Eat Like a Blue Zoner With These Staples From the Okinawan Diet

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Eat Like a Blue Zoner With These Staples From the Okinawan Diet

Want to live to 100? The traditional Okinawan diet, which is rich in plants and low in meat, is renowned for its health and longevity benefits.

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