Anti-Aging Habits and Practices of Ogimi Village

Long and happy life is one of the most enviable desires we humans fantasize about. At times, we are happy and living a halcyon life, with all the luxuries and haves conferred, yet the days of our lives is fewer. Conversely, some people live a long life but their life is riddled with hardships and pangs, coercing them to wish to shorten of their lives.

Then could we live happy and long life simultaneously? Well, This book named ‘’ Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life’’ is splendid in casting light on both subjects at a time, slacking your thirst for valuable and rare information.

In this article, I will cast light on this book. So, let us start!

This book underscores the living and eating standards of the people of Ogimi, a village in Japan that is well-known for the longevity of the people residing in it. The pivotal information of the book is summarized in the below-mentioned points:

1.Active mind and youthful body

The classical Latin Phrase “mens sana in corpore sano’’ has great fidelity since it urges to take care of both body and mind. Similarly, the health of the mind is strongly connected with the body. In a nutshell, they are correlated. According to the people of Ogimi, we can stay young even if we are getting on to our years, by nurturing an active and healthy mind.

A sound and healthy mind logically incentivize you to lead a healthy lifestyle that as a result retards the aging process. You can take a similar case of a body bereft of exercise thus is unhealthy and impaired. Similarly, a mind lacking mental exercise can be really harmful to us being young. In view of all these things, it is really important to practice mental exercises and workouts.

2.Avoid stressing your brain as it negatively impacts the longevity

In our society and acquaintances, we may stumble upon people who look older than their age. Research has revealed stress has a lot to do with aging. In fact, the most important cause of aging is stressing your brain.

According to the research conducted by the American Institute of stress, most of health problems are caused by anxiety and mental stress. Mental stresses also cause physical wearing that is named aging. So, if we want to live a long and happy life, we must steer clear from stressing.

3.Adopting sedentary works and keep sitting age you

In some countries and societies, sedentary behaviors and practices have caused hypertension and obesity that in return causes premature aging. Spending most of your time seated not only negatively impacts your’ muscular and respiratory fitness but also curtails your desire for physical activities.

Living a sedentary lifestyle can cause a lot of health issues that include cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and certain kinds of cancer. Lack of physical activity causes distortion of telomeres in the immune system and that causes the aging process. That is why it is important to be engaged in physical movement and play to live a youthful life.

4.Some anti-aging habits and practices

This book suggests some valuable and highly effective habits to be adopted to retard the aging process. One of such habits is enough sleeping. Those people who aspire to be a model must take a sound sleep of 9 to 10 hours, making them look young and fresh.

When we will manage to get this much sleep, it will make our skin tight, wrinkle-free, and cause it to glow radiantly. According to scientific studies, sleep produces a special hormone called Melatonin that is a great anti-aging tool. Therefore, if we wish to look younger even if we are aged, we must take good care of our sleep as people of Ogimi have shown that enough sleeping is instrumental for looking young and live long.

Similarly, apart from enough sleep and the generation of Melatonin, people who have a positive attitude and a high degree of emotional awareness, live a long and healthy life. In layman terminology, people who deal with problems through a positive attitude and rational approach instead of worrying live long lives.

5.Cautious diet practices

People of Ogimi pursue a phenomenal yet simple diet plan that helps them to guard against diseases as well as keep them young and longeval. Therefore, it would be note-worthy to cast an eye on their nutrition and diet methods.

The people of this territory pursue the following diet practices:

Local people are habituated to eat a variety of foods, especially vegetables and fruits. Most importantly, maintaining variety in the diet is a key factor for health and longevity. Some studies reveal that the centenarians’ consume 206 different kinds of foods. Daily, on average, they eat 18 different foods that is a hard strike on the modern fast-food culture.

Longeval people of Ogimi consume 5 different servings of food and vegetables on a daily basis, forming an eclectic mix of diets. You are also advised to embellish your dining table with a number of different foods (try to bring vegetables and fruits).

A table having cauliflower, spinach, peppers, carrots, and eggplant bring great variety.

Astoundingly, they eat until their stomachs are 80% full. Vegetables like potatoes, legumes, and other soy products are the comfort of their eye and mouth. It would be surprising to know that 80% of their daily calories come from vegetables.

Grain form the most important component of their diet. These people eat white rice with great gusto, sometimes with noodles added to them. It is considered as the primary food in Ogimi.

Another great eating practice to avoid aging they adopt is consuming sugar as rarely as possible. However, they drink sugarcane juice that has anticarcinogenic benefits and they consume to get this advantage.

The above points are a brief synopsis of this book that readers should inculcate and practice to live a long life.

Final Thoughts

In my opinion, this is one of the best books of recent times with so much insight on longevity and a healthy lifestyle.

If you want to read one book this year and make your life meaningful, grab this book without a second thought.

I wish you a great life ahead.