Japanese Diet Information

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Japanese people have the longest life span in the world. Statistics revealed in 2004, show the average life span of a Japanese female is 85 years of age and 78 for men.

There are many potential factors which have an affect on the average human life span, but one of the overwhelming factors has to be a healthy diet.

Continue reading the introduction to Japanese diet information.

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Japanese women’s life expectancy has increased by one year and remains the longest in the world for 21 years straight, according to U.N. demographic figures and the Japanese Health Ministry.

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After a TV program in Japan made claims that eating natto can help reduce weight, it led to a shortage of the product across the nation.

Even though there are health benefits to eating natto, there is little evidence to say that it will help people loose weight.

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To follow the “natto diet” (fermented bean):

2. You eat each package 20 minutes after stirring it very well. You will see the results in one or two weeks!

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The UK Times online reviews several different diets including French, Japanese and Eskimo diets.

“Too much salt in the Japanese diet leads to high blood pressure, stroke and stomach cancer.”

Okinawan male life expentancy was once the highest in the world. Recent census data shows that their position has now dropped to 26 in the world.

The is mainly due to a changing diet but also because of environemental factors and stress.

Not surprisingly Japanese researchers have found that the traditional Japanese diet is healthier than a western one.

The ground down a mixture of hamburgers and chicken for the western diet and fish for the Japanese diet and feed it to rats.

The study found that several genes that work to break down cholesterol and fat were 1.5 times more active in the mice which received the Japanese menu as opposed to those fed with American food.

The study also found that the level of cholesterol was 10 percent higher in the American-food fed mice.

The Japanese goverment is concerned of the increase in obesity and related illnesses in Japan.

According to the health ministry, metabolic syndrome sufferers number 9.4 million among those aged between 40 and 74, and incipient sufferers are estimated to be 10.2 million in this particular age group. One in two men and one in five women in this group are at risk of the syndrome, according to the estimate.

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A new book by Andrew Weil includes Japanese ingredients for healthy eating, it is titled, “Healthy Aging”.

I’m very careful about omega 3 fatty acids. I eat salmon, sardines, walnuts, fish oil supplements, and good-quality green tea daily.

I eat organic fruits and vegetables, berries of all kinds, cabbage. And I eat soy products, edamame and tofu.

An American health magazine voted the following to be the most healthiest foods in the world:

Spanish olive oil
Japanese soy sauce
Greek yoghurt
Indian lentils
Korean kimchi

“Japan has loads of great female marathon runners, so there must be something in it,” said Yamauchi, who is taking a Japanese cookery course.

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