Recent Harvard study said that the Western diet has not brought second generation Asians' longevity in line with average. Affluence, although higher, is not as high as the affluent White people who still have lower life expectancies than Asians.
2006-09-11 19:18:15 · 9 answers · asked by yAsk 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Recent Harvard study said that the Western diet has not brought second generation Asians' (i.e. Asian Americans) longevity in line with average. Affluence, although higher, is not as high as the affluent White people who still have lower life expectancies than Asians.
2006-09-11 19:32:44 · update #1
1) Diet. Lack of McDonalds and heart disease. Remember, heart disease is not the leading killer in most non-Westernized nations. Also the Asian diet is probably significantly higher in antioxidants.
2) Intelligence probably has a lot to do with it. You refer to second generation Asians. Be aware that the average 2nd generation Asian is a lot smarter than the average person even if the average Asian in Asia is not. Why? Because in general immigrants are smarter because there are actually standards for immigration, and that is passed genetically on. Intelligence also affects wealth as you mentioned, and of course wealth is positively correlated with longetivity.
2006-09-11 19:28:33 · answer #1 · answered by Sinai 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Exercise and diet. Sounds familiar? A lot of Asians take long walks after lunch or dinner time. A recent Chinese immigrant commented that very few American take walks compared to the total population. Asian's diet is highly diversified. Lots of veggies and meats are mostly fish, chicken, pork with very little red meat.
2015-05-07 05:55:11 · answer #2 · answered by Rick 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your choices did not include things like the practice of Tai Chi.
David Carridine did a training video on Tai Chi, and the opening is a woman who said she was diagnosed with breast cancer which had spread to the bone and was given so many months to live. She started practicing Tai Chi, and it was three years later that she did the thing on the Tai Chi Video. Her doctors couldn't figure it out. In reality, all they know is to drug you up, or cut it out.
The Asians are into lots of things like meditation, practice of martial arts forms such as Tai Chi which is a form of Kung Fu.
I could go on and on but lets call it quits.
Darryl S.
2006-09-11 19:29:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 00:15:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asians has to work hard for survive . most of the asians are very religious and vegeterian too , specially indians .
good family relation is also a big reason
2006-09-11 19:27:17 · answer #5 · answered by vicky 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think it's a better Diet and smarter choices!
Superior genes? I don't think they exist ....Thank God !!!
2006-09-11 19:26:36 · answer #6 · answered by pro_and_contra 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Its there diets.Not all asians live more so asian ethnicity are extremely over weight.
2006-09-12 05:17:29 · answer #7 · answered by Clearly Kilbs 3 · 0⤊ 6⤋
asains walk more, and have a healthier diet
2006-09-11 19:23:56 · answer #8 · answered by question 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
are you sure about this ?
2006-09-12 19:15:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