The Biggest Reason Why the Okinawan Diet Works

And how to make it your own

Kaki Okumura
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4 min readSep 30, 2020

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Okinawa, an island prefecture in southern Japan, stands out among a country that is already well known for longevity. They have a much lower rate of coronary heart disease compared to mainland Japan.

Mortality rates from coronary heart disease and cancers in Okinawans, Japanese, and Americans (Source)

A separate study on Japanese centenarians living in Okinawa, where the researcher went back and analyzed at what…

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Kaki Okumura
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Born in Dallas, raised in New York and Tokyo. I care about helping others learn to live a better, healthier life. My site: www.kakikata.space 🌱