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inner-earth chelsea wrote:
>>>>>>Eat meat, die young(er) and leave the world to the meek.
>>>>>
>>>>>==================
>>>>>Only problem is that isn't the case.  The longest lived people as a group in
>>>>>the world are not vegans.  Kinda screws the whole vegan rant, doesnt it?
>>
>>>>Damn. OK, steak tonight with a nice big Cabernet Suauvignon. MMMmmmm.
>>>
>>>Actually, the people etter, our dietary wizardness, was referring to
>>>are vegetarians.  That's right,- vegetarian Seventh-day Adventists.
>>
>>He's referring to the longest-lived race of people in the world, the
>>Okinawans, who consume one to three servings of fish a day, along with soy,
>>lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, some poultry and eggs, and almost no
>>processed foods or alcohol.
> 
> A health-advice book has been recently published based on findings
> from the centenarian study in Okinawa, where the average life
> expectancy, 81.2 years, is the highest in the world.
> http://hmiworld.org/past_issues/March_April_2002/living_100.html

Try this one:
http://www.okinawaprogram.com/study.html

Your cheesy link below for the SDAs notes Okinawa. It gives a bit too much 
credence, imo, to calorie restriction, but at least it does note their 
traditional diet (which Dutch mentioned) AND their *active* lifestyles.

> .. not.  ..
> 
> A 12 year study of 34,000 Adventists undertaken by Loma Linda
> University Health Center and published in their Archives of Internal
> Medicine (July 9, 2001) revealed that Adventists who most closely
> followed the recommended way of life had an average life expectancy
> for men of 83.3 years and for women 85.7 years.  By comparison,
> the Healthy Life Expectancy for top-ranking Japan was 72 years for
> men and 77 years for women.
> http://www.ktc.net/NoHypeHealth/dakoma.html

Update your link, Lesley. And also note that Nornan Ford states at the top of 
the article, "In  the  world's  top  Citadels Of  Longevity,   physical activity 
  is emerging  as  the  single  most  powerful  factor  contributing  to  a 
long, disease-free  life."

What's the "recommended way of life" noted above? According to their 
"prophetess" Ellen G White, SDAs should be:
     - vegetarians
     - tee-totalers (zero alcohol consumption)
     - non-smokers
     - *regular exercisers*
     - active church members
     - Christians
     - very moderate/temperate sorts

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