On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 2:30:35 PM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:26:30 -0800 (PST), dsi1 <dsi1yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 12:43:01 PM UTC-10, Nancy2 wrote:
> >> Long lives among indigenous people can many times be attributed to the extreme physicality required of
> >> those traditional lifestyles.
> >>
> >> N.
> >
> >Those old timers were mostly farmers and laborers. They had a hard life. Life is easier for the Okinawans these days. OTOH, the easy life tends to lead to shorter lifespans. This seems like a mighty fine trade to me, mighty fine.
>
> There you go. You say they lived long because they had hard lives.
> Lucretia thinks it's because of the fat (that they actually ate little
> off in those days). I'm guessing it's because of low fat and sweet
> potato. We can all have our own party thanks to these people.

I won't speculate as to how/why they live so long because it's a complex question and chances are that I'd be wrong anyway.