Japanese here. It's Fraud.
this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2025
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I love this guy. From a different interview with him:
The part of this I am fine with is these poor regions are getting tourist money.”
He’s also quick to add that he has nothing against the super-centenarians – as people who are 110 or older are known – themselves.
“I think they're the best part of this! They’re having a grand old time. What have you got to lose if you're 96 and you can pretend you're 119 and the whole world just goes along with it? What are they going to do – put you in jail?
…
“If someone's selling you something to get the power of longevity, ignore them,” he concludes.
We already know what to do to increase our chances of a long, healthy life, anyway: “Don’t smoke or do drugs. Don't drink. Do some exercise. That's all you need to do. Maybe see your GP once a year.”
“There's no other secret. I think everyone knows that deep down. The blueberry is not going to save you.”
Well said.
Thanks for posting this! It's really interesting research more people should be aware of.
I came here to say this too. I find it to be hilarious
Thanks, friend! Any chance you you lend your wisdom to this inquiry I posted a couple of days ago?
Pretty sure I left an upvote to that, yes. Parties name themselves differently than their praxis, and Japan is a fascist nation. So the LDP’s moderation is in the sense that it doesn't go as extremely far far far right as日本第一党.
If it's too complicated for you, Snow Leopards🐆 are still leopards. Wearing sheep🐑 brands doesn't make them any less lethal.
Came here to say this I know in my heart that it had already been said
last year iirc, like on the dot.
Guess BBC likes to celebrate their Japanese ~~trust~~fraud funds, for when UK dips📉💹.
Even if true it's unsustainable if people are going to say it's an all fish diet. Oceans are cooked already because of us.
Remember when we thought it was Olive oil and salads? Or when it was...
Turned out it was universal healthcare?
The key is: Not fucking dying.
olive oil is still part of a heart healthy diet. that hasn't changed. you think the answer is gonna be exactly one magic potion?
Yes. Universal healthcare is highly correlated with life expectancy even when controlling for a shitload of other variables. This is like the host studied thing on the planet and the science is not controversial.
I only know of one country worth talking about without universal healthcare, so the rest of us can and should discuss other aspects of this question.
We will not find the solution to eternal youth in a Lemmy Shitpost.
So what? Being 100 is no pic-nic. Get back to me when we can figure out anti-aging and give me my 25 year old configuration back.
10,000,000 years damn
Must be the healthy food. They work all the time and drink alcohol aswell.
I saw some documentary about students and they have actual healthy food every day. Its not like in America.
I have been to Japan last year and one of the first things I noticed is that even in Tokio, one of the most densely populated places on the planet, there aren't that many cars on the streets considering the amount of people. Most people walk and use public transport (which is absolutely amazing, relatively cheap but punctual like a clockwork).
I wouldn't be surprised if that is a huge factor together with the healthy, fish-and-rice heavy food. I haven't seen a single overweight Japanese person on my visit.
reverence for aging
They set the record for fewest babies per capita yet too?
Every year
Gotta get those 100-year-olds fucking
It would just be pixelated
The kids are going to slide right out
Damn you. I need to get my brain bleached now!
They lost 900,000 people last year due to low natality.
Verified in person?
That’s pretty amazing!
Yeah, fraud is pretty great🤣
From a other article:
Several prominent blue zone researchers wrote a rebuttal earlier this year, calling Newman’s work “ethically and academically irresponsible”.
Not going to call sides, but seem this research is controversial within the science community.
It can be crazy how some scientists react when their ideas/methodologies are challenged.
People are just like that in academic spaces.
Just rock up to any Edgar Allan Poe discussion forum and ask about the Orangutan.
You know what's even great about science?
spoiler
Peer review, replication, and scrutiny.
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AFAICT the article says there's only one blue zone in Japan and doesn't say that the rest of people over 100 in Japan are also fraudulent
Per capital or GTFO