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Why The Japanese Live Longer

America is ranked 30th in the world for life
expectancy, behind Puerto Rico, Netherlands, and
Canada to name a few.

Right up there in the top 3 is Japan. Here's their
secret to a lengthy life...

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Why The Japanese Live Longer Than Us

According to the 2008 CIA World Factbook,
 right now the average American will live to be
78, while the average person in Japan will live to
be 82... That's the an extra 4 years of retirement
you could have!

Here's how...

The Japanese Diet -  In Japan meals consist of fish,
rice, noodles and vegetables. It's a high energy,
low fat diet that we'd do well to copy. Plus they don't
 tend to process their food as much either (which kills
 a lot of the goodness). Sushi is a well known example
of food served as natural as possible.

The Japanese Walk More - Because there's a lot of
open space in America, there's a car culture which
makes for the bad habit of getting used to driving
everywhere... Even when it takes 10 minutes to walk.
Meanwhile in Japan, where the majority of the
population live in cities, people are more inclined
to walk.

I think it's time to turn Japanese.

And yes, you're right, you've heard all this from
me a million times before - eat healthily and exercise -
but if you still don't have the body you desire, then
you're still not getting the message...

The time to act is now.

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Quote Corner

"One who chases after two hares won't catch even one." -
Japanese Proverb (and a brilliant lesson in REALISTIC goal setting)

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Eat Yourself Thin

Smoked Salmon Sushi
(Serves Six)

2 cups Japanese sushi rice
6 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
6 sheets nori (dry seaweed)
1 avocado - peeled, pitted and sliced
1 cucumber, peeled and sliced
8 ounces smoked salmon, cut into long strips
2 tablespoons wasabi paste

1. Soak rice for 4 hours. Drain rice and cook in a rice
cooker with 2 cups of water. Rice must be slightly dry
as vinegar will be added later.

2. Immediately after rice is cooked, mix in 6
tablespoons rice vinegar to the hot rice. Spread
 rice on a plate until completely cool.

3. Place 1 sheet of seaweed on bamboo mat, press
a thin layer of cool rice on the seaweed. Leave at
least 1/2 inch top and bottom edge of the seaweed
uncovered.  This is for easier sealing later. Dot some
wasabi on the rice. Arrange cucumber, avocado and
smoked salmon to the rice. Position them about 1
inch away from the bottom edge of the seaweed.
4. Slightly wet the top edge of the seaweed. Roll
 from bottom to the top edge with the help of the
bamboo mat tightly. Cut roll into 8 equal pieces
and serve. Repeat for other rolls.

Prep: 30mins
Ready: 4hrs 30mins    
                  
Amount Per Serving - Calories: 291 / Total Fat: 7.1g /
 Cholesterol: 9mg / Sodium: 407mg / Total Carbs: 44.8g /
Dietary Fiber: 3.3g / Protein 11.1g

Recipe from AllRecipes.com