The countries of the East, especially Japan, are symbols of long life and unsurpassed health. It is extremely rare to meet overweight people here, most people are active and always joyful. Proper nutrition, as well as adherence to a healthy lifestyle, makes them so. There is no longer a permanent problem of the West - obesity.
Medicine of the Ancient East is one of the oldest. She is known for her unique achievements and outstanding cases of healing from the most terrible and incurable diseases. For the first time, Eastern doctors began to treat a person as a whole, and not as a complex of non-communicating organs.
There is a known case of the healer of Japan Katsuzo Nishi. In infancy, he was sentenced to a terrible disease, and he was not supposed to live to adulthood. And now he has a victory not only over the disease, but also over old age. It is he who owns the tendency to treat his body as a kind of temple. It is not customary to bring something to the temple. Most foods are packed with vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. Therefore, through this, you can not just eat and "fill your stomach", but in a sense, and be treated.
According to centuries-old traditions, oriental dishes contain practically no sugar. It is replaced only with natural honey. Rice flour is more often used instead of wheat flour. Rice also replaces baked goods. The Japanese rarely eat convenience foods or frozen and then thawed foods. Of course, there are plenty of such products on store shelves. But Japanese housewives rarely change the traditions of their cult national dishes. The closer the product is to the ground, the better and the less it loses its healing energy. Yes, and each of us knows that, for example, an apple that has just been picked from a branch tastes better than one bought in a store.
Unlike in the West, where they eat "on the go" fast food, washed down with soda, for the Japanese, dinner is a kind of ritual carried out in the bosom of the family, and purely natural. It is a misconception that instant noodles and bouillon cubes were invented in the East. Vermicelli was invented by the Americans, and in Japan, cubes for broth are replaced only with natural spices. It is because of the eastern spices, as one of the versions suggests, that the famous Columbus set off on his journey.
According to scientists, for example, red pepper significantly increases metabolism, increasing the release of adrenaline. Ginger, turmeric and cinnamon are some of the most medicinal plants. Food is washed down not with soda, but with one of the healthiest drinks.
Of course, we, as residents of a cold climate, tend to eat hearty and abundant. Many great writers described in their stories the propensity for gluttony of representatives of the bourgeois population and the bourgeoisie. Although we can learn from the mistakes of both our culture and others. But do not forget about the striving of Russian traditions for a healthy lifestyle.
