I can't help but laugh when I read these posts. Everybody disagrees with one another and tries to outdo each other with there usage of the thesauras as if that will make them seem more knowleadgable about the subject. Here's an idea, out of all the millions of people in Japan, maybe they don't all eat alike. Obviously in America somebody who live in Cali. is going to eat differently from somebody in Philly. I have eaten many traditional Japanese dishes, but you know what the Japanese exchange student made for dinner when he cooked for me, fried rice cooked in ketchup, covered with a fried egg, covered by more ketchup. I never would have guessed this was a popular Japanese dish with the younger crowds. Go figure, I thought he might make me kitsune Udon.

Eating fish makes you 2.7 years younger? - oops - my wife fed my 2 year old some fish sticks and the child disappeared! lol

(ok - lame - but couldn't resist)

I live in S. Korea, where raw fish is also a common meal. It's called 'huet' (the "t" is silent) and when eating it, you usually don't get any rolls with mayo or cream cheese, but just wrap the raw fish in lettuce with some chili sauce and eat up!
When I lived in the US, I NEVER ate raw fish like this... But it's really healthy and worth a try!

Japanese make yucky stuff for stupid Americans and teens! Okinawa does not want to be identified with Japan.

After seeing the special on 'fishing' for tuna, in the Mediterranean Sea, I wouldn't eat sushi if you held me down! It is supposed to be illegal world wide to use nets for tuna fishing. But because the prices are so high large factory fishing nets are being used killing thousands of dolphins as well as catching tuna!

SUSHI AND MAYONNAISE IS A GROSS THOUGHT. WHY WOULD YOU PUT SOMETHING SO UNHEALTHY ON SOMETHING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SO HEALTHY?

I agree about the double clicking. If you have to send us to a list at least make the advertised tip the first one of the list!

Thank you for this information about sushi combined with mayonnaise. From now on when I order Sashimi I will request the mayo on the side. It is ignorant to eat something so healthy and then smother it with something fattening!!!

Pumpkin,
Please read.
Mom

Funny I'm reading this. I just returned from Okinawa, Japan today and my brother could not find spicy teka rolls there. He opted for regular tuna. Okinawans eat pretty healthy. Tons of veges, green tea, soups, and soy based dishes. The fish there is incredibly fresh! My uncle grows all of his own in his priceless garden he refuses to sell to real estate folks who approach him. Bravo for him! I was spoiled w/organic veges for a week. There is a lot of consumption of rice, rice crackers, and tempura. Okinawans seems so active that they can probably get away with it. I hear that older generations tend to be healthier as the younger generation seems to be influenced by Western diet. Portions are small and Okinawans tend not to stuff themselves, just eat until they're satisfied. Beautiful island, I encourage all to check out their tourist info, there's so much to do there. Just go when it's not too hot! January was perfect, as the cherry blossoms just started to bloom. I went to a festival in Motobu and ate the most delicious soba noodles and shesesqua (sp? -they're tiny oranges) flavored frozen yogurt. Not sure how healthy that meal was, but it was delicious!

Some people (like Paul who posted before me) erroneously believe the Japanese eat healthy food. Well, maybe the older generation did.

Before I go on, I spent 5 years there, and this is what I saw and experienced:

In Sushi bars in Japan, toro (fatty part of tuna) is a delicacy (usually one of the more expensive things on the menu), especially if you get chuu-toro (not oo-toro).

Japanese eat rubbish for lunch. They buy bento (or lunch boxes) from convenience stores. They are full of chemicals, usually have a western-style large portion of meat and few vegetables; or if they do have vegetables, it's a tiny piece of carrot with a slither of radish or something -- there's almost always mayonaise (invariably 'kyuupii') and/or soya sauce (adding salt and fat, although optional as it comes in little bottles or packages). One thing is for certain: if you want to eat healthy, have large portions of vegetables, not decoration-quantities!

Another thing is, contrary to popular belief, the Japanese these days do not eat very healthy food, and even at home, many of the dishes Mum serves up are full of chemicals. Don't believe me? Well walk around a Japanese supermarket and it's hard to find whole foods; and when you do, they're in small quantities at exorbitant prices. Most foods are in 'handy'-sized packs, and have more packaging than contents. One thing is true though, most Japanese don't eat large portions. However, most Japanese gorge themselves on foods low in nutrients, just as some of us do.

I have been to Japan and they put Mayo on everything. I do not know if Japanese Mayo is the same as the American version, however.

While I am sure that there use of mayo in japan is liberal, the consumption is far more moderate in comparison to the average American diet.

Also, many if not all Japanese people drink green tea on a regular basis which has been proven to aid in the prevention of arteriosclerosis.

