There's a myth that in Okinawa the people who live to be 100 are eating lots of pork and fat. The culture there is changing rapidly and many of the younger people do eat a lot of pork. But they trim the fat and boil the pork to remove even more fat. And teenagers are eating a lot of fast food. But if you want to know what the elders are eating, the Okinawa Centenarian Study has the answers.
Okinawan Elders
Meat/poultry/eggs - about 1 ounce per day
Fish - about 2 ounces per day
Dairy - very little
Grains - 32% of diet weight
Vegetables - 34% of diet by weight
Americans
Meat/poultry/eggs - About 10 times as much
Fish - a fraction of an ounce
Dairy - Over 10 times as much
Grains - About a third as much
Vegetables - About half as much
Based on page 71 of the Okinawa Program, a book written by the scientists involved in the study.
