Not to mention all those power plants dumping toxic chemicals and radium into the ground and ocean. Japan killed us guys. If you want cancer eat fish and seaweed lol
@@alanacreates You gained weight because you went over your caloric intake limit and not because of their food. If you ate your macros and did not exceed your maintenance calories you would not have had any problems.
Hello my brother from Japan! This is actually the first time that I’m commenting on your blog. I live in Fukuoka, Japan I’m very thankful for this video, and I shared it on my Facebook page. I love what you do! I am an athlete and I am turning 55 in January! God bless you in 2021!
I am Japanese. Dr. Berg is correct. My great grandfather lived until 101 years old. My mother who is around 65 years old looks like 40 years old. We eat lots of fishes indeed. Slices of raw fishes are sold at a very cheap cost in every supermarket. We love natto and eat it almost everyday.
@@dnnnuii Thanks, just wanted to confirm :) I have always used Japan as an argument against the vegan mafia and anti-pork folks so it's good to know I was correct lol
Nutrition education in Japan starts at school, they have lunches prepared at school with local foods as much as possible, and balanced meals and the kids are educated to make better, healthy food choices. Plus like you said, they walk a lot, and while they don't necessarily do a lot of sport, they use the bike a lot. All that helps, besides the food
yap, the Japanese wonder why so little diet and cooking knowledge the people overseas have. We have to agree anonymously why they live short life. Knowledge is power. it has to be taught at home from cooking parent/s, grandparent/s. Not at school. Too late.
Been here in Japan for 2 years. Just did 4 miles of walking today. Ate salmon last night. And I love roasted seaweed/nori. Trying to have longevity for sure. Oh! And we've been on the Berg D3 and K2 tip for over a year and a half now.
@@GSPirosaki many Japanese people don't even like Natto. I prefer to just take K3 supplements for my arteries. I'm not fond of the taste of natto. It's in the US; 99 Ranch Markets has it.
Three further notes on natto: In Japan people will mix it it with their rice adding to it a mustard and a soy-based sauce. Many also enjoy mixing it in with curry (without the mustard and sauce). I have found it goes well on toast and hot dogs in a bun. As this video by Dr. Berg is now 2 days old, I don't expect many, if anyone, will see this note, but I send it out anyway.
I heard about natto first time in my life just a week ago (i´m 42 years old) and haven´t ever tasted it, but curry is most common spice what we use with rice in Finland. I remember the time that i was a toddler and eated rice and chicken with paprika/bell pepper, corn and peas. We always spiced that dish with curry and paprika powder. That is most common way for to eat rice and chicken here in Finland. If we make chicken sauce or soup we use curry in main spice in those too. I have no idea why curry has came such popular here with chicken and rise foods in general. It just is and i think it suites fine with both of those.
my friend is a Japanese doctor and he is telling me diabete rates there keep raising every single year and creating a lot of problems with their health care because some people dont wanna pay and skipping visits and medications. Their traditional meals are healthy, but the younger generations do not eat like their grandparents anymore
Their habits changed a too much along the generations, to guarantee a blame on a single food... More western influence, much bigger access to food as a whole in a daily basis, loss of their food culture with the families shrinking (a young single person, or even a young couple, wont cook traditional meals much often), and other stuff...
@@sonia1082 have fish atleast once a day,walk alot and im in love with green tea and miso soup...one thing i could not get used to was the taste of natto.
Hi! I hated natto when I first married my Japanese husband. But he introduced me to natto maki, a type of sushi with natto and Shiso leaf. Loved natto ever since!
Natto can actually be quite tasty. It usually comes with a small packet of Japanese mustard. Mix it well with the mustard and some soy sauce, and mix with a little rice. It's even better if you add some finely-chopped green onion, and perhaps some finely chopped pepper. The most difficult thing to get past it is the slineyness, but that is easy to get used to, and maybe even enjoy. There are special techniques for eating the stuff. I've also heard of some people adding it into soups and stews, but I haven't tried this yet. I usually have it for a quick breakfast with some leftover rice.
Excellent vid, thanks so much👍🏻 I lived in Asia and the Middle East for 10 years. I’ve been to 55 countries. It’s amazing to me as an American how poor our knowledge is of the rest of the world.
@@dohalimilqarasdeldemenanci8483 As weird as it might sound the places in the US with the most gun violence are the ones with the most strict gun laws. And yes, we are at or close to the top for obesity.
I was going to look that up today: the healthiest countries in the world, and what they eat vs. what we eat in here in America. This was so interesting and informative. I just subscribed to this channel. Looking forward tomorrow. Thank you, Dr. Berg.
@ So Japan is very walkable then? U.S. should follow. In the U.S. if someone walks across town to church, work, the store, even with their families, snowflakes will cry child abuse and cps will be on it trying to take kids away. Look at what happened when Jill Duggar walked down to Chick fil A and the outrage over that!! Ridicolus and dumb!!!!
Omega-3s and some kind of fermented food seem to be very powerful for longevity! I also think it makes a lot of sense if we look at the science behind it.
