White Rice Didn’t Cause the Asian Diabetes Epidemic! Too Much Meat, Fat, Dairy and Sugar Calories Did!

Sat, 04 Apr 2020 07:37:16 +0000

I was reading about the original Okinawan diet in the 1940s which lead to the Okinawan people from that generation becoming the longest lived in the world (that has changed for men). The original Okinawan “longevity” diet (1949) was 97% plus plant-based; 1785 cal; 6% total fat; 85% carbohydrates; 9% protein; 23 gms fiber; 12% rice; 38% whole grains; <1% nuts/seeds; <1% sugars; 2% oils; 6% legumes; 1% fish; <1% meat; 1% eggs;<1% dairy; 69% sweet potatoes; <1% potatoes; < 3% vegetables; <1% fruit; <1% seaweed; 0% pickled vegetables; <1% flavors & alcohol. FULL ARTICLES ABSTRACT

……..LOOK at these key figures – 85% of their calories was from carbohydrate, 6% fat, 9% protein. That is an extremely HIGH CARB and LOW FAT, LOW PROTEIN DIET. Most of those carbs came from the Okinawa sweet potato which was almost 70% of their total calories. YOU CAN THRIVE AND WIPE OUT DIABETES with this type of high unprocessed carb, low fat, low protein diet. In fact, it is the diet of choice.

The video below is about the “bad wrap” given to white rice. White rice DOESN’T cause diabetes any more than sweet juicy fruits do or sweet or plain potatoes. BUT if you eat any high carb diet with a high fat diet, especially if you have too much fat in your muscle, liver and/or pancreatic cells that block insulin’s ability to bind to the cell receptor to “unlock” the door allowing sugar to go into the cell and be converted to energy. White rice is not the reason for the Asian diabetes explosion. How could it be it was a staple for hundreds/thousands of years when Asians were thin. It’s the obesity from high calories, high fat and high carbs. Watch this video if you haven’t. Then if you haven’t already you should watch the entirety of my diabetes talk and this concept of excess intracellular fat in the muscle, liver and pancreas as being the cause of the world-wide diabetes epidemic is explained (great short videos). Go particularly to the 25:56 min mark and listen to the 28:22 min mark to see my graph on rice, meat, fat and their relationship to the Chinese diabetesepidemic.

If you have some time you can see (video) me in 2016 when I went to Okinawa (and Honolulu) and interviewed the Willcox (Brad & Craig) brothers on their work on longevity and the Okinawan Centenarians.

Okinawan Foods and the Heart
Longevity Foods of Okinawa
The History of the Original Okinawan Diet

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PS: Most of the Co-Morbidities that make the Covid 19 virus so dangers are wiped out by the traditioanal Okinawan Diet – Heart Disease, Diabetes, Lung Diseases, Asthma,Obesity. Don’t just go home and eat junk food and drink beer to keep your self “safe” from the Corona Virus – because you are actually increasing your risk to dying from it. You should be eating a pristine, whole food mostly plant based diet to optimize your immune system. Diabetes Reversal at HealthyLivingforBusyPeople.com