Healthy aging diets other than the Mediterranean: A focus on the Okinawan diet

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 136-137, Issue , 2014, Pages 148-162

  Willcox, Donald Craig ^a,b,c   Scapagnini, Giovanni ^d   Willcox, Bradley J ^b,c  

^a OKINAWA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

DASH; Diet; Healthy aging; Longevity; Okinawa; Portfolio

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASTAXANTHIN; CHOLESTEROL; FUCOIDIN; FUCOXANTHIN; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TURMERIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CURCUMIN; FAT INTAKE; INSULIN; SCAVENGER;

AGING; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY APPROACHES TO STOP HYPERTENSION DIET; FAT INTAKE; FISH; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEGUME; LONGEVITY; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; OKINAWAN DIET; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTONUTRIENT; PORTFOLIO DIET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RISK REDUCTION; SWEET POTATO; VEGETABLE; DASH DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT CONTENT; FOOD COMPOSITION; JAPANESE DIET; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MODERN TIMES; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SOYBEAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VEGETARIAN DIET; WESTERN DIET; CUCURBITACEAE; CURCUMA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; JAPAN; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEA FOOD; SEAWEED; SPICE;

GLYCINE MAX; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CUCURBITACEAE; CURCUMA; DIET; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIET, WESTERN; DIETARY FATS; FISH PRODUCTS; FOOD HABITS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FRUIT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN; JAPAN; LONGEVITY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; RISK FACTORS; SEAWEED; SOY FOODS; SPICES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84899988753     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: 18726216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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