Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 613 EAN: 9780609807507 ISBN: 0609807501 Label: Three Rivers Press Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 496 Publication Date: March 12, 2002 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Release Date: March 12, 2002 Sales Rank: 37972 Studio: Three Rivers Press
Indispensable
Anyone seeking a joyful life really should pick up this fine, thought-provoking book. Written by leaders in the field of health and wellness, this best seller offers a path to better health--physical, mental and spiritual--but without the strictures and dictates of the typical, modern fad diet. The authors gush with enthusiasm over their discoveries, and through their helpful approach and real-life stories, make what will be a radical change in lifestyle for many American readers seem not only doable, but also rewarding and fun. That's no mean achievement in a culture of obesity, soaring health care costs and frequent rush-rush, don't-bother-me-with-that attitudes.
At the same time, Suzuki, Wilcox and Wilcox are, at times, victims ... Read More
Best book!
This is such a good book. When I first got it I read much of it to my young children and they loved hearing about the Okinawan life and elders. My 10 year old son wanted us to move there!
I have bought more copies of The Okinawa Program : How the World's Longest-Lived People Achieve Everlasting Health--And How You Can Too than any other because I keep giving mine away. Now I just keep a stash to give.
This should become your textbook for living.
A Land of the Immortals, a Shangri-La
Old age in America is beset with misery. No matter how much money elderly people have, ill health inevitably attacks and then lingers endlessly, making their final years a living hell.
When the authors (Willcox, Willcox and Suzuki) undertook a twenty-five year study of the phenomenon of healthy longevity in Okinawa, they met their first centenurian, Nakajimasan. Upon approaching his small wooden cottage, they encountered a sprightly man of about seventy preparing to garden, who greeted them with a wave and winning smile. They asked this man where his father was, and to their amazement discovered that this energetic man was the centenarian, Nakajimasan, they sought. They conducted full medical testing and discovered that, after 100 ... Read More
An Escape from America's Toxic Lifestyle
America isn't a very safe place to live.
I'm not talking about crime rates, but about death rates, or more specifically health expectancy rates, which is the length of time a person can expect to live in good health, living independently and productively with a sound mind and body.
The United States ranks 24th, dead last among all developed countries.
Why? What is so toxic about the American lifestyle?
Well, the old saying goes, if you want to spot a counterfeit, go study a genuine dollar bill.
Likewise, if you want to spot what's wrong with America, why not go study the healthiest people on Earth?
Well, that's what two brothers, one a physician and one an anthropologist, ... Read More
Tay Gay
Wonderful Insight to Change Lifestyle and Live a Healthy Long Fulfilling Life.