@@optimizewithscience8883 Yep. I think omega3 is important, but the lack of omega6 is probably even more so. I think refined seed oils is the absolute worst thing in the diet. One does not need a lot of omega3 IMHO. Its not a bulk energy source. Though you need more with omega 6 since they antagonize.
Also related is the way they balance their daily meals. If there is a Fair amount of veggies (actually It can be less than what health obsessed people eat in the west) of good quality, and good quality animal and veggie protein, which is a good compliment to the high energy of polished rice and polished wheat. Which they can eat everyday. Asians have found out centuries Ago, without any modern scientific jargon, this "diet tech" where they have huge benefits from a fair ratio between very easily digestible foods (carbs ideally) and good quality fiber and a veggie and animal protein combination. People in the west, including the scientists, havent understood that.
Thanks for all your great knowledge Dr. Berg!!! I was diagnosed with Ms just over 2 years ago and your videos have helped me so much! Best wishes from Ireland! :)
@@lollolliii Good thanks for asking. Still had symptoms but try to keep them at bay with good diet and exercise. Don't take ms medication. Hope you have a great day!🙂
@@sksk-ir5fo thanks! Yes I also had one sickness and take medication but am slowly trying to get away from it with a whole foods diet with no highly processed carbs and lots of water.
Why not? In my city there is a law if you use the expression "illegal alien" you can be fined $250,000. The law is the law! In USA, they will by law make you drink Coke and eat sugar. Hey, the politicians know best and government workers are God's"
The socialist movement is trying. Look at the laws in New York. There is no place for these type of oppressive laws in a constitutional republic! I’m shocked Dr Berg is promoting oppression, he needs to read the intent of the founding fathers. Oppression is a slippery slope.
Dr Berg, I lost 6 kilos in 6 weeks following your methodology. I went from 98 to 92. Its been at least 3 years since I've been able to reach this weight. Thank you. I made my own video about it. And mentioned you as an authority.
I'm a Japanese, living in UK. Yes, we have some unhealthy people in Japan but not as many as here in UK. I assume the situation in US is similar to UK. The biggest differences I have noticed is the education system. In Japan, we learn the importance of healthy diet at school. School lunch system is part of it. Ironically, the school lunch scheme started by help of US citizens after WW2. Most Japanese are aware of the importance of the balanced diet and moderate amount of exercises. Despite the effort, there are some unhealthy people but I suppose the sitution is not as bad as countries like US and UK.
The UK government doesn't want people to be 100 yo. They want them dead as early as possible after they're retired. That's why you see no effort from the government to get people to eat healthier and to exercise more.
US is worse than UK, but in European stantards i think UK is quite bad condition with nutriets in them foods. I also heard at least from the begining of 90s that inuk thay have bad habbit to boil veggies so long that there is no flavor on anything. So propably there ain´t much of the nutrients left either. Obiesity sure is bigger problem in UK than in here Finland. Of course we have fat people here too, but not much of super fat people like in UK and UK hasn´t reached same level with that as US. There the problem super fat people are highest in whole wide world.
It's worse in the U.S. People here will not listen to learning about good dietary habits. They're bullheaded and lazy both physically and mentally. They have little personal discipline to eat properly nor to exercise. I'm embarrassed for America.
Had my first Kale/Parsley/Water and apple blended drink today...I used a small apple cause blueberries and strawberries are very hard to find and also are very expensive where I live. I also put a piece of turmeric root in there as well. I found grass fed rib eye steaks (New Zealand product) and they were great... On my second day of keto and I am feeling much better already... Thanks Dr. Berg!!!
Kale & parsley are very toxic to humans, they contain high levels of oxalates which are plant defence compounds & can cause inflammation & kidney stones. Keep up with the grass fed rib eyes though, they are the real superfood! I live in New Zealand so am lucky enough to eat a ribeye a few times a week.
@@davelawson2564 You didn't ask a question, so why do I need to reply to that? We were talking about hills in cities, not how often we walk on them. Anyhow, it seems like you are just here to troll, so perhaps you should go and eat the junk food, as it is more fitting. fwiw, I haven't had McDonald's for a long time.
I really don't understand how people get fat. As an adult I got slightly overweight once and started having trouble sleeping, felt like crap, and felt uncomfortable. Didn't last long.
Went from having a 42" waist two years ago to a 32" waist thanks to your keto advice!! Im actually surprised I kept the weight off. The first weight loss I did, back in 2014, I lost about 50 pounds, gained it all back over the year. Idk if it had to do with the Slimfast diet I was doing. But I'm happy with myself now! Hard work pays off!
I have read that Japanese consume about 12 mg of iodine daily from their diet. If true it is staggeringly higher than what our FDA guidelines recommend.
