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The drivers in excellent health

Studies in different areas of the world have tried to identify common causes of extraordinary longevity. In Europe and Asia, some villages, valleys, and islands are home to a large proportion of healthy octogenarians and nonagenarians. This is the case of Sardinia, Italy and Okinawa in Japan.

Medical research has identified elements of the local diet that residents help maintain excellent health in old age. Some factors, such as landscape and climate are linked to specific areas, other determinants, more general, can contribute positively to human vitality, regardless of geography.

It stands to reason that the extraordinary length control factors must correspond to an excellent health. The question is to identify the elements that we take in our daily lives, without incurring disproportionate effort and expense.

Even if they had evidence that some exotic herbs is the key to excellent health, such knowledge could be of little help to people who can not afford to buy the plant on a regular basis. What we need are ideas that are simultaneously beneficial and viable.

The island of Sardinia, located in the Mediterranean Sea, is a favorite vacation destination for many Europeans. Its climate and landscape, however beautiful and pleasant, not unlike other parts of the world. This factor alone makes the study of longevity of special interest Sardinia.

Lessons from Sardinia diet can be applied in other regions. This is of vital importance, since studies in other areas of the world often linking physical condition nonagenarians enviable youth of herbs and plants that are not available for the populations of other countries.

Another notable result of research carried out in Sardinia lies in the apparent simplicity of the formula. Conversely, if you've read any modern book about nutrition, you have pointed out the extreme complexity of the advice presented. Page after page is filled with a long list of recommendations and dosage tables each specific ingredient. Who remembers all that?

As in business, health success tends to depend on only a few factors. Instructions minute by counting how sellers to close a deal are useless in a commercial environment. Life is too fast to know that can not be summarized in a small number of consistent principles. The human mind is built to reduce knowledge to basics and forget messy details.

What are the some of the factors behind the excellent health of the elderly living in Sardinia? The research findings can be presented in the five rules that are logical and easy to remember. These recommendations can be practiced by individuals cheap in most countries.

[1] Eat fresh, especially vegetables and fruits: This truth may seem deceptively obvious. In reality, few people make the effort to select the freshest ingredients their meals. The vast majority of packaged foods, either for breakfast or dinner, does not include fresh vegetables or fruit.

If you eat out often, it is possible a long time without tasting the freshest ingredients, except for the occasional salad. Can you imagine alternatives for you to eat more vegetables and fruit? What can you do to reduce their reliance on packaged foods?

The reason few people consume fresh food has more with the drawback of an expense. Eat fresh fruit and produce requires frequent visits to the supermarket, to the detriment of the most enjoyable. Are you willing to make the effort to protect your health?

[2] Use olive oil: extra virgin olive oil is widely consumed in Mediterranean countries. The kitchen Italian, Greek and Spanish olive oil are the necessary ingredient in many dishes and in salads, marinades and sauces. The use of butter and margarine for cooking is considered an inferior option for your health.

The selling price of olive oil has declined in recent decade due to changes in packaging. The traditional dark green glass bottle has been replaced by a hard plastic bottle of the same color, which seems to preserve the characteristics of olive oil as well.

If you live in a region where olive oil in abundance, you may have to pay a few extra dollars per bottle. However, the decision to incorporate extra virgin olive oil in your diet can increase your food budget for a couple of hundred dollars per year, which is a modest investment if one account the benefits to your health.

[3] Lemons and oranges: Citrus fruits contain high doses of vitamin C, which strengthens our immune system and helps to combat cardiovascular disease. Vitamin C is also known to protect human cells against the accumulation of harmful substances.

Oranges and fresh lemons are available in most regions of the world at a reasonable price, depending on the season. Grapefruit, papaya, strawberries and mango are good substitutes for oranges and lemons.

Among vegetables, vitamin C is also abundant in spinach and broccoli. Regardless of where they live, eat citrus fruits or similar is a habit you must acquire affordable.

[4] Eat fish regularly, and sometimes, lean meat: The reason behind of this recommendation lies in the beneficial type of fat that is present in fish. Fish, especially fatty fish like mackerel and sardines, are rich in a type of fat called "omega-3". This item has been shown to reduce dangerous cholesterol in humans.

Fresh fish is an important component of the diet Traditional Greek, Spanish, Italian and Japanese. Unfortunately, this eating habit has decreased in recent decades, leading to a general deterioration of the level health of the population.

Wild salmon, whose consumption is known to be particularly beneficial, is not part of the traditional diet of Sardinia, or widely available throughout the world. Fortunately, in most countries, you can find at least one or two types of fish that are affordable. Eating fish is a habit you may be taken and that can bring significant benefits to your health.

[5] Drink in moderation and mainly red wine: red wine produced in Sardinia, in particular, the type known as "vino nero" because of its dark color, contains high doses of poly-phenol. This element, which comes from grape skins, has been shown to have a positive effect on the human cardiovascular system.

The consumption of red wine may explain why the extraordinary longevity of Sardinia is primarily a male characteristic. Octogenarians and nonagenarians Women are also present on the island, but their number does not reach the unusual proportion of men healthy elderly.

The red wines produced in other countries may contain less of poly-phenol, but moderate consumption should also produce a beneficial result for your health unless there are specific reasons that discourage their consumption of any alcohol at all. The quality of red wine is available worldwide at a reasonable price and most people love the taste.

If you want to improve your overall health, forget about complicated rules. In the field of business, entrepreneurs succeed know that the best results are obtained by concentrating energies on core areas. Similarly, when trying to improve our vitality, we better if we can acquire some habits effective and pleasurable.

VESPASIAN JOHN writes about the rational life and is the author of the books "When all else fails, try this" and "Rationality is the way to happiness." He has lived in New York, Madrid, Paris and Munich. Their stories the values ​​of entrepreneurship, tolerance and self-sufficiency. View http://johnvespasian.blogspot.com a blog about the rational life.

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JOHN VESPASIAN writes about rational living and is the author of the books “When everything fails, try this” and “Rationality is the way to happiness.” He has resided in New York, Madrid, Paris and Munich. His stories reflect the values of entrepreneurship, tolerance and self-reliance. See John Vespasian’s blog about rational living.

http://johnvespasian.blogspot.com

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