D GOAL 4  EVALUATE YOUR LIFESTYLE

The Secrets
B. Answer the questions

Okinawans 1. A long, healthy life depends on mainly

Sardinians Both don’t Okinawans

of Long Life
drink a little smoke. keep
two things. What are they? __________
Since I last visited Ushi five years ago, she’s taken a new job,
red wine. life-long ________________________________
Physically friends. tried to run away from home, and started wearing perfume.
Share work active 2. Why do men live longer in Sardinia than
with spouses. every day. Eat small Normal for a young woman, perhaps, but Ushi is 103. When I
Eat Socially
portions
ask about the perfume, she jokes that she has a new boyfriend, in the United States? _______________
homemade active.
of food. A long, healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes,
then puts a hand over her mouth and gives a long heart- ________________________________
food. Find but it also depends on good habits. If you have a healthy lifestyle,
purpose.
experts say, you may live up to 10 years longer. So what is the secret warming laugh. 3. How old was Ushi the last time the
of a long life? “Okinawans have one-fifth the heart disease, one-fourth writer visited her? _________________
Lifestyles that make you live longer I visited places in the world where many people live to be the breast and prostate cancer, and one-third less mental health ________________________________
100 years old—including Sardinia in Italy and Okinawa in Japan. problems than Americans,” says Craig Willcox of the Okinawa
4. How often should you exercise? ______
Sardinians and Okinawans live longer, suffer from fewer illnesses, Centenarian Study. What’s the key to their success? “Ikigai
________________________________
Reading and enjoy long, healthy lives. certainly helps,” Willcox says. The word translates to “reason for
living,” and it may help to prevent stress and diseases such as high 5. What are the advantages of growing
Sardinians blood pressure. your own vegetables? ______________
A. Discuss the following questions with a
partner. First I went to Sardinia, where many people, especially men, Okinawans have a low-calorie diet. “A full plate of ________________________________
live longer than in other parts of the world. Generally, women Okinawan vegetables, tofu, miso soup, and a little fish or meat
1. Do you want to live to be 100 years old? contains fewer calories than a small hamburger,” says Makoto
live longer than men. In fact, in America, there are four times as
2. What can you do to live to be 100 years Suzuki of the Okinawa Centenarian Study. “And it will have
old?
many 100-year-old women as men. However, in Sardinia an equal
number of men and women reach 100. many more healthy nutrients.” Writing
The reason is possibly that the men have a stress-free life
Write a paragraph about your own lifestyle.
working in the hills, and the women look after the house and
Answer the questions.
the family money. “I do the work,” says Tonino, holding his wife
Giovanna around the waist. “My wife does the worrying.” 1. Do you lead a healthy lifestyle?
2. How often do you exercise?
3. What sort of food do you eat?
4. Do you smoke?
5. Do you get enough sleep?
Word Focus 6. How can you improve your lifestyle?
 hen she’s not watching sumo
W
wrestling on TV, Yasu Itoman,
spouse = wife or husband 100, gets her own exercise by
genes = part of the body that growing onions, tomatoes,
determines physical characteristiscs T onino’s family’s diet is another carrots, and other herbs and
run away = to leave factor. They eat lots of home- vegetables in her garden. Her
perfume = liquid that smells good grown fruits and vegetables such homegrown vegetables give Goal 4 Evaluate your
joke = to say something that is not serious as zucchini, eggplant, tomatoes, her natural antioxidants that lifestyle
and fava beans that may reduce may help prevent cancer.
prevent = to avoid
the risk of heart disease and Take turns. Discuss with a partner the
colon cancer. Also on the table: good habits and the bad habits in
homemade cheese and wine your lifestyles. Give each other advice.
that Tonino still makes from his
homegrown grapes.

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