How to Apply the Calorie Restriction Diet to Daily Life

There has been recent popularity on a new diet called the calorie restriction diet.  The principle of the calories restriction diet is to eat until you’re only 80% full.  This is nothing new really.  In fact, residents of Okinawa, Japan have been already doing this.  They consume on average 700 calories less per day than the average westerner.

Studies have shown that residents of Okinawa, Japan have among the lowest rate of heart disease, osteoporosis, and hormone-dependent cancer.  Eating smaller portions is much healthier and better for you than eating until you are full.  When you eat to fill up your stomach you become more tired and sleepy.

So how can we apply this principle to daily living?  By eating large portions and filling our stomachs up, we are overindulging ourselves and by doing so we are giving away our power. This can be applied to just about anything in life we do.  If we do too much of one thing, we give our power away to that action.

If we keep things in moderation, then we are in control.  This applies to anything, not just food.  It could be alcohol, working, activities that take away from your family or anything else.