Okinawa Way [Paperback]

Bradley Willcox (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 19, 2001

Okinawa, in the East China sea, has the longest-lived population in the world and has relatively little incidence of the dieases that plague the Western world - heart diease, breast cancer, prostate cancer and Alzheimer's. This book is a result of a landmark 25-year study of the Okinawans. The authors (all doctors) have devised a method for retarding and even reversing the symptoms of ageing for Western readers. The Okinawa way is a four-week plan for diet, fitness and well-being.

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About the Author

Dr Bradley Willcox is a distinguished Mayo Clinic doctor and a Geriatrics Fellow at Harvard. Professor Craig Willcox is a cultural anthropologist and professor at Okinawa Prefectural University College of Nursing. Dr Makoto Suzuki is a leading Japanese scholar known for his lifelong research in the field of ageing and the principle investigator for the ground-breaking Okinawan Centenarian Study.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Michael Joseph (June 19, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0718144945
• ISBN-13: 978-0718144944
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.8 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,114,957 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Move over, Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Tom Perls, September 19, 2006

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Donald Hsu (NYC, United States) - See all my reviews

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This book is an excellent account of the 25 year study of 400 centenarians in Okinawa, Japan. The secrets of longevity are:

1. fruits and vegetables, little meat

2. canola oil, low chesterol, the ususal

3. exercise, eat small portion, 6 meals per day

4. relaxed life style, close to your family, friends, and community

5. low stress, good weather, swimming

6. always place health over wealth

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I visited Dr. Makoto Suzuki in his office 2005. He was 73, but looked 53. He got three female assistants. I have no doubt he practised what he preached. I enjoyed his sage words.

Recent study at Harvard, showed that Korean females in Bergen County, New Jersey averaged 91 and going strong. We all have hopes.

I would recommend this book to everyone. The book will be better if it was less on the recipe and more on the comparisons between Japanese life style, on mainland vs Okinawa.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good info, a bit too much mundane details, January 21, 2011

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Tristan Heberlein "tristano" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

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This book is a good volume for information about what contributes to the Okinawa's astonishing longevity. Not sure if it was worth buying - I think it includes too many details about too many studies...much too much detail for the average reader. I don't really care so much about who did what study when and what exact data they found. I prefer to get the main essence without so much detail. It made it a bit thick and boring.

A much better book, in my opinion, on longevity, is Sally Beare's "50 Secrets of the World's Longest Living People." It includes Okinawa, but also includes 4 other cultures that have incredible longevity, distills the main ideas, and breaks it up into 50 easy to read chapters, each one explaining in casual layman's terms, one of the "Secrets" that all 5 of those long-living cultures share in common.