Japanese restaurants are one place vegetarians like me can eat. I absolutely LOVE sushi with lots of ginger and edamame.

Previous comments on the balanced meal approach in *real* Japanese cuisine - focus on smaller portions with lots of vegetables (and vegetable laden rice), with savory spices and light sauces is exactly right. Sushi is meant to be part of meal, not a meal in itself. Go lite on the Teriyaki sauce, its got sugar, wheat and quite a bit of salt in it. Try a little fresh ginger and wasabi paste instead. The bite of the wasabi and ginger counters the tendency to inhale sushi, eating more than you should.

But the fatty sushi's are the best ones!

I agree with the other writers that there are too many links to click on. It is distracting and most times I never read the articles.

I'm glad you're addressing additional cuisines. Please continue the trend with Indian, Thai and Vietnamize.

Thanks.

Jenn

Is Vitamin safe over 500 mg Past article on danger to heart in high doses?

Reading about all these things that you thought were good for you and then you find out are really bad makes you stressed out causing your real age to be 3.7 years older. lol

Discussions like these sadden me. I am not an expert on Japanese cuisines, but I had a wonderful food tour of Tokyo given by a friend who has spent years his life learning Japanese home style cooking. We need to be very clear about a few things: the foods we eat in Japanese restaurants only vaguely resemble the foods average Japanese people eat on a daily basis. Further, the traditions of dining contextualize the few things we know very differently. Chicken teriyaki a good example of this. The thread posits chicken teriyaki as a good "diet" choice. The only time I ran into chicken teriyaki was in the fast food snack pack I bought while attending a wrestling match! By Japanese standards, it's junk. The portions of chicken are not a leg or a breast, but two or three bites sized chunks. And if it were ever part of a sit down meal it would be those two or three bites paired with 3 to 7 vegetable side dishes. Mostly single veggies prepared in dashi or lightly pickled. Perhaps there would be tofu in the meal, some sort of fish. But the health of Japanese cuisine comes not from the low fat main course, but relentless attention to small portion, and a dizzying array of vegetable preparations, and thoughtful relations to carbs. Japanese people eat meals and not simple dishes. They have many rules and expectations about how to prepare a complete meal, and these rules stack the deck heavily in favor of all those luscious veggies, and absolutely demand variation.

I would like a list of food and or vitamines that will lower may bad colestrol and raise my good colestrol as the statins seem to cause loss of muscle with me.

I love your articles but I must agree with everyone that too much clicking certainly kills the interest sometimes and takes out too much time for someone who has a lot of mails to read and uses the internet to do their jobs.

Roger - Depending on which Internet service you use, you might be able to have separate email addresses as part of your account. My provider, for instance, lets me have up to eight (I think) different email addresses at no additional cost.

I agree with everyone else about too much clicking to read the articles. Its too time consuming. linda from nebraska

Re: Victor

Yeah... And what makes it even worse is that now you have to go back to the email and click on all three! Before you could just use the left-hand side bar on the tips webpage to check out the tips for the whole week.

I must agree with victor. It's very anoying when you have little time to read emails and you have to click on other links.

My wife would like very much to take the real age questionaire also, but when she tries, she only finds out that only one per e-mail address is allowed. How does she get around that? We've e-mailed this problem before, but to no avail. Thank you for any help. Roger M.

I need a list of foods and/or vitamin supplements that will help me improve my LDL and HDL. My HDL is just above the minimum level (42) and my LDL is just below the upper limit level (93).

Thank you.

Ken Dusyn

Do sushis have to be made of brown rice to be OK with Dr. Oz diet ?

I enjoy reading the Realage health Tips. but the one thing the really irritates me is when I click on a link to read a tip and have to click on another link to read the tip. I'm pretty busy and want to read it when I click on it the first time without waiting for another page to open up on my computer. Thanks.

Seaweed salad? I make it with fresh or frozen seaweed from the Oriental food store (avoiding the artificial coloring the grocery stores like to add), rice vinegar, sesame seed oil, toasted sesame seeds, low-sodium soy sauce, fresh apple, and stevia instead of sugar....

What about Sablefish, fresh or smoked. Today I shopped for fish and the only "not previously frozen" I could find were Sablefish,Sole, Snapper. I refuse to eat frozen fish.

What about teriyaki? Made of lean chicken breast and teriyaki sause...MMMMMM! Though maybe hish on sodium, low on fat, carbs and calories, high on protein.

What about teriyaki? Made of lean chicken breast and teriyaki sause...MMMMMM! Though maybe hish on sodium, low on fat, carbs and calories, high on protein.

eating fish makes you 2.7 years younger..lol