Healthy Living Life Expectancy Rates

Question: Discuss about the Healthy Livingfor Life Expectancy Rates. Answer: Introduction According to Buettner, (2015) some people in some parts of the world live longer than others. He attributed healthy living as the main reason people live longer. Greece and Japan are some of the countries with highest life expectancy rates. Their way of eating is the biggest contributor to their long healthy lives. The author has mentioned beans and turmeric as the healthiest foods consumed in the blue zone countries. He has also advocated for plant diet as opposed to animal protein. The social networks and the food environment are also obstacles to been healthy, especially in the U.S.A. where junk food can be found at ease. Other countries ought to learn lessons from the blue zone countries for them to increase their life expectancy rates. Diet is established as the most influential in health. Optimal eating is associated with longer life expectancy and reduced risk of diseases. It is still not clear which is the most effective diet. However, claims that the blue zones diet is the reason for their longer lives and recommends the same for the U.S.A people. It is argued that there is no best diet and that different diet effects vary from person to person. Claims that some diets are superior to others is exaggerated and attached to commercial interests (Katz and Meller, 2014). The article also tells about the plant based diet for the blue zoned people. They avoid animal protein and substitute it with plant based for example beans. According to a research plant- based diet is good but just like the animal one it has its side effects. Craig, (2009) says that eliminating all animal products from ones diet can increase deficiencies in nutrition if supplements are not consumed. Some of them include vitamin D, omega 3, calcium and fatty acids. According to research most Americans are becoming vegans, despite this growing population of vegans obesity is still a problem in America. Diet, however, can be a tricky thing for many people. Diet begins from the brain, not the stomach. Scientists have discovered that they are different motives of eating. Studies show that obese people react more hedonistically to unhealthy food than people with normal weight (Beck, 2010). The question of whether appetite also works in the brain can be answered in different ways. This is because it is not all people who overheat are driven to do so because their brain reacts that way. Some are driven by other factors. Therefore the argument that people in the U.S.A should change their diet just like those in blue zone area will not yield fruits unless this psychological issue is addressed. People should also note that apart from overeating, issues such as metabolism rate, learned behavior and also genetic issues. References Buettner, D. (2015). The Blue Zones solution: Eating and living like the world's healthiest people. Beck, M. (2010, July 13). Eating to live or living to eat? Retrieved from https://www.wsj.com/articles/ SB10001424052748704288204575363072381955744 Craig, W. J. (2009). Health effects of vegan diet. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 89(5), 1627S-1633S. Katz, D. L., Meller, S. (January 01, 2014). Can we say what diet is best for health?. Annual Review of Public Health, 35, 83-103.