Hi Dr Berg I’m Japanese I moved to America in 2006 and 8 years later I diagnosed pre-diabetes in 2014 (A1C 6.0). Every year, my numbers elevate 0.1 2018 numbers elevate to 6.4. I changed my diet to keto diet plus Japanese diet my A1C is 6.1 now Japanese food and American food is not that much different now days but I realized American food is way has a larger portion and much sweeter compared to Japanese food.
my sister n law's father was Japanese and died in his 40s. They eat well, but the men especially in the city will work themselves to death. When I vacationed over there I did notice that they ate small meals all day, but they were super low in calories and no sugar.
The got restaurants like burger king and Macdonalds I been there and I don't like it, all the people likes the same What it matters I eat healthy that's it Plus the eat cats and dogs.
Dr Berg, I’ve enjoyed your information up until I hear you promoting government enforced health standards. This is a terrible idea! You may subscribe to the Japanese dietary guidelines but what if the “government” decides a vegan diet is best or some other crazy specifications? We are not a socialist country and we do not demand under force of law lifestyle restrictions. Government runs on our money and works for us so “government” does not foot the bill, we do. In a Democratic Republic the restrictions of what the government can do to us are already in the Bill of Rights. That’s it. Doesn’t say anything about diet. I’m shocked at how this type of oppression so easily gets put out there as some dream advancement toward utopia. What if the “government” decides it’s unhealthy to travel outside the US, ski, own pets etc. can you see how this does not fit into a constitutional Republic? Please retract some of the content of this video.
I eat natto (with hot mustard & soy sauce) everyday for breakfast, with some cold rice from the refrigerator (previously steamed). My 12 yr old kids eat natto once per week. We are Caucasian Canadians, who just happen to love natto - lol.
Well you must be very young. Wait til you're older if American food quality stays the same. I used to could say the same til age 30. Then children (late), hormonal/insulin imbalances, and living through the low calorie food craze screwed me up.
I live in Tokyo, and although we eat a huge amount of rice everyday we also walk a LOT everyday. And true, we eat fish everyday. And the elderly in here keep themselves active. My neighbour, a couple in their early 80s run a small fruits & veggies shop and every morning they still drive their truck to the market to buy supply for their shop !
The key for their health is, not many people using cars because they walk and use train and in the train station, not so many elevators and escalators, stairs, stairs. I saw many people who are over 80 years used stairs, and seems not complaining. 70 years old man is still standing in the train while they provide them with disable seats. Their food is actually not so healthy. It is ramen nation (processed food), instant noodle nation, but burnt by stairs and walking. It is very hard to find real green vegetables over there for tourist, just iceberg lettuce.
Not only do they follow better dietary lifestyle choices, they also approach vaccination much more safely and definitely do not mandate them on individuals. "What I've learned" has a couple great videos on the health in Japan. Good stuff!
@Star Constellation Well, either a person is going to get vaccinated or not, and a vaccination is either necessary or not. So I would say a person should get the vaccinations which are deemed necessary while having a choice on the others. And I would guess that's what we do here in the U.S., or am I wrong? I cannot believe we force every possible vaccination on everyone for no good reason. And this leads to the question of whether vaccinations are good or not. I am NOT an anti-vaxxer, but I think the original comment which has garnered a fair amount of thumbs up seems to imply that vaccinations are not necessarily a good thing. If you want to say I am not being fair or seeing the subtle nuance, fine, I'll just ask you what "... they also approach vaccination much more safely and definitely do not mandate them on individuals." means, exactly. Like I said, a person either gets vaccinated or not, and a vaccination is either necessary or not, and if it's not, why are we offering it if it can do harm, potentially more harm than good?
@@mydogskips2 yes, yes I am. Don't worry, I already know that makes me an anti-science flat-earther for believing/understanding, and experiencing first hand, that injecting and ingesting toxins is detrimental to our health. Although the vaccines used in Japan are manufactured much safer and given over a much more reasonable schedule I would still choose not to do so ever again.
@@above_genetics Alright, thanks for the clarification. "... the vaccines used in Japan are manufactured much safer and given over a much more reasonable schedule..." sounds like a reasonable approach which explains things a bit better, it clarifies your original statement and generally answers my question. As I said, I am not an anti-vaxxer, but honestly, at this point, with as many people who have come out against it and have told their personal stories with bad experiences/outcomes, I do have my concerns about vaccines and do not summarily dismiss those who question them.
I appreciate how u gave it away in the first 10 seconds of the video then began explaining for next 4 minutes.... i hate it when creators drag us through the video to the big "reveal".....
Good lord. I’ve been living in Japan for 25 years , almost half my life, and I’m shocked to read this. Other than the low obesity rates, the other points are highly suspect. People are generally NOT in great shape here and there is so much cancer and severe skin problems. Yes there are not a lot of overweight people and there a much fewer smokers than in previous decades, but the there are so many who seldom or never exercise and drink far too much alcohol. I think that the diet that the good doctor mentions in detail here is much more common among the elderly and baby boomer generation.
yes well that and global warming is literally destroying everything including food quality so you cant blame the younger generations when they cant do anything about it
viper king 65 : my grandma ate lots of fat, made all her own food, had her own orchard. Walked everywhere. Lived to 96 with no ailments. If she hadn’t smoked she probably would have lived even longer.
