How Japanese people stay so slim and trim.

Japanese women's weight loss and slimming secrets in diet and lifestyle of Japan to lose weight and become slimmer. Some using Japanese slimming tea. It different with copmaring to western where an obesity rate of a mere three percent among women are very high.

The secret that Japan holds for staying slim is that there's really no secret to it. They are a people that follow simple rules that we all can follow to shed those unwanted pounds and keep them off. It's a lifestyle that we could conform to if we wanted it bad enough.

1. Never Overeat
The Japanese people never overeat. They believe in the quality of their food not the quantity. You can see this in what they offer in their schools such as small portions of rice, tofu, miso soup and vegetables. In North America most of us are guilty of consuming quantity not quality and it shows in the search for quick ways to shed the pounds we carry. It is easily verified by how many diet plans that are on the market.

2. Influenced by Peer Pressure
Surprisingly there is a lot of peer pressure put on Japanese women to stay slim and fit. This stems from their society where they are expected to follow the norm. Now I really don't know if I could go this far to diet just to conform to society but then again isn't that the source behind Bulimia and Anorexia in our society? Maybe not for all but certainly for the very young who are vulnerable to how they think they should look.

3. Work and Workouts
We all work as do the Japanese people but they take time out of their day to do exercise by going to fitness and yoga classes to improve their health. They also have another advantage over us as they do a lot more walking than we do. They enjoy hiking, swimming and sports more than they enjoy television. Do you think that says a little something about how they stay so fit?

4. Fats and Protein
People of Japan eat a lot differently than we do. Their diet is composed of fewer fats and lots of protein such as fish, soya, rice, vegetables and lots of fruits. There is something else the Japanese people do that is a little different from North America; they cook only very fresh foods so therefore their foods are still full of vitamins and minerals. The frozen foods that some of us eat just don't qualify as fresh.

5. Tea or Two?
Japan seems to have the modern diets wiped out of their society and I do envy them in this respect. Where the western studies of North America often encourage us away from starchy foods such as rice or noodles Japanese people are eating these types of foods and still staying slim. Even their tea holds fewer calories than ours but then they don't take it with 2 spoonfuls of sugar and milk like I do.