{"id":8596,"date":"2012-12-05T15:38:21","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T20:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/?p=8596"},"modified":"2013-12-05T19:20:46","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T00:20:46","slug":"twelve-longest-living-cultures-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/?p=8596","title":{"rendered":"Twelve Longest Living Cultures  In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\">[<a href=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/?cat=733\">Longevity<\/a>]<\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Twelve Longest Living Cultures\u00a0 In The World<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">By Niraj Naik, \u00a0M. Pharm.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The USA currently has an average life expectancy of 77 years of age. However this does not equate to a high quality of life for American senior citizens. It is in fact one of the poorest in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are many reasons for this weird anomaly considering all of the resources and technological advances we have in the west.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are many other cultures that actually live a lot longer but also have far better quality of lives and today I am going to discuss all the positive things we can take from these cultures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The cultures with the longest life expectancies enjoying a high quality of life are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Some accounts state 90+ years of age for these 4 super longevity cultures:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Andorra\u2014the mountainous region between France and Spain<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Vilcamba Valley\u2014the Andes mountains in Ecuador<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Himalayas\u2014the Hunzas in Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Abkhasians and Georgians who live in a mountainous region near the Black Sea in Russia<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8620\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/?attachment_id=8620\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8620\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8620\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8620\" alt=\"Temple In The Himalayas\" src=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/himalaya-2.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/himalaya-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/himalaya-2-300x101.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Temple In The Himalayas<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Here are several others enjoying long and happy lives:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Macau in Southern\u00a0China 82.1<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Japan 82.7 \u2013 a region called Okinawa is famous for having the longest life expectancy in the world<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Singapore 81.6<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0San Marino, a nation state in Italy \u2013 83.2<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Hong Kong 81<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Australia \u2013 81.5<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Switzerland \u2013 82.2<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Sweden 81.4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These cultures do have some things in common regarding their diet and lifestyles:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<address><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Variety of Foods<\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Long living cultures tend to eat a wide range of foods everyday. Japan recommends eating 30 different varieties of food daily. Macau and Singapore have some of the world\u2019s largest ports providing a richly diverse range of cuisine from around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are over 80,000 different edible species of plant foods identified worldwide. Out of this only 3000 have been used commonly throughout our human history. Interestingly only 3 out of this 3000 are cultivated on a mass scale \u2013 corn, soy and wheat and they account for over 60% of the worlds food supply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These foods are also mass produced, cross bred for durability, processed and refined making food allergies a major problem worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gluten intolerance is one example of this happening. Wheat has been cross bred so many times that the gluten has become almost indigestible by everyone. IBS, IBD, celiac disease and many other digestive problems have risen dramatically over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Humans were never supposed to eat such a small range of foods and doing so has affected not just our own health but also the environment due to mass farming of a small range of crops.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<address><strong>Plant Based Foods<\/strong><\/address>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the West we consume a lot of plant based foods but unfortunately due to over farming the soil quality can be low and so the nutrient content can be low too. Also mass farming requires more pesticides and chemicals, and even worse there is a big emergence of genetically modified crops where the long term safety of consumption is questionable. Long-living people eat natural, organic foods that are free from pesticides and herbicides and definitely not modified by scientists in a lab!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<address><strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Whole Grains<\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the West we tend to consume processed and refined grain products that are high in calories and low in nutrition. In Japan, noodles tend to be made from nutritious buckwheat and cultures like the Hunza\u2019s have nutrient rich grasses in their diet. Pulses, sprouted and fermented grains that provide high nutrition and are easy to digest are part of these long living cultures diets.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<address><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fish<\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Long living cultures have fish as a common staple part of their diets. They would also eat mainly wild caught fish, not farmed like we do in the West.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<address><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Animal Protein &amp; Fats<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/address>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There is a wide misconception that living long means avoiding non vegetarian foods. The longest living cultures in the world, in fact, eat a large quantity of plant based foods but also animal products such as meats, cheeses, yogurts and dairy are staple parts of their diets. The animals on the other hand are grass fed, live freely not in battery farms and are well respected and cared for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the West we have another misconception that animal fat is bad. This is actually very wrong. The Japanese actually ordered their citizens to consume more animal fat, after they realized that a low fat diet led to more strokes and heart disease!