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In Okinawa people live a very long time. They are hardly ever ill. Many people live to be 100 - more people than in other parts of the world. Why? What is their secret?

1 A healthy diet

The Okinawans eat vegetables, fruit, fish, soya, and rice. They usually have seven portions of fruit and vegetables a day. People don't usually drink much alcohol or smoke. They don't eat much meat or fast food.

2 Exercise

Physical activity is very important for the people of Okinawa. Martial arts, walking, traditional dancing, and gardening are very popular with people of all ages.

The mystery of Okinawa

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We all know that exercise is good for health. So on January 1st we often start the New Year with a good resolution - to go to the gym three times a week. But what happens? The first week we go three times, the second week we go twice, and the third we stop going. The same thing happens with diets. After Christmas we start a new healthy eating plan. We are very enthusiastic at first - but after two or three weeks, we stop.

Don't go to the gym in the winter!

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Mrs. Brown's grandfather lived with her and her husband. Every morning he went for a walk in the park and came home at half past twelve for his lunch.


But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs. Brown's house at twelve o'clock, two policemen helped Mr. Brown to get out. One of them said to Mrs. Brown: "The poor old gentleman lost his way in the park and telephoned to us for help, so we sent a car to bring his home". Mrs. Brown was very surprised, but she thanked the policemen and they left.
"But Grandfather", she then said, "you have been to that park nearly everyday for twenty years. How did you lose your way there?"
The old man smiled, closed one eye and said: "I didn't quite lose my way. I just got tired and I didn't want to walk home!"

A clever old man

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