Japanese Diet Information

Japanese women’s life expectancy increases by one year

Sato — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:38:28 +0000

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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TV claims disputed

Sato — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:46:11 +0000

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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Natto diet

Sato — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:41:21 +0000

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

1. Eat two packages a day (like one at breakfast and one at dinner).

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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Comparison of French, Japanese, Eskimo diets

Sato — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 06:51:59 +0000

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.”

Okinawans Diet Changing

Sato — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 04:45:14 +0000

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.

Japanese food healthier than western

Sato — Thu, 25 May 2006 02:00:07 +0000

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.

Japanese getting fat

Sato — Tue, 23 May 2006 03:08:28 +0000

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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New health book includes several Japanese ingredients

Sato — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:27:30 +0000

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.

Five of the most healthiest foods in the world

Sato — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:07:47 +0000

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

Marathon runner on Japanese diet

Sato — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:47:28 +0000

“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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