Message from Shawn Iguchi

<< Why Japanese people live long? Part-2 >>

Some of you might think the longest longevity of Japanese people is influenced by the medical improvement and healthcare services. However, it is not medicine pushing the average longevity of Japanese people. Nobody is taking medical pills called “long life pills” in Japan.

Medicine can cure diseases but can’t extend longevity. No matter how much medicine makes an effort to cure diseases, people become sick or die at early age from their diet. There is no medicine that can enhance longevity in the world today, right? It is food and diet enhancing the longevity of Japanese people. Please don’t misunderstand it.

I am not here saying “Eat Japanese food!” I hate imposing one’s thought onto others to make the world with no choice. Everybody has a freedom of choice. There’s nothing wrong to eat what you love to eat. I eat hamburger, pizza, and KFC once in a while.

I am just explaining what scientists have discovered about traditional Japanese diet.

Hopefully this will give you MORE choices in your diet.

It will be interesting to see other culture for you especially Japanese food because there are so many Japanese foods that have no cultural connections to any country including China (needless to say Korea).

=< Traditional Japanese Diet>=======

If you read the part-1, you might have thought “Let’s eat more meat! No more Vegan life!” but it isn’t that simple conclusion from looking at the graphs.

To tell you the truth, it is more complicated outcome from the surface.

Even though meat is beneficial to your health, if you over eat it, you might become sick (overweight, heart disease) and die young.

One of the reasons why the average longevity in Japan is the longest in the world is because the number of elderly age over 90 is large. That’s why they are pushing the average longevity.

Those Japanese generations age under 50 are used to eating a lot of meat since they were children so they are gradually becoming overweight and tend to have adult diseases today. On the other hand, those elderly age over 80 couldn’t eat meat when they were young therefore they are used to eating traditional diet of eating only veggies or veggies with a little bit of fishes and seafood. And they are short in height and have been skinny throughout their entire life.

I explained in the previous series, “Doctors are encouraging elderly to eat meat in Japan” but those elderly are mostly eating only veggies or veggies with little bit of fishes. In other words, it is like doctors encouraging Vegans or Pescetarians (who eat veggies and seafood only) to add little bit of animal protein in their diet. As the result, the elderly began to live long in Japan.

A little bit of animal protein for Veganism is the secret of long life of Japanese elderly. (Secret-1)

This diet can be applied to those people who don’t want to become overweight but live long healthy.

If you are young especially in growth period and use your body actively, you will need to eat enough animal protein.

Also, please don’t misunderstand. I said in the previous series, “90 year old is eating Beef steak” but the amount of steak they eat is like 60g (2oz) or so a couple times a week. They eat eggs too once in a while but not much. The amount of meat they eat is very small. Most of elderly are basically sticking with traditional Japanese diet (a lot of veggies, with a little bit of seafood that includes seaweed).

On the other hand, obesity is gradually becoming a severe problem among age under 60 in Japan. A couple of years ago, some Japanese TV comedian at the age 44 died from a heart attack immediately after eating a large plate of pasta at a restaurant. He was overweight. See? People can't live long even if Medical services and medicine are available. They can't do anything about it.

It is true meat intake made the average height of Japanese people increased but in exchange, those young generations began to suffer from obesity now.

I think people need to change their diet after growth period.

So what doctors are telling in Japan now?

The most popular TV programs in Japan are health themed programs mostly about how to lose weight. Yes, it’s not just US, but Japan too is the same.

When it comes to the best diet to lose weight, opinions of doctors in Japan split largely into two groups.

One is “Low carb diet” which is simply reducing or eliminating carbohydrate (steamed rice, noodles, bread, potato, sugar-based foods) from their regular meal.

The other one is reducing the portion of each meal ideally based on Japanese traditional meal (Lots of veggies and little bit of seafood and animal protein food).

=< Traditional Japanese Breakfast >===========

Anyway, let me show you the typical traditional Japanese meal because there is another secret in it for the long life.

Please take a look at the attached picture.

1.    Rice for energy.

2.    Miso soup (cooked with veggies) for vegetable intake.

3.    Broiled fish for preventing heart and cardiovascular diseases.

4.    Natto for preventing stroke.

5.    Egg (raw or omelette) for perfect protein (perfect score in amino acid ratio)

6.    Nori (seaweed) for minerals

I explained fishes are beneficial for your health to prevent heart and cardiovascular diseases. But here I introduce a new food which ONLY Japan has as traditional food. That is “Natto”.  Natto is also effective for stroke.

