Centenarians eat foods like beans, leafy greens, nuts, and whole grains. Many of them focus on a plant-based diet.

The number of centenarians around the world rose from 151,000 in 2000 to 573,000 in 2021. People are living longer, and we ...

People living in Okinawa have a lower rate of cancer, dementia, and heart disease than Americans, and they tend to live ...

In spite of those long-standing tensions, Okinawa has calmly maintained itself as the place with the most number of centenarians (people who live to be 100 years old), and its residents are among ...

During times of uncertainty, ikigai provides stability and guidance, serving as a compass with four points, which directs us ...

There are more centenarians—those aged 99 or older—living on Japan's Okinawa islands than anywhere else in the world. Okinawa is one of the most well-known Blue Zones—places with the world's ...

Some gerontologists say people from the Japanese islands of Okinawa live longer than people anywhere else in the world. A 25-year study of Okinawan centenarians suggests the Okinawan diet is the ...

Grace Ueng takes us to Okinawa, Japan, known for having the most centenarians in the world. Struck with a particular aspect of their homes, she challenges us to create similar rituals in our lives.

The traditional Okinawan diet, known for its consumption by Japanese centenarians on Okinawa Island, contains an estimated 1.1g of sodium. We found higher salt intake (those who preferred salty food ...

There's no way to guarantee that you'll live to be 100. But we can learn a lot from studying the eating habits of the world's centenarians. Researchers have identified five places in the world ...

But maybe you should, writes Justin Jackson on his blog recently.Wisdom from the island of Okinawa, which has a shockingly high number of residents who live to see their 100th birthday, helped him ...