Ah, yes!! I remember reading an article about "the happiest place on earth," and it was Okinawa. This was determined by their values -- connectedness, compassion, respect, and kindness -- as opposed to pursuits of wealth, power, and status. In other words, they have a GREAT attitude! :-) Thanks Dr. Berg.
I was just living in Japan. The young people are not healthy , they love fast food. fried food. the healthy tradition is out of style unfortunately. Organic food is very hard to find and *extremely* expensive. Forget grass fed beef, pastured eggs, non sprayed greens, veggies and fruits. Chia seeds are like 35$ a pound lol. America has lots of unhealthy people but also lots extremely health conscious people. We have more organic markets then anywhere in the world. Im proud and grateful America has so much high quality food.
How long have you lived there? Yeah, fast food is becoming popular all over the world, and there is always the group who eats whats they want. But if really think that the young people are not healthy compared to the rest of the world (especially America) you haven't lived here long enough. Yeah, everyone eats fast food, but the portions are different, and how many times they actually eat it is different. The typical fast food in Japan is 100xs more healthy than America. But if you're talking about western fast food that is here, it's basically the same. Oh, and if you think the beef and eggs are not different I don't know what to tell you. I could tell DAY 1, they raised their produce differently. The taste of milk and the color of the eggs is noticeable. And Japan doesn't really need to jump on the Organic band wagon, because they really never went off of it, along side most of Asia and the world frankly. But enjoy your highly processed foods, and miss marked "Organic" food. Haha
Europe seems to have the highest quality of goods. We don't hide ingredients like American and the amount of banned stuff is very lengthy unlike America. Organic is huge too and cheap.
I live in Japan and organic products are easy to find. I usually got mine from regular supermarkets such as Aeon, Maruetsu and Precce (they are the closest to my house) and the prices are not much higher than regular products, many times the same, or even lower, and that's not on "Sale". There are of course more expensive organic supermarkets such as Bio C'bon and others, but I only go there to find imported products.
And their eggs are AMAZING! That was the first time in my life i ever encountered orange yolks. I had thought it was some special kind of chicken breed. They just took it for granted and said no, thats just how eggs are supposed to be. You can actually buy eggs in vending machines.
What?! Yolk changes more of yellow when cooked but in egg it is little bit orange and changes more close to yellow after cooking. If it is boiled 3 minute egg and the yolk ain´t got hard it sure is pretty orange still.
I knew it would be my country! Dr. Berg you are absolutely right about everything! We love seafood, veggies, and fermented food. It's true we are getting westernized but still many of us don't like too much sugary stuff. Living in the U.S., I feel like Japanese veggies are tastier and easier to find takeout food with lots of veggies. The portion of each meal is smaller than the U.S. even in McDonald's! Also We care a lot about Umami which is why Japanese cooking uses less sugar and salt. Some of the traditional Japanese food are sun dried such as fish, veggies, and fruits. I think these sun dried foods also play an important role for our longest longevity. What do you think?
Mostly it works in Japan because of their cultural team perspective. There is peer pressure to be a good team member, for all things, not just their health.
I don't think people eat due to peer pressure there...except when you are out to dinner with your boss. When they do eat with the team, it is not often healthy due to the large amount of beer and the lesser healthy foods at the izakaya. Typically the meals eaten outside of the work group are often healthier since they are not social event foods.
Hello, you mentioned "some education" with the METABO law, but way much more important on the current health outcome of Japan was (and still is) the implementation of the SHOKUIKU law which mandates nutritional education on all levels of education in Japan and its been working very creatively for the past 15 years, our app is based on that and we will put it to work on some cities in Mexico and the USA, you cannot promote long-lasting health benefits without education... Thanks
Except the USA indoctrinates their citizens with lies throughout school years!!!!! Anything to keep that big pharma bankroll flowing! No one should ever be forced with laws on something like this! That communist and Draconian insanity! We are and will remain a free country! Anyone that desires otherwise can f off!
Absolutely right 👍 They're healthy because they know how to take care of themselves in terms of their eating habits and sport 😊 they walk a lot and they do everything by themselves
I am from Indonesia and we consume like japanese. Indonesia and japan are big maritime country and we are lucky to have fishes and seafood everyday. I guess japanese food style (when they invaded indonesia in 1940) has been practising until now. We also produce tahu, tempe and enjoy these products every day. My grannies and aunties died over 100 yo. I am as old as Dr.Berg but people often say I look like 35 or younger 😄
Every time you visit a doctor they measure your height and weight and figure your BMI from that.That's how insurance rates are determined. It's just not pronounced pubic knowledge. There is a difference between Japan and the USA as their citizens tend to be of shorter and smaller stature. Dr Berg is right and very good information to know.
