they also eat a lot of very fresh fish, which means a lot of omega 3s which soak up a lot of that damage
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Believe it or not Japanese eat relatively low protein, including fish.
I suspect what keeps Japanese healthy is a higher carbohydrate + lower fat + fermented food + walking a lot.
They literally eat Raw Fish 🐟
that means a lot more unoxidised omega fatties (linoleates and such) it's not only tho
they eat quite a bit of beef too but Laser is right, they have a rice dominant diet
I always thought they ate tons of fish but compared with Americans, protein consumption (even in fish) is very very low.
and don't forget many replicas of the amylase genes
i don't have them, but they are common in europe, so that's how they tolerate this garbage rice
Walking isn't that helpful on its own. The competitive athletic culture must help too