How do Japanese live this long?

  • If it’s being close to nature, then many countries have beautiful isolated area from modern life.
  • If it’s about diet, then what’s so special? African countries have simple and natural diet too, why doesn’t that work?
  • hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    If you want a chaotic answer to this, Yes Theory has made 2 episodes specifically on a region in Japan and Italy where people get really old.

    Spoiler: their conclusion was happiness and a little bit of carelessness, but the video included a lot of different aspects.

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      1 year ago

      Stress is the ultimate killer, and I agree with the statement that people who are happy and able to be a little careless will live long lives

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      1 year ago

      Japan has a pretty high suicide rate and they dedicate most of their life to work as far as I know. Doesn’t sound too happy to me.

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        1 year ago

        Japanese corporate culture is actually a relatively modern development, so a lot of older people in Japan have never experienced it.

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        It’s possible there’s a regional or generational gap there. If you’re pushing 110 you probably haven’t worked in 40 years. You could even argue that the ones literally working themselves to death are the very ones paying for the older generation’s happy carefree lifestyle.

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        1 year ago

        I wonder more the average life expectancy or even the percentiles. What the max age does 90 percent of the population reach.

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        1 year ago

        That’s a more recent phenomenon. These folk were retiring just as that culture was taking off.