Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen
by Naomi Moriyama
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Author: Naomi MoriyamaEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-12-26
ISBN: 0385339984
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Delta
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Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this book as a way to re-teach myself how to eat properly. A go back to basics if you will. On the same day I bought French Women Don't Get Fat as well. I'm not a fat person at all, I'm a dancer and I also suffer from hypoglycemia. I tried doing the French book and it didn't go over well at all. I'd gotten to the part where you're supposed to fast for a weekend drinking nothing but some leek broth and my body said no way. I gave up on that book and picked up this one instead. At first I thought it was going to be exactly like the other, but this one turned out to be better. For one thing there was no fasting involved. At first this kind of puzzled me since most diets require you to fast at the beginning. Then it dawned on me that eating more veggies would do the job for you, just a little slower and gentler. Unfortunately I haven't been able to try any of the recipies as I now live on a tight budget and in a small town where mexican food is considered foreign so I have to drive quite a way to find the ingredients I need. Using a little common sense and ingenuity however I applied these principles to Western food (I am a fully blown European decended American) along with what my own mother taught me (stay away from processed foods as much as possible, eat your veggies, etc.) and found that I was able to find a healthy weight, lots more energy, and I was able to control my hypoglycemia much better. If anything its been several months since I've had a "low" and I couldn't be more pleased.
Another thing is that people think that this is a loose weight diet book. It's not. It's a way to encourage you to eat healthier and if you happen to loose a couple of pounds along the way then great. Diet doesn't always mean loosing weight. A diet can also be a way to increase energy or prevent you from getting sick.
That being said I can now put my soapbox away on dieting and wrap this up. This book is a nice read and encouraging in that it doesn't browbeat you about being fat and make you feel guilty. If you're looking for a way to re-learn how to eat properly and healty then this is definately the book for you. If you're looking for a fad diet where you'll loose 50 lbs in two weeks then forget it.
(None of my comments are in any way to be taken as medical advice. I'm not a doctor. I've just found something that works for me.)
Summary of Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen
What if there were a land where people lived longer than anywhere else on earth, the obesity rate was the lowest in the developed world, and women in their forties still looked like they were in their twenties? Wouldn't you want to know their extraordinary secret?Japanese-born Naomi Moriyama reveals the secret to her own high-energy, successful lifestyle?and the key to the enduring health and beauty of Japanese women?in this exciting new book. The Japanese have the pleasure of eating one of the most delicious, nutritious, and naturally satisfying cuisines in the world without denial, without guilt?and, yes, without getting fat or looking old.
As a young girl living in Tokyo, Naomi Moriyama grew up in the food utopia of the world, where fresh, simple, wholesome fare is prized as one of the greatest joys of life. She also spent much time basking in that other great center of Japanese food culture: her mother Chizuko's Tokyo kitchen. Now she brings the traditional secrets of her mother's kitchen to you in a book that embodies the perfect marriage of nature and culinary wisdom?Japanese home-style cooking.
If you think you've eaten Japanese food, you haven't tasted anything yet. Japanese home-style cooking isn't just about sushi and raw fish but good, old-fashioned everyday-Japanese-mom's cooking that's stood the test of time?and waistlines?for decades. Reflected in this unique way of cooking are the age-old traditional values of family and the abiding Japanese love of simplicity, nature, and good health. It's the kind of food that millions of Japanese women like Naomi eat every day to stay healthy, slim, and youthful while pursuing an energetic, successful, on-the-go lifestyle. Even better, it's fast, it's easy, and you can start with something as simple as introducing brown rice to your diet. You'll begin feeling the benefits that keep Japanese women among the youngest-looking in the world after your very next meal!
If you're tired of counting calories, counting carbs, and counting on being disappointed with diets that don't work and don't satisfy, it's time to discover one of the best-kept and most delicious secrets for a healthier, slimmer, and long-living lifestyle. It's time to discover the Japanese fountain of youth?.
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