On Mon, 9 Jan 2017 15:27:07 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Monday, January 9, 2017 at 11:07:37 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
>> On Mon, 09 Jan 2017 16:44:42 -0400, wrote:
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>> >On Mon, 09 Jan 2017 10:07:01 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>> >
>> >>Nancy2 wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Gary, you are welcome to it. ;-))
>> >>>
>> >>> it seems to me that it is one of those formerlyreally ignored cuts of meat, or cheap ones,
>> >>> like short ribs, that seem to have become a fad and risen to the top of menus on a chef's
>> >>> whim, and nobody wants to be the last to exalt its virtues.....
>> >>>
>> >>> N.
>> >>
>> >>You render out much of the fat. I'm talking about taste buds here and
>> >>not
>> >>health. Eat that wonderful stuff once in awhile, just don't eat it
>> >>often. That's the bottom line with food.
>> >>
>> >>No matter what you do, you *will* die.
>> >
>> >Pork belly is a treat here and I stick with ?at a little of everything
>> >and not too much of anything` has worked very well for me healthwise.
>>
>> That's anecdotal. Some chain smokers live until a 100.
>
>The Okinawan will love fatty pork belly and will eat it most of the time. Oddly enough, they have one of the longest lifespans of humans. I don't suggest that people switch over to fatty meats since it's probably in their genes to live long.

I know the Okinawans live long lives, 100 is nothing to them. Not 100
living in the nursing home, 100 fully independent. Quite marvellous.
Yes they do have fat in their diet.