Japanese Diet
As it is known all around the globe, the Japanese are some of the healthiest people in the world and have a long life expectancy. But not everyone knows that the Japanese women are the least obese women in the world in today's cultures, and they owe this to their diet. The essence of a Japanese diet is losing weight by eating fresh and seasonal foods in a limit and eating for the body not for the mind. They include every kind of food that has its specific type of nutrients in the proper amount. They include fresh vegetables, fish, meat, rice, pulses, cereals and legumes to go with the entire diet to make eating filling as well delicious. Take a look at the ingredients and the plan which you need to follow if you are following this diet.
Typical Japanese Diet
As mentioned earlier, there is equal preference given to every eatable in the diet but there are strict rules and amounts for their consumption. Given below are the details of the diet plan and some recipes which are very easy to make for the proper diet to be followed.
The Diet Plan
The diet is very healthy as it involves the right amount of fat as well as carbohydrates in every meal so to balance the amounts of nutrient consumption in the body. Rice and fish being the staple food of Japan, it has to e included in the diet, but you can ignore fish if you're a vegetarian. You can eat any other foods which are very rich in iodine to substitute for fish. As Misco soup is a fermented soy product it is easy to digest and simple to consume.
When you follow this diet strictly without any alterations, you will not only lose a few pounds but also stay healthy. It is low in cholesterol and fats, so there is no chance of you putting on extra pounds because of this diet. While the rice and vegetables provide the starch and necessary nutrients, the chicken and meat is rich with proteins and vitamins. The diet plan given below gives you all the information about what foods you should eat at the various meals of the day, make sure you take the breakfast well as the Japanese believe in a filling start to the day.
| Meal | Ingredients |
| Breakfast | Miso Soup, 1 cup white rice, 1 egg, Nori seaweed strips, Green tea. |
| Lunch | Teriyaki fish, Rice, Asian greens, Green tea. |
| Dinner | Chicken, Rice, Miso soup, Sea vegetables with tofu. |
| Snacks | Fuji Apple and Tangerine. |
Japanese Recipes
These recipes are healthy for you and also not so difficult to cook. They have all the essential vegetables with nutrients and are the tastiest for a filling lunch or dinner.
Grilled Rice Balls with Vegetable Miso
Ingredients
- 2 cups short grain rice
- 2 tablespoons Warishita stock
- oz. Vegetable miso
- Japanese pickels
Steam the rice in the microwave or on the gas and mix it well with the Warishita stock and then cool it till it is fine to handle it. Wash your hands so the rice won't stick and pull half of the rice in one palm. Make a triangle out of that rice with both your hands and repeat the same with the second half of the rice. Grill the rice balls till they are brown from one end and then turn them over to brown them from the other end. Spread the vegetable miso on the brown surface and lightly scorch it with a kitchen torch. Serve it with the Japanese pickles while they are hot and steamy.
Chicken Stew (Mizutaki)
Ingredients
- 1 kg chicken
- 3 cups water
- 1 block tofu
- bunch chrysanthemum leaves
- 5 shiitake mushrooms
- Chinese cabbage
- 150g cauliflower
- Ponzu soy sauce
- Momiji oroshi
- 4 rice cakes
- 100g grated radish
- 2 red peppers
Rinse the chicken in hot water and then add cold water to bring it to boil. While the chicken is to boil, take out the bones and grind them, then add them back to soup to let it thicken. Chop the chicken, along with the vegetables and tofu. Put the other ingredients in the pot and heat all of them on medium flame. After cooking, serve it with noodles and steamed rice and serve some salads along.
The diet nutrition has all its aspects blended together in one healthy diet with these recipes for the diet. With these diet tips, I would like to say eat healthy and stay healthy the Japanese way.