Great video, you are so correct. Also, I remember when I went to Japan, lots of people were wearing surgical masks to cover their nose and mouth to be considerate of others not to get sick. Here in the United States people are so clueless they don't cover their nose and mouth when they sneeze or cough... BTW : natto is pronounced='"not toe" :)
Wouldn't it be great if as a country we could strive for this without any government intervention but just as a motivation to feel great and live longer
I love Dr. Berg, Japan and living healthy but we in the US have certain freedoms that people in other countries don't have. Just because people ought to do certain things does not entitle strangers to use force to make them do those things. We, the American people hire other people to do certain limited, specified things as outlined in the Constitution and nothing else. We are their bosses not the other way around
Dr Berg is not discussing keto here. I think its important to realise Japanese dont "do keto", but eat several small ( tiny) meals per day. Their noodle and rice intake is small.. Miniscule compared to American portions. I recall when I first went to the USA.. a normal platter was shocking! It looked like a meal for a giant.. Or four people!
I teach Japanese professionals and they always talk about the quality and variety of food there. But the problem is, they are becoming westernized, the younger generation is now having health issues plus their suicide rate is super high because of the high expectations at work and school. But the one thing they always have, natto and matcha.
I saw a documentary on Okinawa supercenturians and 65% of their diet comes from Okinawa sweet potatoes. They spend a lot of their time growing their own food. And family is a priority.
I'm also wondering if this country has any glyphosate used on their vegetables. Or what their use of pesticides is. I'm sure the level of their chemical use is a very small percentage as compared to the u.s.
Not as much as most people think. When I was young people ate 1 small potatoe with a meal. Large potatoes would be cut in half. Now they eat over half the plate with potatoes. A half cup of rice or noodles would be about the same thing. There would not be 3 cups if rice on the plate. If you go yo a good Japanese restaurant rice and noodle portions are very small.
You misunderstood everything and havent realized the role of not eating stuff in an "american portion", and the difference of eating with good quality veggies and good animal protein. That way they can handle polished carbs better and eat them actually in all meals If they want. Health conscious people in the west are not fully aware that eating veggies and good proteins and whole carbs *in American portions wont do them as good as expected in theory. Because western science since a long time was too focused on nutrition capacity of the food (the source of the big mistake in your view) But century-old asian wisdom, without any modern science jargon, paid lots of attention to digestive quality, something that has been less neglected by western science in recent times (only because some of their old eating advices failed miserably). It's better to eat asian style with their polished carbs, than eat American style with whole carbs.
You forgot moderation. Yes they eat pork but only in some days, not to mention their pigs are pasture-raised. They grow their own produce and catch animals from the wild.
As I mentioned in another thread, note the lack of Omega 6 in their diet. Americans not only have that in the diet, they add fuel to the fire with fructose with these unstable lipids in their tissues and therefore glycated. We can assume the pork is not grain fed.
@@niqerfaguettranykyke No, they eat lots of pork. The thing is a semantics matter: they eat often, but dont eat American portions. That is Very important. Same Deal about their polished rice btw, the so inconvenient subject for many western health professionals: with a good quality animal protein and veggie combination, It's alright no Handle polished carbs - which they eat in all their meals. They found out this "diet tech" decades Ago. Actually If you eat "American portions" of the best quality food possible in the world, It wont do as much good as expected in theory. Because asian wisdom realized the crucial role of digestion and maintaining digestive quality with healthy portions and healthy meal spacing.
I recently gave up one of my two cups of coffee in the morning and swapped it out for green tea. I didn''t think I could do it or stick to it b/c I love my coffee but it has been quite easy and I enjoy it. There are beneficial antioxidants in it that coffee doesn't have. Also, I carry tea packets in my purse b/c hot water is available at restaurants, gas stations and workplace water coolers 👍. I'm on my way to an Okiwana diet😊
It's weird that you listed fish and shellfish (could have just put that as one category but you need to inflate the meat consumption for your idealogy) the okinowans consume way less than 5% of their total calories from fish. They essentially eat a whole food diet coming mostly from plants
I knew that it will be Japan, I guessed it 😅 I want to live healthy that's why I prefer walking every day better than taking a bus or a taxi. I eat rice with fish, I eat vegetables and fermented vegetables and olive, I'm trying to add more vitamins to my food. Dr Berg thanks for all the information that you are giving. I'm following all what you are and I'm trying to apply it in my daily life.
How do you know it's because of the diet? Have they adjusted the statistics after height since it's heavily correlated to longevity? Or after weight/bodymass? Or after the health care system keeping people alive? Or after the famin in ww2 when that generation japanese were starving? Or after less crimes/early deaths? Or after biological/genetic reasons for longevity since the japanese is a very homogeneous people? All these factors affect longevity so how do we know it's because of the diet? It seems obvious to me (and I'm no scientist) that the japanese have MANY characteristics well suited for longevity so to pin point the diet is like giving 10% of the truth.
There are healthiest people in the hunza region of Pakistan where people live up to 145 years,eat organic food , breathe fresh air and drink pure fresh water.Apricot is the main ingredient in their meals.not to mention they are rough and tough people who do tremendous amount of trekking and hiking daily.
