Japanese food and traditional recipes for health and enjoymentThe traditional Japanese diet is said to be one of the healthiest in the world. Have you ever wondered: well, is Japanese food really that healthy? If so, why? And just what do they eat anyway? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ... find tasty, practical Japanese recipes, based on traditional Japanese food, which anyone can make find out how and why this food can improve your chances of a longer, healthier life enjoy a different cuisine and impress your friends with your culinary skills find out how to eat a Japanese meal properly (e.g. in a restaurant) find suppliers of ingredients and other goods find further advice on health, nutrition, diet and weight control ... you’ve come to the right place! It is now widely recognised that a Japanese-influenced diet can help you to stay healthy and protect you from many ‘Western’ diseases such as cancer, heart disease, strokes, diabetes, obesity, other cardiovascular problems such as clogged arteries, etc ... AND it can help you to stay young and energetic - you can stop filling the cracks and throw away that anti-aging cream after you read about the amazing secret food which is seen as the next best thing to a ‘fountain of eternal youth’!! Smoking is very common among Japanese men (especially) and they often lead a very stressful, competitive lifestyle, epitomising the ‘work hard, play hard’ image. And there is as much pollution in Japan as any other typical industrialised country.... ... And yet - the Japanese are among the healthiest and most long-lived people on Earth, certainly among industrialised nations, despite high levels of pollution, stress, tobacco and alcohol. Almost one third of the 125 million inhabitants are of pensionable age - one of the highest proportions in the industrialised world. “96% fewer men suffer coronary heart disease in Japan than in Britain”
“Only six in 100,000 Japanese women contract breast cancer - 20 times fewer than in Britain” Those who do suffer ‘Western’ diseases probably do so largely as a result of adopting a partly ‘Western’ diet for reasons of fashion (people who are taken in by the hype of the junk-food merchants) or convenience - instant meals. Money will not solve the problems. We constantly hear demands for more money to be given to the health service. This would no doubt help to provide a better service, e.g. shorter waiting times, but it will not improve our overall health. The USA spends more money on health care than any other country, yet still suffers shockingly high rates of heart disease, cancer, obesity and all the other diet and lifestyle related illnesses (which means most of them!) Britain has the highest rate of heart disease in the world, and in both countries around 1 in 3 people are affected by cancer - a rate which continues to rise despite the BILLIONS spent on research over the years. A Change of Heart - is what we need. No, not a transplant! That is the whole point: too many people neglect or even abuse their bodies, thinking that if they fall ill (as they surely will) the doctors can make everything all right. Sometimes - but not always - they can. But at what cost, in terms of both finance and personal suffering? Much better not to get ill in the first place! To use a motoring analogy: instead of taking the car to the repair shop to patch up the mess, it’s much better to avoid the collision! ‘An ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure’. You may have heard of double Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling, whose research indicated that almost all diseases (and our ability to fight them) can be linked, directly or indirectly, to what we eat and drink - and also, some would add, to what we breathe in and absorb through the skin. It is perfectly logical that if you regularly consume the wrong food and drink your body will suffer sooner or later. If you look after your body, you will be spared this unnecessary suffering and actually enjoy a long, healthy life. Which would you prefer??? The information contained in these pages is for educational purposes only. It is based on the research and resulting opinions of the author (except where otherwise stated) who is not a qualified doctor and it is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition and should not be construed as medical advice nor used as a substitute for professional health care. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the information is correct but no responsibility can be accepted for inaccuracies, errors or omissions.
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