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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LOL, as someone who lived in Japan and is married to a Vietnamese man, so many people think Japanese people eat only sushi and Vietnamese people eat only pho.  :lol:

Vietnamese = LOTS of added sugar, salt, MSG, white rice, rice noodles, and fatty meats (like pork). Extremely poor people in Vietnam are very lean thanks to poverty requiring them to eat a lot of low-quality veggies and taro, etc, but many, many Vietnamese people now suffer from type II diabetes because of their diet. Person who said that Vietnamese people eat a lot of raw veggies...WHAAAAT? Vn people add lots of raw herbs to stuff, but veggies are ALWAYS COOKED -- you don't mess around with raw veggies in a developing country (and the culture is such that cooked food is considered wholesome, raw or cold food, not so good).

Japanese = Japanese people do not eat sushi often. It's a party food, you guys. The traditional meal is white rice, miso, protein (fish, etc) and pickles (which is still high in sodium and too many fast carbs), but lots of people eat ramen, packaged foods and convenience foods (a huge scourge in Japan) as well as fried food for many meals. [b]Not a lot of veggies most of the time besides the required pickles[/b]. Snacks for kids are just horrendous (think dried fried ramen and chemical-laden tummies). Just because there are currently 100-year-old Japanese people doesn't mean the current generation with their current eating habits will live that long.[/quote]

Seriously? Where in Japan did you live? I wish I could invite you over to my house for dinner and show you what kind of home cooking a typical Japanese mom makes every day. 
In Japan their basic rule for a meal is "one soup, three side dishes" plus rice, which is considered as the main dish. Yes, their MAIN dish is rice. A plain bowl of rice, white or brown.
For soup it's usually miso soup, and they put tons of veggies in it.
For three side dishes, usually one is mainly protein (fish or meat), the other two are veggies and/or tofu. Some may count a tiny dish of pickles as one of the side dishes, but usually pickles are like entremets or garnish.
And they believe you have to eat twice more veggies than animal protein at every meal. So the ratio is like 25% rice, 25% protein, and 50% vegetable (from soup and side dishes combined).
Also it's said to be good for you to eat every little bit of at least 30 kinds of food per day. This is why Japanese bentos are so colorful using variety of kinds of food. I heard similar thing about Korean home cooking too.

Let me add one more thing; Japanese convenience store food is totally different from what you see at American convenience stores. They do have some fried chicken and hot dogs, but in the main isle you will see sushi, sandwiches, salads, noodles, pastas, curry, soups, grilled fish, many many kinds of bentos, desserts, etc. etc. and many of them are very healthy and tasty.

Lots of Japanese people and restaurants avoid MSG by the way.[/quote]

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