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In their bestseller The Okinawa Program, Drs. Bradley and Craig Willcox and Makoto Suzuki showed us why the Okinawans are indisputably the longest-lived people on earth. With the Okinawan Diet, they give us a practical guide rooted in Okinawan traditions that you can use to have a leaner, healthier and more efficient body.
The Okinawa Diet is a naturally low-fat diet, which limits caloric intake which is purported to be the healthiest approach to eating. This easy to follow plan, begins with a guide to the 4 categories of food, based on caloric density: featherweights (e.g., green tea, asparagus), lightweights (e.g., red snapper, cooked brown rice), middleweights (e.g., hummus, broiled lean beef rib steak) and heavyweights (e.g., butter).
This diet works well for anyone wanting a dietary lifestyle change. The authors claim this diet is the most healthful diet on earth, and evidence seems to support their claims.
In addition to cups of green tea, the Okinawa Diet encourages foods based on the 10 principles of the Okinawan diet, from meal foundations in the featherweight category - which have a low caloric density, to the staple of the Okinawan diet - the sweet potato - which is rich anti-oxidants. You build your meals around the low calorie basics and then add food to compliment from the lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight categories.
The Okinawa plan has more than 160 delicious and healthful recipes, and the eight-week phase-in plan facilitates the gradual incorporation of the complete lifestyle.
Click on The Okinawa Diet Plan book pictured above on the upper right if the Okinawa Diet is right for you. You may be interested in the other products available - such The Okinawa Way and The Okinawa Program.
