Comments on: Hara Hachi Bu: Lessons from Okinawa http://nourishedkitchen.com/hara-hachi-bu/ Reviving Traditional Foods Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:31:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonathan | WorldOfDietshttp://nourishedkitchen.com/hara-hachi-bu/#comment-20946 Jonathan | WorldOfDiets Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:16:02 +0000 http://nourishedkitchen.com/?p=2536#comment-20946 If only we used this concept of Hara Hachi Bu, people would weigh less and be healthier. For now, we can only hope that this custom will survive and not give in to fast food and overeating. If only we used this concept of Hara Hachi Bu, people would weigh less and be healthier. For now, we can only hope that this custom will survive and not give in to fast food and overeating.

]]> By: Lorihttp://nourishedkitchen.com/hara-hachi-bu/#comment-18667 Lori Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:31:31 +0000 http://nourishedkitchen.com/?p=2536#comment-18667 I stumbled upon your blog, in some werid fashion. However, I was a Student Teacher in Okinawa at the Kadena Airforce Base. I could so smell the smell of Gate 2. We also spent so much time exploring the Island while we were there. Did you ever go to the " hot wash cloth factory" ? Thank you so much for sharing and helping me to remember a wonderful time in my life.Lori I stumbled upon your blog, in some werid fashion. However, I was a Student Teacher in Okinawa at the Kadena Airforce Base. I could so smell the smell of Gate 2. We also spent so much time exploring the Island while we were there. Did you ever go to the ” hot wash cloth factory” ? Thank you so much for sharing and helping me to remember a wonderful time in my life.

Lori

]]> By: Aoihttp://nourishedkitchen.com/hara-hachi-bu/#comment-18567 Aoi Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:47:08 +0000 http://nourishedkitchen.com/?p=2536#comment-18567 Wow, you may have even eaten some of the fish my dad sold to some of the vendors outside Gate 2! ;) I'm half-Okinawan, and I miss it dearly after 11 years away. Thanks for this article! Wow, you may have even eaten some of the fish my dad sold to some of the vendors outside Gate 2! ;) I’m half-Okinawan, and I miss it dearly after 11 years away. Thanks for this article!

]]> By: Tracyhttp://nourishedkitchen.com/hara-hachi-bu/#comment-18553 Tracy Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:55:37 +0000 http://nourishedkitchen.com/?p=2536#comment-18553 I'ved lived on Okinawa now for 7 years and have truly loved the experience. I don't know how long they will remain the top holders for the oldest living people. The younger generations are more enamored with western foods and smoking. I've been really hard pressed to find someone who will teach me how to cook the more traditional foods. I can say that they definitely do not eat like we do in terms of portion size. I had to get used to that when I first started dining out with my Okinawan friends.I really enjoyed your post! I’ved lived on Okinawa now for 7 years and have truly loved the experience. I don’t know how long they will remain the top holders for the oldest living people. The younger generations are more enamored with western foods and smoking. I’ve been really hard pressed to find someone who will teach me how to cook the more traditional foods.
I can say that they definitely do not eat like we do in terms of portion size. I had to get used to that when I first started dining out with my Okinawan friends.

I really enjoyed your post!

]]> By: Evonnehttp://nourishedkitchen.com/hara-hachi-bu/#comment-18550 Evonne Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:26:40 +0000 http://nourishedkitchen.com/?p=2536#comment-18550 i miss okinawa!!!!!!!!! i was there from 83-86 3rd-5th grades.. we lived on Kadena..... reading through this brought back a lot of memories... my mom wasn't quite as adventurous as your mom, but we went to the japanese markets more than the commissary.... i hope to one day get back and take my husband to see where a big part of my childhood memories are from.... thanx for the trip down memory lane!! <3 i miss okinawa!!!!!!!!! i was there from 83-86 3rd-5th grades.. we lived on Kadena…..
reading through this brought back a lot of memories… my mom wasn’t quite as adventurous as your mom, but we went to the japanese markets more than the commissary…. i hope to one day get back and take my husband to see where a big part of my childhood memories are from…. thanx for the trip down memory lane!! <3

]]> By: Here’s how the weekend looked – kind of. | Sparta to Philly.http://nourishedkitchen.com/hara-hachi-bu/#comment-18546 Here’s how the weekend looked – kind of. | Sparta to Philly. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:00:56 +0000 http://nourishedkitchen.com/?p=2536#comment-18546 [...] Hari Hachi Bichu – the Okinawan diet – lots of pork fat, sea vegetables, and fermented everything. In general, lately I’ve started to be pretty aggressive about trying to include more fermented foods in my diet – and I’d also like to make MAKING them… you can only take so much fermented cabbage! [...] [...] Hari Hachi Bichu – the Okinawan diet – lots of pork fat, sea vegetables, and fermented everything. In general, lately I’ve started to be pretty aggressive about trying to include more fermented foods in my diet – and I’d also like to make MAKING them… you can only take so much fermented cabbage! [...]

