Three, Eighty-Five, and Twenty-Eight Hundred
Belated Christmas greetings fellow webites. So what do three, eighty-five, and twenty-eight hundred have in common? They're statistics, they refer to the Japanese, and they can be found in one of my Christmas presents. This year for Christmas I didn't ask for a lot of expensive and flashy things just a few things here and there that would fuel my interests. I got the gift of exercise wear, the gift of music, the gift of games, the gift of cooking, and the gift of overnight bags. Each year I call what I ask for suggestions so the person who has my name can get a good idea of what I'm into that year. This year I've been into working out (even if I need to do it more often), cooking (though not as much as I should), playing the DS (fun times), seeing some fun movies, and listening to a bunch of British music. The movies were replaced with some Vera Bradly bags but I got something in almost every interest category for this year. Total fun stuff.
So, those statistics found in one of my Christmas presents that refer to the Japanese? I got a food related book called Japanese Women Don't Get Fat or Old. Surprising to find out just from peeking at a few of the early pages in the book that the Japanese people only have a three percent obesity rate (guessing most of that is Sumo wrestlers), they spend the equivalent of twenty-eight hundred Dollars in health care each year (that's the individual cost), and their women have a life expectancy of eighty-five. In the grand scheme of things that's lowest, lowest, and highest. Which makes it look a lot better when compared to places like the US where a person spends over five thousand in health care each year for one of the fattest cultures around with a low life expectancy compared to some other countries. The whole gist of the book is that Japanese people who eat a western diet put on weight. The author put on twenty-five pounds before before she decided to go back to her mother's simple everyday Japanese cooking. It's nothing overly weird and the book explores why it works. I figure if I incorporate that into the workout regime I'm doing and a healthy eating plan I should start to see some results. Add that to my new Everyday Italian cookbook I got and I should have a tasty way of eating for quite some time. I can't wait for that kitchen remodel to be finished.
So, those statistics found in one of my Christmas presents that refer to the Japanese? I got a food related book called Japanese Women Don't Get Fat or Old. Surprising to find out just from peeking at a few of the early pages in the book that the Japanese people only have a three percent obesity rate (guessing most of that is Sumo wrestlers), they spend the equivalent of twenty-eight hundred Dollars in health care each year (that's the individual cost), and their women have a life expectancy of eighty-five. In the grand scheme of things that's lowest, lowest, and highest. Which makes it look a lot better when compared to places like the US where a person spends over five thousand in health care each year for one of the fattest cultures around with a low life expectancy compared to some other countries. The whole gist of the book is that Japanese people who eat a western diet put on weight. The author put on twenty-five pounds before before she decided to go back to her mother's simple everyday Japanese cooking. It's nothing overly weird and the book explores why it works. I figure if I incorporate that into the workout regime I'm doing and a healthy eating plan I should start to see some results. Add that to my new Everyday Italian cookbook I got and I should have a tasty way of eating for quite some time. I can't wait for that kitchen remodel to be finished.