If you were to pack your bags tonight, and move to either of Okinawa in Japan, or Ovodda in Sardinia, or even the town of Loma Linda in California, you might well live to a significantly older age as compared to remaining where you are now.
A report in the BBC states that some Loma Lindans live 5-10 years longer than their neighbors, in Ovodda centenarians are relatively common and in Okinawa, centenarians are even more common than in Ovodda.
Explanations vary from diet in Okinawa, to interbreeding in Ovodda, to both religion & diet in the case of Loma Linda.
Some may well point to the Okinawa Centenarian Study and conclude that longevity is associated with genetics and calorie restriction, while others read the Okinawa diet as advocating greater consumption of yellow/green vegetables esp. yamaimo.
…however, a per se study by analysts here at G-M shows that the strongest correlation with a long life is with place names that begin with the letter “O” and a weaker one with the letter appearing as the 2nd letter in the place name. We conclude our study by suggesting that longevity ought to be positively correlated with living in Oô, France.
The towns where people live the longest – BBC, 19 February 2008
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One secret to a longer life is interbreeding? Very useful information….
Well, goodbye, life as I know it…I’m off to Sardinia! As soon as I find out where that is.