The Okinawa Diet Plan: Get Leaner, Live Longer, and Never Feel Hungry

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In their New York Times bestseller The Okinawa Program , Drs. Bradley and Craig Willcox and Makoto Suzuki explained why the Okinawans are the longest-lived people on earth. Now, they offer a practical diet program rooted in Okinawan traditions so that you too can have a leaner, more “metabolically efficient” body that will stay healthier and more youthful. Conveniently divided into three dietary tracks—western, eastern, and a fusion plan that combines both—their program will help you achieve healthy weight loss without deprivation. With more than 150 recipes, an eight-week phase-in plan, and other unique resources, The Okinawa Diet Plan is an easy-to-follow breakthrough concept in healthy weight loss. Review: A huge relief to find this book! - I've done low carb (Protein Power) for 2.5 years. I lost 30 pounds in the first 6 months, no longer needed any asthma or high blood pressure medications, which I had to take daily before. I gained back 15 pounds and was really unhappy with my eating. My blood pressure went up, my asthma returned (slowly). I had migraine headaches. I truly prayed for some direction - what was I doing wrong? I read plan after plan, Zone, Atkins, South Beach, vegetarian, juicing, but none of it fit. The Okinawa Diet Plan found me when I was in the public library. I have since ordered my own copy. It was the answer to prayer - simply that. I have been following the Eastern path (there are plans for purely eastern diet or eastern/western mix, or western so even if you want to continue eating only American food this will help you). I love Okinawan food anyway, so this is a perfect fit for me. I found the explanations in the book to be very clear and easy to understand, the voice with which the authors speak is relaxed and friendly and knowledgeable. I would recommend this book to anyone who is tired of being fat, sick, low in energy. The examples of the Okinawa centurians is the final proof - we don't have to guess IF this way of eating works! Tipping my cup of jasmine tea to your health, :> earthmom Review: Not a short term diet plan but a food plan for life - This book is a detailed explanation of the food choices of the Okinawans and how those choices lead to a longer and healthier life. Less than half of the book contains actual recipes. The majority of the book goes into quite scientific but very readable explanations of how the meal composition promotes good health and why it is superior to the high calorie intake associated with Western cuisine. Using the information contained in the book it is easy to adjust Western recipes to achieve the same beneficial results that the Okinawans achieve. The recipes included in the book are quite tasty and form the basis for Western recipe adjustment.