IKIGAI DIET: The Secret of Japanese Diet to Health and Longevity

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(This is the first edition. The second edition is available now. It is called The Ikigai Diet: The Secret Japanese Diet to Health and Longevity, and it has a blue book cover. ASIN is B08JGB45HF. The second edition has 112 pages, while the first edition has just 34 pages. The second edition has a lot more detailed information. The first edition is recommended for people who would like a quick read)

Are you interested in natural food, organic lifestyle, or the macrobiotic diet? If so, this is a book for you. It has the most recent information on traditional Japanese dietary culture.

Japan is considered to be the country with the longest life expectancy, and it is featured in many books, including The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest and Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life. It is also famous for the macrobiotic diet, and Washoku, which has been registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, partly for being a well-balanced diet. The Japanese diet is also known as a gut-friendly-diet, and current studies suggest that the gut is the key to our wellbeing.

Japanese people can be role models of wellness.

However, not all Japanese people are healthy.

The young generation has lost in touch with the traditional Japanese diet so they can’t be the role model. The old generation can be the one since they follow the traditional diet and many of the centenarians who appear in the longevity books belong to this category. And yet, can they really be our role model? They lived in a different era, and their methodology may not be applicable in the present period: They don’t necessarily lead a healthy lifestyle anymore since our way of food production has changed. Nonetheless, they haven’t adapted to the current agricultural situation.

In that case, who could we learn from?

The Ikigai Diet Sachiaki Takamiya is introducing in this book is the diet of the healthiest Japanese people he discovered. You will learn what to eat, what not to eat, and how to eat, based on the secret of the traditional Japanese natural living which is central to most Japanese martial arts; healing arts; Zen; and the macrobiotic diet.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Who Are the Healthiest People in the Country with the Longest Life Expectancy?

Satoyama Living

Chapter 2 Ikigai and Sanpo-Yoshi

What is Sanpo-Yoshi?

Chapter 3 What is the Difference Between Organically Grown Vegetables and Naturally Grown Vegetables?

What are Naturally Grown Ingredients?

Chapter 4 The Secret of the Traditional Japanese Diet Part 1 Why Is Fermented Food Good For You?

Chapter 5 The Secret of the Traditional Japanese Diet Part 2 What Is the Ideal Menue for Health?

Ichibutsu Zentai Shoku

Ma Go Wa Ya Sa Shi I

Dietary Fiber

Ichiju Sansai: One Soup Three Dishes

Shindofuji

Chapter 6 Did You Know There Was Something Better Than Brown Rice Which Was Considered To Be the Most Balanced Food?

Chapter 7 Kyodo Ryori Is the Authentic Washoku

Chapter 8 What Not to Eat

Chapter 9 The Secret of Japanese Longevity Was Not in What We Ate, But How We Ate

Hara Hachibunme

How Many Times Should You Chew?

Is It Bad to Munch Between Meals?

Occasional fasting

Drinking water

Chapter 10 By Adding Hygge to Ikigai Diet, It Will Become More Sustainable

Placebo Effect

Don’t Become Too Dogmatic

Hare and Ke

Bringing Hygge into Ikigai Diet

Vegetarian Gourmet

Zen and the Art of Miso Soup Eating

Contemplation and Appreciation

Conclusion

About the Author

Sachiaki Takamiya is a writer and the founder of the Ikigai Diet. As a writer, he has written many books. His best-known work is a spiritual adventure novel called Tenjo-no-Symphony which was published in Japanese from Kodansha in 2006. In English, he has written books called Zen and a Way of Sustainable Prosperity and IKIGAI BUSINESS.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07CC3Y9QN
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zen Quest
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 10 April 2018
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 194 KB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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