The Chopsticks Diet
Japanese-inspired recipes for easy weight-loss
by Kimiko Barber
For
most of us if we had to eat with chopsticks all the time we might
naturally lose weight. I myself have still not mastered the fine art of
picking up noodles or scooping up rice, having not been born with using
chopsticks at every meal. But the thought of using chopsticks to lose
weight was not lost on Kimiko Barber who wrote a great book called The
Chopsticks Diet.
The Chopsticks Diet looks at losing wight in a
different way. This cookbook does not involve calorie counting, refer to
a pre-calculated index, exclude essential food, or worse still, limit
the selection foods allowed. There is only one basic rule – eat with
chopsticks! That way you will naturally eat smaller mouthfuls, instantly
reducing the amount of food you eat, and you will eat more slowly,
encouraging the flow of digestive juices, leaving you feeling more
satisfied and full of energy.
The book uses traditional Japanese
ingredients (rice, fish, soya beans, vegetable, fruits) in fresh and
modern ways to offer balanced dishes from breakfast through dinner.
Barber takes advantage of ingredients that are highly nutritious and
very low in fat, including tofu and seaweeds, but also includes, among
others, konnyaku that has no calories or fat but is high in fiber (used
in her fat-free hunger busters) and green tea, which she explains is
more beneficial to you if eaten rather than drunk (and so she makes
delicious desserts with it). With health-giving recipes like Crab and
Pomegranate Scattered Sushi and Seared Beef, Arugula, and Grapefruit
Salad, filled with nutritious, low-fat, and delicious ingredients, she
provides a stress-free way to enjoy your food while losing weight.
The
book is filled with mouth-watering photos of her many recipes that
sound simply delicious. And the book is a virtual catalog of chopsticks,
featuring a different pair in almost every photo. Find your special
pair of chopsticks at
EverythingChopsticks.com.