The Okinawan Diet (Engl) (Esp)

A traditional Okinawan breakfast may consist of miso soup with spinach or eggs with rice; while a typical lunch would be papaya, tofu, and dark green leafy vegetables, and sweet green tea, with a bitter citrus fruit for a snack in the afternoons.



How To Live To 101 - Docu (Engl)

The quest to live longer has been one of humanities oldest dreams, but while scientists have been searching, a few isolated communities have stumbled across the answer. On the remote Japanese island of Okinawa, In the Californian town of Loma Linda and in the mountains of Sardinia people live longer than anywhere else on earth.

In these unique communities a group of scientists have dedicated their lives to trying to uncover their secrets. Horizon takes a trip around the globe to meet the people who can show us all how to live longer, healthier lives.

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3412059405180267912&hl=da#

Como llegar a los 101 años sin proponerselo (Esp)

Argumento:

La media de vida en la Península Ibérica roza los 80 años. Sin embargo, existen unas pocas comunidades en el mundo cuya esperanza de vida se extiende todavía a 10 ó 20 años más. En estos lugares, una persona que cumple 100 años parece, por su rejuvenecido aspecto, estar cumpliendo sólo 70. Estos ancianos, además, sufren en muy escasa proporción enfermedades como el cáncer, el alzheimer y las dolencias cardiacas. Pero, ¿cuál es el secreto para una vida larga y feliz? Este documental les invita a un viaje desde California a Japón para indagar en los genes, el estilo de vida o incluso la dieta de estos privilegiados: todo con tal de encontrar qué los hace diferentes. Y es que aunque los científicos hayan estado buscando la clave durante siglos, parecen ser ellos quienes tienen escondido el secreto de la longevidad.....



Japanese Diet: live longer with healthy Japanese Food (Engl)

(Okinawan bitter Gourd)

Bitter Gourd

Bitter gourds (also called balsam pears or bitter melons), called "goya" in Japanese, are a fruit (technically) used mainly in traditional Okinawan dishes. Bitter gourds have a deep green color and bumpy texture and as the name suggests, taste bitter. They are excellent sources of dietary fiber and vitamin A, B1, B2, C and K. They also contain minerals like calcium, phosphorous, iron, copper, magnesium, zinc, manganese and potassium. The most famous Japanese (Okinawan) dish that uses bitter gourds iscalled "goya-champuru", which is a sitr-fried dish with pork, sliced bitter gourds (scraped of inside pulp and seeds and soaked in salt prior to cooking in order to reduce bitterness), tofu and eggs.

Goya Chanpuru (Okinawan Stir Fry with Bitter Melon) (Engl)