Reasons for Bama people's longevity

Although we used to live in poverty, we had to wait until the Spring Festival to eat some meat. At that time, our physical problem was malnutrition at most. Now that the standard of living has improved, you can eat delicacies whenever you want. However, we find that the bigger the fish, the worse its health: obesity, various chronic diseases, cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease and so on.

What kind of diet can make us healthy and live longer? Choose vegetarian food and live a simple and healthy life! Vegetarianism is a healthy lifestyle, and vegetarianism is a contribution to environmental protection! Vegetarianism is an effective way to restore the ecological harmony of the earth!

Bama is the fifth longest-lived township in the world, with 74 centenarians at present. Why Bama people live longer has become a hot topic among experts at home and abroad. After investigation, they found that besides genetic and environmental factors, the dietary characteristics of low fat, low animal protein, low salt, low calorie, high vitamins and high cellulose are the important reasons for Bama people's longevity.

The researchers found that the staple food of Bama people is mainly vegetarian, mainly corn porridge with sweet potatoes and various vegetables and beans. This collocation method can complement each other and improve the nutritional value of various foods. Most of them use camellia oil and hemp seed oil for cooking, with a small amount of animal oil.

Hemp seed oil has the highest content of unsaturated fat (good fat) in all common edible vegetable oils at present. Experts point out that regular consumption can lower blood pressure and cholesterol, prevent arteriosclerosis, improve heart reserve and achieve the purpose of delaying aging.

In addition, experts also found a strange phenomenon, that is, the daily calorie intake of Bama people is about 1/3 less than that of ordinary people, and they are in a natural food restriction state. As a rule, a normal person's daily calorie intake should be maintained at more than 2400 calories, but most of the long-lived elderly in Bama only have about 1400 calories to 1500 calories. Whether this is the reason why the old people in Bama live longer has not been recognized in the field of nutrition.

Researchers at Tufts University in the United States believe that eating more foods containing antioxidants can prolong life, which is several times stronger than supplementing drugs. Bama people's food contains a lot of antioxidants such as vitamin E, vitamin C and carotene.