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The bad fats that causes problems are actually the manufactured fats from margarine, processed butter, and heavily processed foods that are deep fried in low quality highly processed vegetable oils.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<address><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Dairy\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/?attachment_id=8623\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8623\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8623\" title=\"Yogurt strawberry\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/yogurt-1-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/yogurt-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/yogurt-1-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/yogurt-1.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fermented dairy products such as Kefir that is rich in probiotics are a staple part of the northern Cacaus cultures. Dairy products consumed by the long living cultures are also not pasteurized or processed in anyway like we do in the West.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<address><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Probiotics<\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The longevity masters all have fermented products rich in probiotics in common. Pulsed grains, fermented drinks, fish sauces, yogurt, pickled vegetables or cured meat provide a regular source of probiotics. In the West however we consume many things that kill our natural flora of good bacteria such as antibiotics, sweets, fizzy drinks and processed foods. The new emergence of probiotic containing foods in the West is also misleading because many of these heavily marketed products are high in additives and sugar that cause more harm than good!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<address><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Tea<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/address>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tea is also another universal part of traditional diets. Herbal tonics using fresh organic ingredients can be rich in health protecting antioxidants. In the West however we tend to consume high caffeine drinks with generous helpings of refined sugar instead!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<address><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Meditation &amp; Regular Exercise<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/?attachment_id=8624\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8624\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8624\" title=\"shutterstock_9330568\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shutterstock_9330568-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shutterstock_9330568-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shutterstock_9330568-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Meditative practices such as prayer and rituals are common amongst all the longest living cultures. They also enjoy an active lifestyle right through to old age where regular exercise is a natural daily habit for them. They also have very close family bonds and strong social interactions. In the West it is not uncommon for kids to sit in front of their play stations all day, and their parents to be divorced and never utter a single word to their neighbors!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Action Steps We Can Learn<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">From These Cultures<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1.\u00a0Try to source locally grown crops and foods from your local farmers that is organic and free from pesticides.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2.\u00a0Try to grow your own food in your gardens if this is possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3.\u00a0Eat a rainbow diet that contains foods and vegetables that make up all the colors of the rainbow. Longevity expert Bo Rinaldi is famous for his rainbow salad recipe that provides a large variety of antioxidants essential for great long term health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4.\u00a0Remove refined grains from your diet, especially wheat where possible. Quinoa and buckwheat are good alternatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5.\u00a0Try to consume more probiotic rich foods and drink such as Kefir. If this is not possible, a high potency probiotic supplement will do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6.\u00a0Switch from daily coffee to green tea, or a variety of herbal teas that is without added sugar of course!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7.\u00a0Try to do regular exercise daily, such as walking, dancing or even swimming. Even just 15 minutes a day will make a big difference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8.\u00a0Spend more time having fun! Playing with your grandkids, children or just simply talking or planning fun things with your loved ones, friends or neighbors more of the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">9.\u00a0Try to make meditation a regular part of your lifestyle. Just simply letting your thoughts go and letting your mind clear the clutter does wonders for your health and wellbeing!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/alphamindsystem.com\/longevity\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alpha Mind System<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> is a powerful system that will help you to learn how to meditate deeply and also is packed with many simple lifestyle improvements you can make that may help extend your life and make it richer and more interesting too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8625\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/?attachment_id=8625\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8625\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8625\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8625 \" title=\"niraj\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/niraj.jpg\" width=\"144\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Niraj Naik<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Niraj Naik \u2014 a pharmacist, and a health\/wellness consultant to several businesses based in the UK.\u00a0 Having a musical background he has focused his attention on using sound and music as a \u201cside effect\u201d free tool for relieving stress, depression and tension,that he believes are the main culprits for chronic disease.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Niraj Naik also runs two successful websites and produces music and sounds with consultant psychiatrist Dr Mrigank Mishra, under the alias amAya, some of which is infused with their novel Trypnaural Brainwave Entrainment Technology designed to increase the natural production of tryptamines, DMT, serotonin and melatonin that can lead to deeper sleep, relaxation and better health. To find out more about his work and to download a free sample please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trypnauralmeditation.com\/\">http:\/\/www.TrypnauralMeditation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div><div style=\"padding-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:bold;\">Do you like this? 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Pharm. The USA currently has an average life expectancy of 77 years of age. 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