I can't help but wonder at the long term affect of all the convenience stores with prepared foods will have on their overall health once this older traditional eating generation dies off. Walking doesn't help if you're consuming loads of processed carbs and dairy. .
Japan has 112 volcano. Volcanic ash contains very high concentrations of minerals, and when mixed with soils, nutrients such as phosphates, nitrates, potassium and calcium (among others) which are needed for the healthy growth of plants. ... Volcanic soil is fertile because it is new, having just been erupted out into the upper world.
Unfortunately it's changing in Japan as they embrace 'western' foods and eating tons more sugar. They never used to eat like that back in the day.
Yep the bubble tea(tapiocca pearl)is very popular in south east asia,china,korea,japan
Don't worry, it's mandatory to be fit at almost every workplace, they might lose job.
Not to mention all those power plants dumping toxic chemicals and radium into the ground and ocean. Japan killed us guys. If you want cancer eat fish and seaweed lol
@@kimberleymh there's nothing left to eat in this world hehe... Still thinking that fishes are healthier solution than chicken or pork or whatever
@@alanacreates You gained weight because you went over your caloric intake limit and not because of their food. If you ate your macros and did not exceed your maintenance calories you would not have had any problems.
Hello my brother from Japan! This is actually the first time that I’m commenting on your blog. I live in Fukuoka, Japan I’m very thankful for this video, and I shared it on my Facebook page. I love what you do! I am an athlete and I am turning 55 in January! God bless you in 2021!
I am Japanese. Dr. Berg is correct. My great grandfather lived until 101 years old. My mother who is around 65 years old looks like 40 years old. We eat lots of fishes indeed. Slices of raw fishes are sold at a very cheap cost in every supermarket. We love natto and eat it almost everyday.
I've a question..why don't you get sick when you eat raw fish? I would think you'd get some kind of illness with eating raw meat, from any animal.
Cish 60 no you are wrong... you get sick if you eat raw fish that is not fresh and is not properly cut.
@@dnnnuii Question - is pork consumed? I thought it was, albeit in small quantities, but Dr. Berg only listed seafood.
@@Cattitude369 Of course we do. We consume beef, pork, lamb, any types of meat :) but not as much as seafood i guess
@@dnnnuii Thanks, just wanted to confirm :) I have always used Japan as an argument against the vegan mafia and anti-pork folks so it's good to know I was correct lol
Nutrition education in Japan starts at school, they have lunches prepared at school with local foods as much as possible, and balanced meals and the kids are educated to make better, healthy food choices. Plus like you said, they walk a lot, and while they don't necessarily do a lot of sport, they use the bike a lot. All that helps, besides the food
Japan makes doing things correctly a top priority. That’s wonderful!
Japan is the third place in Olympics. They are athletic
yap, the Japanese wonder why so little diet and cooking knowledge the people overseas have. We have to agree anonymously why they live short life. Knowledge is power. it has to be taught at home from cooking parent/s, grandparent/s. Not at school. Too late.
@@Truthseeker371 wow, very well said!! the earlier, the better
Been here in Japan for 2 years. Just did 4 miles of walking today. Ate salmon last night. And I love roasted seaweed/nori. Trying to have longevity for sure. Oh! And we've been on the Berg D3 and K2 tip for over a year and a half now.
@vince orr albert Yaaa sooner or later that little hot mess will make a difference in their diet. Ours as well.
Its mainly genetics with lifestyle, just eating like them isn't necessarily going to increase longevity too much, its all code written in your genes.
You are in Japan and you are not eating natto?
@@GSPirosaki many Japanese people don't even like Natto. I prefer to just take K3 supplements for my arteries. I'm not fond of the taste of natto. It's in the US; 99 Ranch Markets has it.
@vince orr albert I recommend looking at a RUclips video regarding Fukushima. I live no where near that town.
Three further notes on natto: In Japan people will mix it it with their rice adding to it a mustard and a soy-based sauce. Many also enjoy mixing it in with curry (without the mustard and sauce). I have found it goes well on toast and hot dogs in a bun. As this video by Dr. Berg is now 2 days old, I don't expect many, if anyone, will see this note, but I send it out anyway.
do you know any good brands in particular?
I heard about natto first time in my life just a week ago (i´m 42 years old) and haven´t ever tasted it, but curry is most common spice what we use with rice in Finland. I remember the time that i was a toddler and eated rice and chicken with paprika/bell pepper, corn and peas. We always spiced that dish with curry and paprika powder. That is most common way for to eat rice and chicken here in Finland. If we make chicken sauce or soup we use curry in main spice in those too. I have no idea why curry has came such popular here with chicken and rise foods in general. It just is and i think it suites fine with both of those.
my friend is a Japanese doctor and he is telling me diabete rates there keep raising every single year and creating a lot of problems with their health care because some people dont wanna pay and skipping visits and medications. Their traditional meals are healthy, but the younger generations do not eat like their grandparents anymore
There's nothing wrong with dairy (grass feed)
@Supreme Frequencies Fat dairy is great for Scandinavian people, but not su much for most Asians. Probably different genes.