=< What’s Natto? >==============

 Natto is fermented soybeans. It has no taste but just soybeans. It is good because there is no sodium added so you can adjust the amount of sodium when adding flavor in it.

Natto is original Japanese food which hasn’t existed in China (needless to say Korea).

What’s remarkable about Natto is, that it is fermented with a special bacteria called “Natto bacteria”.

Scientists have discovered that Natto bacteria has a substance called “Nattokinase” which has effect not to congeal blood.

This is it! I told you while quoting Luke Perry’s stroke that there was a solution to prevent clogged blood vessels from happening. (Secret-2)

It is said the effect of Natto reaches at its peak after 4 hours. And the effect lasts up to 6 - 8 hours after eating it.

=< Source >=======================

http://www.nikkyo-create.co.jp/food_and_health_column/column_backnumber/column_0004

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Japanese people eat Natto in the morning as though it is common sense. If you go to a restaurant in the morning in Japan, a typical Japanese breakfast is served with Natto.

Please take a look at the attached picture of Japanese breakfast again.

You can see salmon which contains DHA and EPA that can prevent heart and cardio vascular diseases.

And there is Natto which prevents stroke from congealed blood.

These are good enough evidence to prove why Japanese people have significantly low rate of heart disease.

Unfortunately, it is said that Nattokinase is only effective when the bacteria is alive so you can’t expect the effect of Nattokinase from taking supplement pills.

Even though Nattokinase supplement is available in Japan today, the effect is deemed as questionable by many specialists.

If you want to try Natto and live in US, you can buy it at most of supermarkets which sell Japanese food. It is very cheap. One bundle, which comes in three packs, costs about 80 cents or less.

=< How to eat Natto >============

 Because it has no taste, you have to add flavor in it.

Natto pack comes with a small packet which is a flavor to add.

You can adjust the amount of condiment. If you want it low in sodium, you can just use the half of the packet.

Mix it well. It is said if you churn it 50 times, it becomes better taste.

It is slimy. But that is sign of fresh Nattokinase.

If there is no flavor packet, you can add soy sauce or liquid “Dashi”.

Many people love to add chopped green onion. Some people add egg yolk.

Japanese people pour it over steamed rice and eat it.

=< Warning >==================

 Scientists say if you have a disease which can’t stop bleeding, you should not eat Natto.

Nattokinase prevents blood from congealing but it can be dangerous if you have a disease unable to stop bleeding.

Nowadays, Natto is becoming very popular among Chinese, South and North Koreans.

Isn’t it funny? Even North Koreans recently (since 2018) began to eat Natto after the dictator Kim Jong-un finding out the Japanese traditional food has the amazing effect on health. He could have a stroke any time so I think he was the one who needed Natto most for himself. (Hahaha)

=< Source>===============

https://mainichi.jp/articles/20171029/k00/00m/030/135000c
https://www.sankeibiz.jp/macro/news/180829/mcb1808290500004-n1.htm?fbclid=IwAR316jjTvNeIH1DrUi6ieZcQ8PCjxZ_fKGTaIueeKcd9ewj8gy_6LwFsPto

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=< More secrets >===============

There are more secret foods only Japanese people eat in the world.

Unlike any Asian food including Chinese and Korean, Japanese traditional food has many slimy foods.

Since ancient time, Japanese people have been thinking that there was something special for good health in naturally slimy food.

Scientists have been analyzing what’s in those slimy foods only Japanese people eat in the world. And indeed, most of slimy Japanese foods have a special substance which can improve or enhance health.

Natto is already proven that it has amazing effect as though medical pills.  

  Unlike Chinese and Koreans, Japanese people have been eating seaweed since ancient time.

If you know Japanese food, you’ll know “Kombu” and “Nori” but there are also “Hijiki”, “Wakame” and “Mekabu” Japanese people regularly eat.

 One of the prominent seaweeds popularly eaten by Japanese people is called “Mozuku”

In 1996, scientists from The Japanese Cancer Association discovered a substance named “Fucoidan” in Mozuku could prevent cancer. (Secret-3)

Mozuku is also seaweed only Japanese people eat regularly.

 All in all, longevity of Japanese people is as the result of eating traditional food which comes from traditional culture. But this result can change in future once Japanese people let go their traditional food and culture.

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