7 Servings of Vegetables

From what I have read, the Japanese in Okinawa eat up to 7 servings of vegetables a day. How is that for a healthy diet? No wonder the older generation of Okinawans have such long lives. Imagine eating 7 servings of vegetables a day. That would roughly be 3 servings for lunch and 4 servings for dinner.

Carrots, cabbage and beansprouts are some of the staple vegetables. And they do not eat it raw like salads. The vegetables are cooked together with other dishes or put in soups.

There are also some vegetables which are not commonly found or eaten in mainland Japan. An example is the Goya (bitter melon):