Adventures In Cluelessness....
Jun. 14th, 2009 12:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mdehnersI was watchingthe Tv this AM and they had a bit on a group of folks in a remote Chinese villiage that are supposed to be over a century old. "Here we go again1" was my thought....
Ever so often these stories pop up, soon to be followed by books that have NOTHING to do with the actual reasons for their Longevity. Americans in general but most Westernized folks like to look for excuses for why things are instead of solving them...because the solution is, of course hard work!
The last one was the Okinawan. Remember? Books came out with diets and such as the reason they lived longer and were healthier. The Problem? It was faked. Most of these folks are also into Vegitarian Lifestyles and will "tout" this as the reason. So far, in EVERY case, it is NOT. What's even sadder is that unlike some of these places, there actually ARE Okinawans in pretty much EVERY metro in the US who could tell you it was BS. Yet, folks were willingto believe some shill from Peta with a European name than someone who actually grew up there.
The Okinawan was esp. stupid because not only were there actual Okinawans around, American GI's were stationed there. Okinawans actually eat more meat than the general Japanese population. The old kingdom was never Buddhist and when Japan conquered them a couple centuries ago their diet used a lot of Pork and Goat.
The Truth is, ALL of these "Longevity Pockets" have certain things in common, only two of which can be duplicated.
1st:An Isolated Population. Yup. They're bred for it
2nd: Low Calorie Diet. These are extremely Poor areas with little extra
3rd: Lifelong Workouts. It's called Manual Labour and you Work or Starve.
No majical Foods. No "In Tune with the Planet" nonsense. Simply extremely Poor folks who either Lived or Died and those that Lived Bred with others that HAD.
Soo, you want to live a long life? Become a Peasant and work in your fields from before Dawn to After Dusk every day,eating very little till the day you die. Personally? I'll have some Bacon....
Truth,
Pat
Ever so often these stories pop up, soon to be followed by books that have NOTHING to do with the actual reasons for their Longevity. Americans in general but most Westernized folks like to look for excuses for why things are instead of solving them...because the solution is, of course hard work!
The last one was the Okinawan. Remember? Books came out with diets and such as the reason they lived longer and were healthier. The Problem? It was faked. Most of these folks are also into Vegitarian Lifestyles and will "tout" this as the reason. So far, in EVERY case, it is NOT. What's even sadder is that unlike some of these places, there actually ARE Okinawans in pretty much EVERY metro in the US who could tell you it was BS. Yet, folks were willingto believe some shill from Peta with a European name than someone who actually grew up there.
The Okinawan was esp. stupid because not only were there actual Okinawans around, American GI's were stationed there. Okinawans actually eat more meat than the general Japanese population. The old kingdom was never Buddhist and when Japan conquered them a couple centuries ago their diet used a lot of Pork and Goat.
The Truth is, ALL of these "Longevity Pockets" have certain things in common, only two of which can be duplicated.
1st:An Isolated Population. Yup. They're bred for it
2nd: Low Calorie Diet. These are extremely Poor areas with little extra
3rd: Lifelong Workouts. It's called Manual Labour and you Work or Starve.
No majical Foods. No "In Tune with the Planet" nonsense. Simply extremely Poor folks who either Lived or Died and those that Lived Bred with others that HAD.
Soo, you want to live a long life? Become a Peasant and work in your fields from before Dawn to After Dusk every day,eating very little till the day you die. Personally? I'll have some Bacon....
Truth,
Pat
