10 Reasons Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat

“A good, functional and healthy body is the ultimate fashion statement.” Kiyokazu Washida, fashion critic

Recently I came upon a small, but informative book by Naomi Moriyama entitled, Japanese Women Don’t Get Old or Fat. Intrigued and a bit skeptical, although I follow a very similar style of diet, I found some delicious recipes to add to my daily repertoire of meals and gleaned some useful tidbits of information. Such as, for the past 25 years Japanese women have held the world record for living the longest, 86.4 years. Not just the women, Japanese men have the longest life expectancy among all men in the world’s 192 nations. Much of this distinction is attributed to eating a healthy diet.

In her book Moriyama takes the reader into her mother’s kitchen in Japan and reveals her secrets for living a long and healthy life. Not much you haven’t heard before, and yet taken altogether and practiced over a lifetime the results are impressive. Here’s the Japanese recipe for living to a ripe old age, while staying active and healthy.

1. The ingredients simmering in a Japanese kitchen are a simple variety of foods eaten on a consistent and daily basis:

Fish
Sea Vegetables
Land Vegetables
Soy
Rice
Fruit
Green Tea

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Fred H.

2:01PM PST on Dec 24, 2012

Thank you Delia, for Sharing this!

December 24
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Estelita A.

9:06PM PDT on May 27, 2012

THANKS.

May 27
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Lika S.

1:51AM PDT on Apr 20, 2012

Well, if fish weren't so expensive here in Wisconsin, I'd eat it more. But who can afford those high prices? It's like the inexpensive stuff is around $5.99/lb, and that's on sale.