James Guinee wrote:
> Okinawans know how to live
>
> Longevity: The rest of the world is coming to recognize the lifestyle
> that enables so many on the island to reach a hale 100.
>
> Sun Journal
>
> December 22, 2001
>
Okinawa was cited in the article by Pinel, Assanand & Lehman (2000) Hunger, Eating
and Ill
Health. American Psychologist. 55(10) 1105-1116. In this article they cite the fact
that people
on Okinawa eat 20 to 38% less calories than recommended by Japanese Health
Authorities. i.e.
they not only fail to overeat - they eat less than you are supposed to. The Pinel et
al article
makes a case for undereating. Their theoretical position is that eating does not obey
the
"homeostatic" mechanisms that characterize water and temperature regulation. Rather,
we evolved
a tendency to eat when food is available as a buffer against times when food is not.
Assuming
this is all true, we still have the interesting question why Okinawese eat less when
food seems
freely available.
Most major religions recommend fasting as a mechanism of enlightenment. It may
also be a way
to make eating behavior behave the way it is supposed to (in line with how it
evolved). ? ?
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