With Jean-Paul Curtay and the Okinawa regime, we are far (very far) from vegetarianism, even more from veganism.
on the contrary, we are close to it and Curtay does not seek to frighten his listeners and readers with an even more restrictive "diet". However, his speech focuses on a diet mainly plant-based, anti-inflammatory and for many it is already a big step to take because Paris was not built in a day either. Some will be satisfied with it and others will go further because, unlike Okinawa, where this food mode
has been practiced since birth, our contemporaries drag behind them all the food contradictions with this mode, in the midst of many others, moreover, with various results. So depending on age, medical history, current lifestyle, etc ... the transition from our western mode, to these more or less oriental modes, can pose some adaptation problems.
The bases to establish your menus
The Okinawa diet gives pride of place to green fruits and vegetables (7 servings of vegetables per day and 3 of fruits) as well as cereals and pulses. Red meats and dairy products are only exceptionally introduced to the menus, in favor of soy, lean meat and Fish.[*] In the end, food is made up of almost 80% vegetable products. It is also recommended to eat food raw or cooked over low heat. On the drink side, it is mainly water and green tea that are highlighted, especially green tea for its slimming and health benefits ...[*] the Okinawa regime does not have the role of overturning Japanese customs based, like any island, on fishing which is an important food resource (even irradiated after Fukushima)
"We make science with facts, like making a house with stones: but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a pile of stones is a house" Henri Poincaré