| ▲ | feverzsj 15 hours ago | |
That's one of the reasons of Japan's longevity. Japanese were forbidden from eating animal meat for 1200 years. | ||
| ▲ | rendaw 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
That's surprising, and the first I'd heard of it! Especially because a ton of people in Japan today seem to consider meat the most enjoyable food group. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_meat_consumption_in... Although it sounds like 1. it was only certain classes, 2. it was only part of the year, 3. it still allowed some meat (boar, deer). As for it being the reason for their longevity... I doubt it's related? Since the ban ended 150 years ago and AFAIK the Japanese longevity is mostly statistics starting around the war I think. | ||
| ▲ | Klonoar 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Everyone loves to cite the "blue zone" with regards to Japan, but that zone is down near Okinawa, not mainland Japan. That region's culture did eat meat. | ||