Why Okinawans Live to 100 7 Japanese Habits Backed by Science

In a village in the north of Okinawa there's a stone that says: at seventy, you are still a child. For decades, this small Japanese island had some of the longest-living people on Earth. Scientists came to find out why, and what they found wasn't magic. It was habits. In this video you'll learn 7 Okinawan habits, each backed by science, each with one small practice you can start today. And at the end, the shock that hit Okinawa in the year 2000. THE 7 HABITS Hara hachi bu: stop at 80 percent Nuchi gusui: food is medicine Live close to the floor Keep your hands in the soil Nankuru naisa: do your part, let go of the rest Ichariba chode: once we meet, we're family The 26 shock: your habits matter more than your genes CHAPTERS 0:00 The stone in an Okinawan village 0:28 Why you feel older than you are 0:47 What scientists found in Okinawa 1:14 Habit 1: Hara hachi bu 2:08 Habit 2: Nuchi gusui and the purple potato 3:12 Habit 3: Live close to the floor 4:18 Habit 4: Hands in the soil 5:29 Habit 5: Nankuru naisa 6:25 Habit 6: Ichariba chode 7:06 Habit 7: The 26 shock 8:11 The 7 habits in one minute 💬 Which habit will you start today? Tell me in the comments, and tell me where you're watching from. 🔔 Subscribe for more lessons from old Japan. SOURCES • Ogimi village stone monument (1993) • Okinawa Centenarian Study, started in 1975 by Dr. Makoto Suzuki; B. & C. Willcox, The Okinawa Program (2001) • Willcox et al., Caloric restriction, the traditional Okinawan diet, and healthy aging, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 2007 • Brito, Araújo et al., Ability to sit and rise from the floor as a predictor of all-cause mortality, Eur. J. Prev. Cardiol., 2012 • Van den Berg & Custers, Gardening promotes neuroendocrine and affective restoration from stress, J. Health Psychol., 2011 • Holt-Lunstad et al., Social relationships and mortality risk, PLoS Medicine, 2010 • Okinawan sayings: 腹八分目 (hara hachi bu), 命薬 (nuchi gusui), まくとぅそーけー なんくるないさ (makoto soukeba nankuru naisa), いちゃりばちょーでー (ichariba chode) • A&W in Okinawa (1963), Japan's first fast food restaurant; the "26 shock" (2000 prefecture life expectancy data) This video is for general education, not medical advice. Illustrations and narration in this video were created with AI. #JapaneseWisdom #Longevity #Okinawa