They’re not interested just because these people have exceptionally long lifespans, often living to at least one hundred, sometimes older.

What makes these societies exceptionally interesting to scientists is the fact that that residents of Okinawa and the Mediterranean remain very healthy and active well into old age. Instead of succumbing to age related diseases like diabetes or cancer or heart disease, many of these residents live to a very old age and then die peacefully in their sleep.

Residents of both these cultures typically have low cholesterol and
healthy arteries, and remain physically active well into their
nineties. They have much lower rates of all forms of cancer and of
diabetes than people in Western nations. They also have lower rates
of osteoporosis and bone fractures.

So scientists have studied these cultures for decades to learn why they stay so healthy.

What they have found is that a combination of diet and lifestyle habits contribute to the longevity of people in the Mediterranean and on the island of Okinawa.

On Okinawa, residents belong to close knit family groups and stay
socially and physically active well into their old age.  People who
maintain close social ties have always tended to live longer,
healthier lives; scientific studies have shown this.

Okinawa residents eat multiple servings of vegetables a day, as
many as seven servings in one day. They eat a lot of soy, in
servings of Tofu and Miso Soup. Fish that is high in Omega 3 fats -
the healthy fats which reduce bad cholesterol - are a popular part
of their diet. Very little red meat and few to no dairy products
are typical of the Okinawa diet.

Mediterranean residents also have very close knit family groups and
remain physically active late in life.

They also tend to eat many servings of vegetables a day, and to
consume little red meat. Red wine is a popular drink; scientists
have found that moderate consumption of red wine is linked with
lower rates of heart disease. Red wine also contains a substance
called Resveratrol, which is an anti-oxidant.

Most of the fats in the Mediterranean diet are monosaturated fats,
such as olive oil, which do not raise people’s cholesterol levels
the way butter and cream do.

Whole grain bread and pasta are also popular, healthy, components
of the Mediterranean diet.

It’s never too late to switch to a healthier diet and lifestyle. Ask you doctor
if adapting some of the habits of the Mediterranean and Okinanawan
people would benefit you!

An equinox is the moment in time (not a whole day) when the center of the Sun can be observed to be directly above the Earth’s equator, occurring around March 20 and September 22 each year.

On equinox day, the Sun rises, for every place on Earth (except at the poles), at 6:00 in the morning and sets at 18:00 in the evening local time. But these times are not exact for several reasons.

# Most places on Earth use a time zone which is not equal to the local time, differing sometimes up to an hour or more, and even two hours if daylight saving time (summer time) is included. In that case, the Sun can rise for example at 8:00 and set at 20:00, but there would still be 12 hours of daylight.
# Even those people fortunate enough to have their time zone just equal to the local time still will not see sunrise and sunset at 6:00 and 18:00, respectively. This is due to the variable speed of the Earth in its orbit, and is described as the equation of time. It has different values for the March and the September equinox (+8 and ?8 minutes respectively).
# Sunrise and sunset are commonly defined for the upper limb of the solar disk, and not for its centre. The upper limb is already up for at least one minute before the centre appears, and likewise the upper limb sets one minute later than the centre of the solar disk. Due to atmospheric refraction the Sun, when near the horizon, appears a little more than its own diameter above the position than where it is in reality. This makes sunrise more than another two minutes earlier and sunset the equal amount later. The two effects add up to almost seven minutes, making the equinox day 12h 7m long and the night only 11h 53m. In addition to that, the night includes twilight. When dawn and dusk are added to the daytime instead, the day would be almost 13 hours.
# The above numbers are only true for the tropics. For moderate latitudes this discrepancy gets larger (London, for example: 12 minutes), and close to the poles it gets very large. Up to about 100 km from both poles the Sun is up for a full 24 hours on equinox day.
# Height of the horizon on both the sunrise and sunset sides changes the day’s length. Going up into the mountains will lengthen the day, while standing in a valley with hilltops on the east and the west can shorten the day significantly. This is why settlements in east-west running valleys are more favourable (daylight-wise) than north-south running valleys.

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