Centenarians people

In many countries around the world, people are living longer than before . people  have healthier lifestyle and healthcare is better, too. 
Okinawa is an island off the coast of japan.the people on Okinawa,the people on Okinawa the Okinawan s may have the longest live and healthiest lifestyle in the world..

Researchers did study.they started their study by looking at city and town birth records from 1879.the didn't expect to find many centenarians in the records. they were very surprised to find so many old and and healthy people living in Okinawa united state, for example, has 10 centenarians per 100,000 people, in Okinawa there are 34 centenarians per 100,000 people!

 What is the Okinawa's secret? First, they eat healthy diet, they eat many fresh fruits and vegetables,they also eat fish often and drink a lot a water and green tea. but researchers think that the Okinawan have other other healthy habits as well. they  don't do hard exercises such as weight lifting or jogging-instead. they prefer relaxing activities like gardening and walking, researchers say that older
Okinawa also have a good attitude about aging. they sit quietly and relax their minds with deep breathing exercises.they also enjoy massage   



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