Eating healthy is beyond salad and grilled chickens. It is in fact much more if we consider the ethnic, time tested cuisines from around the world. When you enjoy a global cuisine in its purest form, you get a healthy meal that is light, nutritious, absolutely yummy and something new for your taste buds.
There are a number of ethnic cuisines existing in the world representing the taste of a particular country or region, a tribe or culture; but not all have managed to attract the food explorers and the conscious eaters. The best cuisines are thus not only the ones that are relished the most for their culinary aspects but also for enhancing your life spans and longevity.
The World’s Top Ten Most Healthy Cuisines in order of their country’s are listed herein.
Read on to find out if its the Japanese, The Koreans Or The Greeks that make it to the Number 1 position:
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The traditional Japanese cuisine especially of the Okinawa island is considered super healthy owing to the life expectancy of 100 years of the people living there. Diet is considered to be rich in cancer fighting fruits and vegetables and also prepared in a healthy manner just steamed or quickly stir fried. The staple that goes in making a Japanese diet includes yam rich in antioxidants, green tea, cruciferous, veggies like bok choy which is rich in calcium, iodine rich seaweed, seafood rich in omega-3 fats, shiitake mushrooms (a rich source for iron, potassium, zinc, copper and folic acid)and whole-soy foods. Also the Japanese people practice a food habit called Hara Hachi Bu which implies eating only 80% of your appetite. This way too, Japanese people stay healthy and fit in life for long. Try a miso soup or simple veggie and tofu stir fry next when you visit a Japanese restaurant.
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