The Okinawa Program: How the World's Longest-lived People Achieve Everlasting Health--and how You Can Too

There is nothing more universal than the desire to slow down the aging process, to live 100 years or more with health, energy and independence. "The Okinawa Way" is the first medically and scientifically proven program to make this possible. Authored by a team of renowned experts, this breakthrough study of the Okinawans, the world's longest-lived people, gives readers more than just hope for a healthy old age. In Okinawa, heart disease is only one fifth that of American levels. Breast, ovarian and prostate cancers are less than a quarter of American levels, and the number of centenarians per hundred thousand is six times that of the United States! Concluding a 25-year study of the Okinawans' diet, fitness and lifestyle habits, "The Okinawa Way" reveals the reasons for this remarkably successful aging.The authors of "The Okinawa Way" detail the diet and exercise habits that contribute to the Okinawans' extraordinary vitality. They present a complete 4-week Turn-Around Plan for diet, fitnessand psychosocial well-being that is entirely applicable to Western readers; the plan includes recipes that use readily available ingredients and