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The Okinawa Diet Plan: Get Leaner, Live Longer, and Never Feel Hungry Paperback – April 26, 2005

by Bradley J. Willcox (Author), D. Craig Willcox (Author), Makoto Suzuki (Author)
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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Harmony; Reprint edition (April 26, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1400082005
  • ISBN-13: 978-1400082001
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.9 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 starsNot Bad, But Not Always For Western Tastes
By Cap'n Stoob on February 3, 2005
Format: Hardcover
I'm an Okinawan-American...which means that I've eaten all of the recipes in this book and I tend to like the taste of them. Eating traditional Okinawan food is not strange for me, but it can be for people who are not accustomed to it. For example, Okinawans eat a lot of kelp, but the slimy texture and the resultant bowel movements from eating too much at once might turn some people off of this diet.

I don't like the way that the authors try to paint their diet and research as unassailable, especially since there are other diets out there that are also good. If you don't want to spend money on exotic foods from ethnic supermarkets, you can just eat vegetarian and get a good effect. Even though the traditional food of Okinawa is healthy, saying that you will live a long time just because you imitate the habits of a different culture is not so sound. For example, if you eat all Okinawan foods and yet still subject your body to the hectic stresses of daily life, you're not doing much good. I mean, you can eat what the goat farmers of the Steppes eat, but you're not in their environment, so you probably won't see the same results they do.

In short, check the book out at a library, first, and see if the odd foods are something that you can really stick with. Then, follow the advice to destress and get more into family and friend connections. After that, you'll have what it takes to help live a good life, I think.

As for me...I still like hamburgers and fries, every now and then.
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5.0 out of 5 starsSayonara South Beach - finally a diet plan that makes sense!
By M Brown on July 28, 2005
Format: Paperback
Anyone who has dieted knows diets don't work. They don't work because diets consist of temporary changes to one's typical dietary habits. This inevitably results in temporary weight loss because as soon as you reach your weight loss goals and start letting some of those former eating habits creep back into your life, guess what? You start to gain back all the weight you lost.

By intentionally marketing diets as a quick fix, commercial diet plans have been designed to keep you stuck in this vicious cycle of yo-yo dieting that keeps you coming back to them again and again. A few commercial diet marketers realized that consumers were beginning to catch on to this little scam, so now they have "maintenance" phases that promise to help you keep that weight off for life. There's just one catch: these maintenance phases are designed to turn you into a life long consumer of their endless supply of prepackaged, processed foods designed to "help" you keep that weight off.

This is the sort of "help" I expect from a crack dealer, not from someone promising to improve my life.

The Okinawa Diet Plan is not about any of that. This book is all about giving you the tools to learn how to eat and live in a way that will keep you lean and healthy for life. And that lean, healthy life is likely to be a very long one because the Okinawa Diet Plan is based on evidence taken from studying the longest-lived people on the planet.

It seems most commercial diets are built on a business plan rather than on research. Not so with The Okinawa Diet Plan. The Okinawa Diet Plan grew out of nearly 30 years of solid research from an international team of highly respected doctors and scientists. How many commercial diets can say that?Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsBest Diet Book I Have Read. I lost 30 POUND and FEEL GREAT
By Forty and Fit on July 23, 2005
Format: Hardcover
I am a Japanese registered dietician (RD) and nutrition researcher (PhD) living in the U.S. and I recently discovered this wonderful book. The Okinawa Diet Plan is without a doubt the best diet book I have seen. It offers easy to follow dietary advice that teaches the reader how to choose the healthiest carbs, proteins and fats. Great recipes too! It is by far the best diet plan for long-term health, it is high in antioxidants and suggests new foods that promote healthy weight and longevity. I lost 30 pounds over 8 weeks without any major life changes, just some simple rules for eating. And I have KEPT the fat off. I have never felt better!!

One thing that concerns me about some of the reviews for this book is how some people in the US call themselves nutrition experts or dieticians without proper training and then profess to know something about the Okinawan eating habits because they read a few research papers and got confused about the data.

Some even say that soy might have adverse health effects. While we should always try to look at all the evidence this is not very likely. The Okinawans have eaten more soy that anyone in history and are the world's healthiest people. That should say something. Until recently the second most common occupation of Okinawan women was tofu maker. Many of the centenarians in Okinawa used to be tofu makers. That would suggest soybean curd (tofu) is pretty good for you.

Unfortunately, soy consumption has been declining in Okinawa for the last few decades--mostly among young people. This, I believe, is one of the reasons that younger people in Okinawa are less healthy than the elders. I think it is because they eat LESS soy, less vegetables, and MORE red meat than the elders.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

My new diet !!

Published 4 months ago by vern
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent research, excellent recipes, excellent book.

Factual, scientific, and realistic. If you enjoy cooking Asian cuisines in their many varied forms, then you'll really enjoy the 'cookbook' part of this book. Read more

Published 7 months ago by Jaycal
2.0 out of 5 starsWaste of money

Bogus

Published 8 months ago by Tad T.
3.0 out of 5 starsGreat book, it's just not for me.

This is a great diet, but it just didn't work out for me. I think it's worth the read as it has a lot of really good advice on eating better but it just didn't work for me day to... Read more

Published 8 months ago by Travis Smith
5.0 out of 5 starsIt works!

Most recipes and quick and easy to prepare - most importantly, they are quite delicious! Also, both my husband I have lost quite a bit a weight when following the recipes... Read more

Published 10 months ago by sqbanh
5.0 out of 5 starsThis way of eating can be incorporated into any culture ...

This way of eating can be incorporated into any culture. Eat more veggies, stay away from refined carbs and eat clean proteins.

Published 12 months ago by Prof. Grey
5.0 out of 5 starsThe Okinawa Diet is Awesome!

This is a great book! I like the history and the actual recipes to easily follow.

Published 14 months ago by CLAYTON GUIDRY
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Helps when you order the other book

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great reading

Published 15 months ago by Frank Paparteys
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

good read.

Published 15 months ago by Sharon Berdeaux

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