Healthy living.

4 ANCIENT JAPANESE SECRETS FOR STAYING SLIM AND HEALTHY.

1. The importance of a hot bath.
There are advocates for the role of hot baths around the world, but in Japan they believe that it may realistically help you live longer. Besides removing stress and making you more relaxed, it's believed that it can improve a person's complexion and lower blood pressure. If you want to incorporate this habit into your wellness journey, be careful not to raise the temperature above 104 degrees Fahrenheit to avoid scalding.

2. Stay away from liquids while eating.
Some people believe that drinking any kind of liquid while eating may interfere with your digestion slowing it down and causing your body to work harder to completely digest the food you have eaten. Japanese people tend to look towards the food they eat during their meals to provide liquids. They tend to include soup in meals and hydrate other times during the day.

3. Eating like a Sumo wrestler will make         you fat.
These gigantic humans train first, eat and then sleep. When they eat, they eat a lot, gorging themselves to maintain the amount of weight needed to complete. They are not as concerned with proper nutrition, but when they eat they are known to eat anything and everything. Sumo wrestlers eat 2 huge meals a day. Most health conscious people make better choices in the kitchen preferring fruits and the vegetables over junk foods. There are no skinny Sumo wrestlers and Japanese people know this. If you eat like one you look like one.

4. The foods we eat can help us survive           harsh conditions.
Japanese culture considers when certain foods are planted and harvested. Fruits and vegetables that are ready to eat in the summer can help us fight the heat by keeping our bodies cool while the opposite may be true for the cold winter months. Fresh foods are always better for us than the alternatives.


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