Japan has the Secret to a Long Healthy Life!

Did you know that Japan ranks highest for long life expectancy in the world? Not only do the Japanese live long, they live healthy too! Let’s find out more to unlock Japan’s secret to a long healthy Life.

Unlocking Japan’s Secret to a long healthy life:

*Healthy diet combo

• The main secret to Japan’s longevity is their diet. Japanese eat a lot of fresh and unprocessed food.
• They consume wide variety of vegetables, both land and sea vegetables such as seaweed.
• A healthy portion of soy beans, tofu and fermented foods has been proven to have probiotic action to the digestive system.
• Matcha (stone-grounded powdered green tea) is known to have high antioxidant compound.
• They eat fish more than red meat.
• The portions of food they eat- small bowl of rice, miso, some fish or meat, 2 or 3 vegetable dishes.
• Healthy attitude towards eating by eating until 80% full only.

*Never skip breakfast!

• We all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet we all tend to skip it.
• Japanese are used to starting their day with variety of dishes which include vegetables, rice, soup, egg and the essential green tea.

*Less milk and dairy.

• Most Japanese are lactose intolerant or they just consume 1% or 2% milk.
• They believe that it contains a lot of fat and cholesterol.

*Their Universal Healthcare System.

• With the health insurance card, everyone is responsible for one portion of the medical bill.
• The patients will pay 30% of the clinic bill, and the other 70% is taken care by the country.
• They can have free health examination in schools and at most companies.

*Radio exercise.

• Called ‘rajio taiso’, Japanese has this on-air exercise routine that are completed in massive groups every mornin
• This has become the routine of the very old and the very young.
• It is common for school children to do it as a part of physical activity event.
• Many Japanese kids wouldn’t have known what a radio is, if it wasn’t for ‘rajio taiso’.

*Walk, Stand and Squat.

• It is normal daily routine for Japanese to walk.
• They walk to train stations, wait for the train, stand in the train, and walk to work from the station.
• They use public transport mainly, car is considered a luxury.
• While there are western-toilets available, old-school Japanese lavatories involve squatting which is healthier to the bowel.

*Japanese hot bath.

• They usually take baths at night before bed.
• They have separate place for shower and bathtub.
• First take a shower to wash the hair and body, and then they will soak in the bathtub.
• Warming in the tub improves blood circulation, alleviates fatigue, improves metabolism and helps to loosen stiff joints.

Japan’s Secret to a Long Healthy Life? It’s all about living healthy with proper diet and proper physical activity. It is our own responsibility to take care of our body and health. Be wise and responsible on how you want your health to be.

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