@@dali_bor i would exclude milk from that as it is extremely high in sugars.
Their habits changed a too much along the generations, to guarantee a blame on a single food...
More western influence, much bigger access to food as a whole in a daily basis, loss of their food culture with the families shrinking (a young single person, or even a young couple, wont cook traditional meals much often), and other stuff...
Westernization ...its happening even in korea
I love Japan!! I got the honor to deploy to Okinawa for 6 months! Beautiful people and country 🇯🇵
Ive lived in japan kanagawa for 3 years im so glad to have adapted to many of their lifestyles..
Aisha b What for example?
@@sonia1082 have fish atleast once a day,walk alot and im in love with green tea and miso soup...one thing i could not get used to was the taste of natto.
U indonesian?
@@tazboy1934 nope
Hi! I hated natto when I first married my Japanese husband. But he introduced me to natto maki, a type of sushi with natto and Shiso leaf. Loved natto ever since!
Natto can actually be quite tasty. It usually comes with a small packet of Japanese mustard. Mix it well with the mustard and some soy sauce, and mix with a little rice. It's even better if you add some finely-chopped green onion, and perhaps some finely chopped pepper. The most difficult thing to get past it is the slineyness, but that is easy to get used to, and maybe even enjoy. There are special techniques for eating the stuff. I've also heard of some people adding it into soups and stews, but I haven't tried this yet. I usually have it for a quick breakfast with some leftover rice.
Excellent vid, thanks so much👍🏻
I lived in Asia and the Middle East for 10 years. I’ve been to 55 countries. It’s amazing to me as an American how poor our knowledge is of the rest of the world.
Me too. I've lived in three continents & happily in N.E Asia for the last 20.
You can’t keep a strong illusion of freedom if you teach the people about other countries.
Top on what? Gun violence? Obesity?
@@lillymiller95lm26 yeah freedom to get shot up at Wal-Mart
@@dohalimilqarasdeldemenanci8483 As weird as it might sound the places in the US with the most gun violence are the ones with the most strict gun laws. And yes, we are at or close to the top for obesity.
I was going to look that up today: the healthiest countries in the world, and what they eat vs. what we eat in here in America. This was so interesting and informative. I just subscribed to this channel. Looking forward tomorrow. Thank you, Dr. Berg.
Hey, you should eat organic things only and work hard d'nt ride on bikes or cars, then you live long.
@@scientists1695 how is riding a bike guna stop you living long apart from the testicle issue
There is a channel, where a person walks across Osaka and just records his walk.
I've never seen anyone who was obese.
Andy Spark rambalac?
@@yoelrenarky9044
the channel i follow called 'shitb ambient' , i will check your suggestion
@California Hwy 1
Do sumo wrestlers walk around as part of their exercise ? No. That means, during those recordings i never saw one.
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So Japan is very walkable then?
U.S. should follow.
In the U.S. if someone walks across town to church, work, the store, even with their families, snowflakes will cry child abuse and cps will be on it trying to take kids away.
Look at what happened when Jill Duggar walked down to Chick fil A and the outrage over that!!
Ridicolus and dumb!!!!
Andy Spark is it their air quality as well? I have been looking recently at air pollution and seems to have an impact on thyroid health.
Greetings from Poland. I started IF, am 5 days in. Doing low carb and trying to get more keto in time.
Good luck and stick with it!
Omega-3s and some kind of fermented food seem to be very powerful for longevity!
I also think it makes a lot of sense if we look at the science behind it.
I think its the lack of omega6 even more. Fermented vegetables certainly helps as well given it helps deal with plant defense mechanisms.
@@gwynedd1 You mean that Japan doesn't consume seed oils and have therefore a lower intake of omega-6? Probably its a combination
@@optimizewithscience8883
Yep. I think omega3 is important, but the lack of omega6 is probably even more so. I think refined seed oils is the absolute worst thing in the diet. One does not need a lot of omega3 IMHO. Its not a bulk energy source. Though you need more with omega 6 since they antagonize.
Also related is the way they balance their daily meals. If there is a Fair amount of veggies (actually It can be less than what health obsessed people eat in the west) of good quality, and good quality animal and veggie protein, which is a good compliment to the high energy of polished rice and polished wheat. Which they can eat everyday. Asians have found out centuries Ago, without any modern scientific jargon, this "diet tech" where they have huge benefits from a fair ratio between very easily digestible foods (carbs ideally) and good quality fiber and a veggie and animal protein combination. People in the west, including the scientists, havent understood that.
Good thread.
Thanks for all your great knowledge Dr. Berg!!! I was diagnosed with Ms just over 2 years ago and your videos have helped me so much! Best wishes from Ireland! :)
how are you doing :)?
@@lollolliii Good thanks for asking. Still had symptoms but try to keep them at bay with good diet and exercise. Don't take ms medication. Hope you have a great day!🙂
@@sksk-ir5fo thanks! Yes I also had one sickness and take medication but am slowly trying to get away from it with a whole foods diet with no highly processed carbs and lots of water.
