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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Love all the porker Americans (and alleged steamed veggies and fish for breakfast Americans, of which I’ve met exactly zero my entire life) pushing back on OP’s very obviously accurate point.

Japanese eat better than Americans. By a country mile. Yes it’s true the Japanese diet has become more Western/American (meaning, processed and gross) over time. But it’s still night and day. The vast majority of Japanese do NOT eat processed breakfast foods on a regular basis—[b]no pancakes, waffles, pop tarts, sugar cereals, toaster streusels, Cinnabons, bacon egg and cheese sandwiches, biscuits and gravy, corned beef hash, bagels with cream cheese, yogurt “parfaits”, coffee cake, crumb cake, donuts, crullers, muffins, or banana bread. They also don’t drink a liter of orange juice in a sitting[/b].

I’m sure you’ll tell me none of you eat those things either! They’re just mysteriously flying off the grocery store shelves and propping up god knows how many restaurant chains with no one eating like that. Please. 
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I'm not saying that MOST Americans eat super healthily for breakfast, but I am calling out OP's assertion that MOST Japanese are sitting down for a traditional spread of natto beans, miso soup, pickled vegetables and sashimi for breakfast.  It's borderline absurd.  Anyone who has been to Japan has seen the conbinis everywhere with more junk food than you could ever imagine.  And probably [i]less[/i] healthy options than in America, where you will often see healthy protein type or fruit bars.  7-11 is massive in Japan and no it's not converted into a juice bar when in Japan- it's the same processed junk that you see in the US, with an even bigger selection of potato chips and desserts.  And the difference is, a great majority of Japanese people DO do all their shopping at convenience stores, when most Americans I know only use them infrequently.

This is not defensiveness towards Americans nor an attempt to rip down Jpan.  But the fetishization and rose colored glasses which Americans seem to view every other country on earth (especially Japan!) is comical to anyone who's spent a lot of time travelling or living internationally.  Actually, as someone who eats mostly organic, Japan was an utter nightmare to source organic foods.  "Health food" is far easier to obtain in the states- there's not even a comparison.

But also just- judging a country by what they serve in a tourist attraction is plain stupid, period. [/quote][/quote]

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