# High-carb diet = longer life? 🤨
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/high-carb-diet-longer-life/6168
**Category:** Diet
**Created:** [January 18, 2019, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/high-carb-diet-longer-life/6168 "2019-01-18T08:37:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2019, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/high-carb-diet-longer-life/6168/1 "2019-01-18T08:37:11Z")
I just came across this article:
> **[A high-carb diet may explain why Okinawans live so long](http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190116-a-high-carb-diet-may-explain-why-okinawans-live-so-long)**
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> Emerging evidence suggests a 10:1 ratio of carbohydrates to proteins may protect the body from the ravages of ageing
What do you think of this?
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/high-carb-diet-longer-life/6168/2 "2019-01-18T13:22:49Z")
> [@Boerenkool](#):
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> What do you think of this?
Diet is only one factor. Genetics, activity, stress, smoking, disease, so many other things to consider.
But I have thought for a long time that the low-carb/high-fat idea is not very good.
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### Author:  [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/high-carb-diet-longer-life/6168/3 "2019-01-18T15:02:01Z")
I think that there are pockets of people around the world with different diets that have a lot of long lived people. Seeing someone create a click-bait title like that when they admit in the article it is probably genes + low calorie diet + lots of vegetables + exercise + strong community is kind of a crappy title.
A far more interesting article would be to compare the pockets of people around the world that live so long and see what the common things are, and I guarantee it won’t be 10:1 carbs to protein.
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### Author:  [@dennis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/dennis)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/high-carb-diet-longer-life/6168/4 "2019-01-18T17:19:16Z")
I think one of the things that’s left out of the click-bait title is the type of carbohydrates they’re eating. Generally unrefined rice and sweet potatoes, a lot of high fiber vegetables and such. They’re not eating a 10:1 ratio with a bunch of high fructose corn syrup and dairy based carbs.
Both of which are pretty much a staple of my diet… 🙂