Healthy Lifestyle Life Lessons
I travel across world to study how people live long happy life diseases free.
They tend to not have diet restrictions, but still manage to not have bulgin waist lines, critical diseases i.e. diabetes, cancer, heart, alzemiers etc.
While there is no garunteed approach but there are patterns that can be observed and emulated here in USA.
Japan (Nov 2025 ~ Dec 2025)
When it comes to healthy living Japanese have it figured it out. They live long (80+ yrs) relatively diseas free , eat all kinds of meats, non vegna diets, smaoke, sugar laden treats i.e. mochi, ice creams etc. And yet they are one of the most long living people. Here are some of the reasons .. simple yet very meaning full ways they have adopted a healthier lifestyles.
Eat Less
They stop eating when 80% full and let the food digest more/better.
Walk More
Average Japanese walks about 20,000 steps a day.
Children as young as 4 yrs or adult 80+ yrs are all walking
Active Lifestyle
Movement i.e. Tai chi regardless of age is the key. They are very mobile and keep bodily movements a top priority
No Benches to sit
Tokyo downtown has no benches. that forces one to walk till you need to sit, after long periods of time
No Carbohydrate restrictions
They eat rice, noodles, dumplings all made from wheat and white flour about 2/3 meals a day. Yet they are some of the skinniest people. The noodles, or dumplings is made from flour is fresh and more processed. It is freshly milled
Eat all the Meats
World famous KOBE beef, Organ meats, you name it they eat it, and eat freshly natural all organic. no concept of anitbiotics
Enjoy Life
they enjoy life. celebrate it, drink beer, drink wishkey .. All high quality made from high quality ingredients. and they smoke too.
Eat Small Portions
Portion sizes are very small. A burger, is more like a slider. Pizzas are thing crust.
Locally Sourced Ingredients
Eating raw, i.e. sushi, veggies is a norm. Organic ingredients, freshly harvested, whether plants based or meats is the standard. There is no concept of persevatives
No furniture to sit
They sit on ground,. This forces them to sit and stand making good use of the legs. It is proven in research that healthy legs lead to healthy body. Hence a simple stnad up and sit down from ground , on your own with out the use of hands, strenghtens the legs.
Healthy Cooking
They boil the sausages, rather than frying. They boil they bacon stirp instead of pan frying.
Respectful and Courteous
They respect others, live a No stress worry free lifeltyle. They are very courtous to outsiders
No Trash Cans
There are no trash can in cities. That forces on to walk till you can discard the trash
Active Lifestyle
They hire Nutritionist for schools. All food served in school for children is freshly parepaed daily, locally. sourced. The DnN carefully curate the menu to maximixe nutrition
Fried , Yet Healthy
They use fresh oils to fry food. The Tonkatsu, or the Tempura are worl dfamous japanese dishes, fried. Yet Japanese people have lower instance of the heart problems. They use, EVOO, not the highly processed Canola oils
Where should i travel next
I have travelled to
Himalayan Mountains
Greece, Athen and Ikaria
Villages in India
Middle East
Where do you think i should go next. ?