Japan where viewers learn about the Okinawa diet and why traditional Japanese cuisine may play a role in longevity. Clearly, ...

Japan where viewers learn about the Okinawa diet and why traditional Japanese cuisine may play a role in longevity. Clearly, something is working since Japan has the highest number of centenarians ...

Source: iStockphoto/Getty Images The traditional Okinawa diet helped people living on the Japanese island to live to age 100 and beyond. Here's how to eat as the Japanese centenarians from Okinawa ...

They have the lowest levels of heart disease and strokes in the world. Diet: The traditional Okinawan diet is based on sweet potatoes, leafy greens and whole grains, and is supplemented with fish ...

Okinawans, also, are very unlikely to smoke. The Okinawan diet contains a number of other longevity-boosting foods that help the islanders stay fit and healthy well into old age. Okinawa's purple ...

Okinawa residents only ate modest amounts of seafood, lean meat, fruit and tea. Description: There isn’t really one traditional Asian diet, but a group of international nutritionists ...

This particular vegetable astonishingly constitutes 67% of the Okinawan diet, a stark contrast to the mere 3% it represents in the diets of other Japanese regions. For the latest health news ...

And the secret to Okinawa's amazingly high percentage of centenarians is one particular superfood with multiple health benefits. According to Asako Miyashita, a nutritionist and longevity expert, ...