なるだけ医者に頼らず生きるために私が実践している100の習慣

by Hiroyuki Itsuki

作家活動50年、様々な怪我・病気をかかえつつ、元気に生きてきた著者が、楽しく歳をとるための常識破りの健康法をイラスト・図解つきで大公開！階段はナンバ歩きで上がる、1日に何回かはため息をつく、週に1度はあまり噛まずに飲みこむ、歯を磨くときは片足立ち、腰は曲げるな、腰は「折れ」、能役者のように腰を「据えて」歩く　などなど。

Paperback

First published April 25, 2013

Reviews

[Taka · Rating 2 out of 5]

His interview/conversation books are deeper (but by just a little) and more interesting. Though Itsuki can be more skeptical of science than I'm comfortable with and sometimes his reasoning/method seems questionable at best (walking on all fours for your back pain, anyone?), his basic stance is quite admirable: try everything and see for yourself if it works for you; listen to your body carefully; keep doing what feels good to you and leave the rest. After all, we all have different bodies and genetics. What works for someone might not work for you. I'm also drawn to his acceptance of aging as a natural process that we should try to enjoy



NOTES
Some things I thought were interesting:
-The pear shape as the ideal Asian body shape? (p.64)
-Tariki / oh-well-ism: 人間が自分でできることなど、たかが知れている。「できるときはできる。できないときはできない。人事をつくしたあとは天命を待てばよい」(p.67)
-positive thinking arising from its opposite (p.86): その諦念のそこから、かすかに湧いてくる力があります。それしかないのなら、それを引き受けるしか無いという、居直りのエネルギーです。ポジティブシンキングは、ネガティブシンキングから生まれるのです。Tip: sigh as many time as you can throughout the day. 一日に何回か、「あーあ」と声を出しながら大きなため息をつく。深いため息は多いほどよい。
-Once a week, swallowing without much chewing to stimulate the stomach? (p.99)
-Stimulating the extremities / massaging fingers and toes and soles (p. 107)