of the rainbow?
Keep slim. All these help you to remain slim. Stay away from sugar and soft drink. If you observe old Japanese and try to find any common point, it will not take long for you see that they are all very slim.
Stay active: Staying active is as important as having good eating habits, but it is not the kind of intense activity we are used to these days in gyms. It can be just doing some stretching, walking, lifting weights of 1 kilo, but 2 or 3 times a week. And there is no age for it. Centenarians know how good it is. Again we have a lot to learn from Japan. I've been last August in Japan and I was once more amazed by such quantity of old people biking, walking around, and workers starting their working day by exercising. Exercising is the best way to help you feel better.
In addition to eating habits and moderate exercise, having a life purpose comes first in the list of longevity. Centenarians are happy people who have reasons to get up in the morning. Feeling good about yourself, and staying away from stress is essential.
Reduce stress!
Although most of us do not live in a picturesque and quiet village cut off any big city, we have the tools to create places
calm and considerably reduce the stress of modern life. And remember the trick, stop getting concerned about things you cannot do anything about. It gonna help a lot, you'll see.
Scheduling time with friends and family who make you laugh or read a book are ways to promote good relaxation. And find friends with common passion. There today many clubs and free seminars in which you can participate and meet new friends. Laugh all you can!!
And if you do so, remember that smoking makes your quality of life much worse. Practicing exercise is probably the best help you can have to quit smoking. You also have now pills wich help. You certainly now don't have any excuse. Remember, if smoking is still allowed is because we will not have money enough to pay all pensions. So it helps a lot that smokers died much earlier. So choose correctly your team!
