Comments on: On Fiber and Food Nationalism 食物繊維と和食回帰について http://iamaviking.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/ Ramen. Risotto. Revolution. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:48:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Seiko http://iamaviking.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-5640 Seiko Wed, 28 May 2008 00:48:34 +0000 http://iamaviking.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-5640 This is my first time to write a comment, but I always enjoy reading your blog. I think that alot of Japanese people are quite open-minded about food and accepts different kinds of food from different countries. But it is also true that there are some people like Mr. Koizumi, and people who try desparately to make us eat rice and fish to protect the primary industry. There is no way that we will be eating three meals of rice, fish and miso soup everyday in the future though. It is not realistic. But it is real that the health problems are becoming more serious in Japan and there is a possibility to prevent them from what we eat, and I think this kind of field is more progressed in America. So I think that though the poster blames "western food" for constipation, in just a few years we will be learning alot more of healthy eating from them. I think that is a much more realistic way of improving Japanese people's health because we are too used to the tastes that are not originally Japanese and there are lots of open-minded people, which means people love to see what (fashionable food)people in other countries eat and try to eat the same(and maybe also Japanize some,, not even knowing)! This is my first time to write a comment, but I always enjoy reading your blog.
I think that alot of Japanese people are quite open-minded about food and accepts different kinds of food from different countries. But it is also true that there are some people like Mr. Koizumi, and people who try desparately to make us eat rice and fish to protect the primary industry. There is no way that we will be eating three meals of rice, fish and miso soup everyday in the future though. It is not realistic. But it is real that the health problems are becoming more serious in Japan and there is a possibility to prevent them from what we eat, and I think this kind of field is more progressed in America. So I think that though the poster blames “western food” for constipation, in just a few years we will be learning alot more of healthy eating from them. I think that is a much more realistic way of improving Japanese people’s health because we are too used to the tastes that are not originally Japanese and there are lots of open-minded people, which means people love to see what (fashionable food)people in other countries eat and try to eat the same(and maybe also Japanize some,, not even knowing)!

]]> By: Rice as Self, Corn as Nonentity: Thoughts on Food Identity and Culture Inspired by The Omnivore’s Dilemma « I am a viking. http://iamaviking.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-5320 Rice as Self, Corn as Nonentity: Thoughts on Food Identity and Culture Inspired by The Omnivore’s Dilemma « I am a viking. Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:00:04 +0000 http://iamaviking.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-5320 [...] lose its culinary and agricultural ideals. I never thought I’d say it, but I can see where Takeo Koizumi is coming [...] [...] lose its culinary and agricultural ideals. I never thought I’d say it, but I can see where Takeo Koizumi is coming [...]

]]> By: displaying japan » Blog Archive » Fiber, Nationalism, and Misrepresented Gastronomies: A Cultural Critique http://iamaviking.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-4836 displaying japan » Blog Archive » Fiber, Nationalism, and Misrepresented Gastronomies: A Cultural Critique Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:36:31 +0000 http://iamaviking.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-4836 [...] on I am a viking. A few weeks ago, I traveled to a village in rural Kumamoto prefecture to play taiko at a festival [...] [...] on I am a viking. A few weeks ago, I traveled to a village in rural Kumamoto prefecture to play taiko at a festival [...]

]]> By: Frog in a Well - The China History Group Blog http://iamaviking.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-4811 Frog in a Well - The China History Group Blog Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:29:15 +0000 http://iamaviking.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-4811 [...] a fellow Viking in Japan on JET, writes about Fiber and Food Nationalism in [...] [...] a fellow Viking in Japan on JET, writes about Fiber and Food Nationalism in [...]

]]> By: Xander http://iamaviking.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-4802 Xander Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:42:56 +0000 http://iamaviking.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-4802 How could Koizumi possibly neglect to remember the westernizing influences on the Japanese diet during the Muromachi period? Bordeaux and I were just discussing that topic during a commercial break during Ugly Betty the other day. I love your food journalism, as always Tim. This entry is exactly the reason I read 'I am a Viking'. -X How could Koizumi possibly neglect to remember the westernizing influences on the Japanese diet during the Muromachi period? Bordeaux and I were just discussing that topic during a commercial break during Ugly Betty the other day.

I love your food journalism, as always Tim. This entry is exactly the reason I read ‘I am a Viking’. -X

]]> By: Justin http://iamaviking.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-4729 Justin Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:03:44 +0000 http://iamaviking.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-4729 I really hope you wrote all of this off of the top of your head, simply because that would be awesome seeing how this is extremely well informed, but it seems that you did your research. I still think that school lunch is probably the healthiest meal I eat every day, but I don't see myself living on just those foods. There's such a difference between what we grew up eating, that the absence seems more like a "lack of" rather than "a difference". I did, however, stop drinking milk at school, because it's whole milk x5. I get by just fine with my low-fat milk. Also, someone needs to tell Koizumi that evolution doesn't work that way. I really hope you wrote all of this off of the top of your head, simply because that would be awesome seeing how this is extremely well informed, but it seems that you did your research. I still think that school lunch is probably the healthiest meal I eat every day, but I don’t see myself living on just those foods. There’s such a difference between what we grew up eating, that the absence seems more like a “lack of” rather than “a difference”. I did, however, stop drinking milk at school, because it’s whole milk x5. I get by just fine with my low-fat milk.

Also, someone needs to tell Koizumi that evolution doesn’t work that way.

]]> By: Tim http://iamaviking.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-4725 Tim Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:30:35 +0000 http://iamaviking.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-4725 Actually, I did some research on that. Discovery number one: the rate of osteoporosis in Japan is, surprisingly, about the same as it is in America. Discovery number two: osteoporosis is only one cause of hunchbacks. They can also result from either bad posture (often caused by weakness brought on by aging) or a genetic anomaly. But Koizumi is still bad and wrong. Actually, I did some research on that. Discovery number one: the rate of osteoporosis in Japan is, surprisingly, about the same as it is in America. Discovery number two: osteoporosis is only one cause of hunchbacks. They can also result from either bad posture (often caused by weakness brought on by aging) or a genetic anomaly.

But Koizumi is still bad and wrong.

]]> By: Vonnegurl http://iamaviking.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-4724 Vonnegurl Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:57:57 +0000 http://iamaviking.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/on-fiber-and-food-nationalism/#comment-4724 Wow! Well said, and very informative. I wonder how Koizumi accounts for the epidemic of hunchbacks in Japan. Even the stickers that suggests that bus seats should be surrendered to the elderly depict them as 90 degree angles, slouched on canes, with their backs nearly parallel to the floor. It makes me glad to see that milk magnet on the junior high school schedule everyday! Wow! Well said, and very informative.

I wonder how Koizumi accounts for the epidemic of hunchbacks in Japan. Even the stickers that suggests that bus seats should be surrendered to the elderly depict them as 90 degree angles, slouched on canes, with their backs nearly parallel to the floor. It makes me glad to see that milk magnet on the junior high school schedule everyday!

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