In the book The Science of Nutrition by Rhiannon Lambert, there was a quote that struck me deeply. It was a quote that made me look at Japan in a different light because I thought they were not in very good shape physically.
“Japan has among the highest life expectancy and lowest obesity rates globally.
Its diet generally emphasizes plant-based eating of leafy vegetables,
soybean-based foods like tofu and miso,
and grains like rice and noodles,
with animal protein from fish and pork”.
This quote goes to show how far behind Canada and the United States are in this, in North America there is a lot of obesity. Also we eat a lot of unhealthy food from fast food chains. Reading this inspires me to implement food like that in my diet to live a healthy lifestyle, while getting optimum performance on the field.