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FYI Health Tip Okinawan diet: Live to 100 with complex carbs and leafy greens. Share This Tip On a hot, humid island called Okinawa there is an “unusually” high number of centenarians. Part of Japan, Okinawa is located southwest of mainland Japan. The life expectancy of Okinawa residents is longer then anywhere else in the world, including the rest of Japan.
Okinawa Diet Plan
The list below shows the amount of various types of fish that a woman who is pregnant or planning to become pregnant can safely eat, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. People with small children who want to use the list as a guide should reduce portion sizes. Adult men, and women who are not planning to become pregnant, are less at risk from mercury exposure but may wish to refer to the list for low-mercury choices. Protecting yourself -- and the fish: Certain fish, even some that are low in mercury, make poor choices for other reasons, most often because they have been fished so extensively that their numbers are perilously low. These fish are marked with an asterisk ( read more below ).
Mercury Contamination in Fish - Consumer Guide to Mercury in Fish