]]> By: Healthy Asian Woman Faeyhttp://nourishedkitchen.com/hara-hachi-bu/#comment-17417 Healthy Asian Woman Faey Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:28:08 +0000 http://nourishedkitchen.com/?p=2536#comment-17417 That is so exciting, you got to live & experience the Okinawan culture. Love reading about more insights on the Okinawan Diet. Thanks for sharing your experience. And also looking forward to more healthy recipes for REAL FOOD from your Nourished Kitchen. :-) That is so exciting, you got to live & experience the Okinawan culture. Love reading about more insights on the Okinawan Diet. Thanks for sharing your experience. And also looking forward to more healthy recipes for REAL FOOD from your Nourished Kitchen. :-)

]]> By: Hara Hachi Bu: Homemade Pate | Zomppa - International Food Magazinehttp://nourishedkitchen.com/hara-hachi-bu/#comment-15857 Hara Hachi Bu: Homemade Pate | Zomppa - International Food Magazine Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:30:35 +0000 http://nourishedkitchen.com/?p=2536#comment-15857 [...] full. Since food takes about 20 minutes to digest, you’ll soon realize you are actually full. Jenny from the Nourished Kitchen wrote a great piece on [...] [...] full. Since food takes about 20 minutes to digest, you’ll soon realize you are actually full. Jenny from the Nourished Kitchen wrote a great piece on [...]

]]> By: Coconut Oil in weight loss program - Health Impact Newshttp://nourishedkitchen.com/hara-hachi-bu/#comment-15455 Coconut Oil in weight loss program - Health Impact News Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:24:03 +0000 http://nourishedkitchen.com/?p=2536#comment-15455 [...] Japanese the saying is Hara Hachi Bu, eat until eight-tenths full. Hara Hachi Bu is common practice in Okinawa, where it helped produce the world’s most long-lived [...] [...] Japanese the saying is Hara Hachi Bu, eat until eight-tenths full. Hara Hachi Bu is common practice in Okinawa, where it helped produce the world’s most long-lived [...]

]]> By: Perfect Health Diet » Low-Protein Leanness, Melanesians, and Hara Hachi Buhttp://nourishedkitchen.com/hara-hachi-bu/#comment-15449 Perfect Health Diet » Low-Protein Leanness, Melanesians, and Hara Hachi Bu Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:23:41 +0000 http://nourishedkitchen.com/?p=2536#comment-15449 [...] Japanese the saying is Hara Hachi Bu, eat until eight-tenths full. Hara Hachi Bu is common practice in Okinawa, where it helped produce the world’s most long-lived [...] [...] Japanese the saying is Hara Hachi Bu, eat until eight-tenths full. Hara Hachi Bu is common practice in Okinawa, where it helped produce the world’s most long-lived [...]

]]> By: Jennyhttp://nourishedkitchen.com/hara-hachi-bu/#comment-12676 Jenny Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:55:20 +0000 http://nourishedkitchen.com/?p=2536#comment-12676 Okinawa is certainly home to a disproportionate number of centenarians, but their diet is omnivorous and, as such, is not the diet recommended by Fuhrman. Fuhrman recommends a vegan diet devoid of animal foods and while he may call it "nutritarian," he ignores the role that nutrient-dense animal foods like pastured pork, pork liver, fish and roe (all features of the traditional foods in Okinawa) play in human health. Okinawa is certainly home to a disproportionate number of centenarians, but their diet is omnivorous and, as such, is not the diet recommended by Fuhrman. Fuhrman recommends a vegan diet devoid of animal foods and while he may call it “nutritarian,” he ignores the role that nutrient-dense animal foods like pastured pork, pork liver, fish and roe (all features of the traditional foods in Okinawa) play in human health.

]]> By: Chuck Bluesteinhttp://nourishedkitchen.com/hara-hachi-bu/#comment-12615 Chuck Bluestein Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:34:04 +0000 http://nourishedkitchen.com/?p=2536#comment-12615 The country with the longest living people in the world is Okinawa, followed by Japan. As far as the foods being nutrient dense, Joel Fuhrman MD suggest people eat a nutritarian diet. He coined that word and it means a diet of nutrient dense foods. The country with the longest living people in the world is Okinawa, followed by Japan. As far as the foods being nutrient dense, Joel Fuhrman MD suggest people eat a nutritarian diet. He coined that word and it means a diet of nutrient dense foods.

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