The Japan Diet – New Weight Loss Book

From the authors of the bestselling “Japanese Women Don’t Get Old or Fat” comes “The Japan Diet”, a guide to losing weight the Japanese way.

In Japanese Women Don’t Get Old or Fat, Naomi Moriyama introduced us to the Japanese home cooking that she grew up with and now she’s back with The Japan Diet, a thirty day plan on how to incorporate Japanese eating habits and techniques into our own lives – and it works.

22% of adults in England are obese compared to only 3% in Japan – Japanese people live longer and more healthily than every other nation on Earth, and experts say diet and lifestyle pay a major role.

The Japan Diet is inspired by Naomi’s own experiences of growing up in Japan and it is based on a simple philosophy – gradual weight loss and long-term weight maintenance through healthy eating, active lifestyle and the best expert advice. The Japan Diet is not a restrictive set of rules, or a diet which calls for food groups to be eliminated, but a whole new way of falling in love with food.

The diet is based on the healthiest foundations of the traditional Japanese diet and the latest advice of the world’s leading nutritional experts. But The Japan Diet doesn’t focus on Japanese food all the time – you can simply apply the Japanese principles of healthy eating to your diet. Naomi appreciates that many of us barely have time to shop, and takes us through a series of small, very simple shifts and tweaks which can be made to the foods we already enjoy. The book even includes the Japan Diet-inspired Healthy Eating Plan, designed by a leading dietician and based entirely on ‘grab-and-go’ items in the supermarket.

THE JAPAN DIET IN A CAPSULE:-

1. Eat more fish, especially oily fish like salmon, sardines, mackerel and herring.
2. Eat lots more fruit and vegetables, in a rich variety of many types and colours.
3. Japan-style your portions: enjoy moderate helpings and smaller plates.
4. Eat mindfully – relax and eat at a leisurely pace, aim for variety, moderation and balance.
5. Choose foods with less saturated fat, salt, added sugars, and little or no trans fat.
6. Be gentle to your food: cook with heart-healthy oils, such as rapeseed, and healthy techniques, such as steaming.
7. Eat more wholegrain foods like brown rice, wholegrain breads and cereals.
8. Lighten up your beverages: drink fewer sweetened fizzy drinks and go for unsweetened tea, water and low-fat milk.
9. Think of generous amounts of veggies more often as the star of your meal.
10. Don’t skip meals, including breakfast.
11. Get physically active and stay active regularly: moderate exercise, like walking, counts.
12. Think of food as a source of joy, indulgence, good health, positive energy, laughter and celebration. Don’t go on a diet. Instead, phase healthy eating habits into your daily diet over the long term.

The Japan Diet is published by Vermilion, available from 4th January 2007 priced £6.99.