Imagine trying to impose a law about your weight in this country?
Why not? In my city there is a law if you use the expression
"illegal alien" you can be fined $250,000. The law is the law!
In USA, they will by law make you drink Coke and eat sugar.
Hey, the politicians know best and government workers
are God's"
All they gave us is obummer care :(
Haha. There'd be a thousand lardasses picketing with a sign in one hand and a big mac in the other
The socialist movement is trying. Look at the laws in New York. There is no place for these type of oppressive laws in a constitutional republic! I’m shocked Dr Berg is promoting oppression, he needs to read the intent of the founding fathers. Oppression is a slippery slope.
Nina Subramanian Dr. Berg is NOT promoting any such law! 😂😂😂You need to open your ears.
Dr Berg, I lost 6 kilos in 6 weeks following your methodology. I went from 98 to 92. Its been at least 3 years since I've been able to reach this weight. Thank you. I made my own video about it. And mentioned you as an authority.
Vitamin K2 also has anti ageing effects apart from preventing calcification of tissue
Dr. Berg, it’s thanksgiving (in Canada) healthy can take the back seat right now! It’s Pie Time!
Happy Thanksgiving Canadians!! 🦃 🍰 🍨 🍁
According to YT the Japanese schools have no janitors. The students clean the schools. What a wonderful training, and country.
Yes. My daughter is in Japanese school and they clean every day. Also, a big cleaning day on the last day of school.
I'm a Japanese, living in UK. Yes, we have some unhealthy people in Japan but not as many as here in UK. I assume the situation in US is similar to UK.
The biggest differences I have noticed is the education system. In Japan, we learn the importance of healthy diet at school. School lunch system is part of it. Ironically, the school lunch scheme started by help of US citizens after WW2.
Most Japanese are aware of the importance of the balanced diet and moderate amount of exercises. Despite the effort, there are some unhealthy people but I suppose the sitution is not as bad as countries like US and UK.
The UK government doesn't want people to be 100 yo. They want them dead as early as possible after they're retired. That's why you see no effort from the government to get people to eat healthier and to exercise more.
US is worse than UK, but in European stantards i think UK is quite bad condition with nutriets in them foods. I also heard at least from the begining of 90s that inuk thay have bad habbit to boil veggies so long that there is no flavor on anything. So propably there ain´t much of the nutrients left either.
Obiesity sure is bigger problem in UK than in here Finland. Of course we have fat people here too, but not much of super fat people like in UK and UK hasn´t reached same level with that as US. There the problem super fat people are highest in whole wide world.
I ❤ japan! I have friends who live there.
It's worse in the U.S. People here will not listen to learning about good dietary habits. They're bullheaded and lazy both physically and mentally. They have little personal discipline to eat properly nor to exercise. I'm embarrassed for America.
Had my first Kale/Parsley/Water and apple blended drink today...I used a small apple cause blueberries and strawberries are very hard to find and also are very expensive where I live. I also put a piece of turmeric root in there as well.
I found grass fed rib eye steaks (New Zealand product) and they were great...
On my second day of keto and I am feeling much better already... Thanks Dr. Berg!!!
Kale & parsley are very toxic to humans, they contain high levels of oxalates which are plant defence compounds & can cause inflammation & kidney stones. Keep up with the grass fed rib eyes though, they are the real superfood! I live in New Zealand so am lucky enough to eat a ribeye a few times a week.
I can think of another common factor: The landscape. These places have lots of hills and slopes which make every walk an excercise.
Dave Lawson the city I live in is mostly hills ;-)
@@davelawson2564 I'm sure there are hilly cities in Japan. Now you know, as before you didn't.
@@davelawson2564 You didn't ask a question, so why do I need to reply to that? We were talking about hills in cities, not how often we walk on them.
Anyhow, it seems like you are just here to troll, so perhaps you should go and eat the junk food, as it is more fitting.
fwiw, I haven't had McDonald's for a long time.
@@davelawson2564 _"And I'm sure you don't walk those hills on daily basis."_
That is not a question.
Spain is also up there!! I live there and the Mediterranean diet is wonderful
I really don't understand how people get fat. As an adult I got slightly overweight once and started having trouble sleeping, felt like crap, and felt uncomfortable. Didn't last long.
Insulin resistance
Great topic for a video! I was planning to make a video on it myself! Well done 👍🔥
Went from having a 42" waist two years ago to a 32" waist thanks to your keto advice!! Im actually surprised I kept the weight off. The first weight loss I did, back in 2014, I lost about 50 pounds, gained it all back over the year. Idk if it had to do with the Slimfast diet I was doing. But I'm happy with myself now! Hard work pays off!
Dr. Berg - you're the best and have helped a great deal with your sage advice.
I have read that Japanese consume about 12 mg of iodine daily from their diet. If true it is staggeringly higher than what our FDA guidelines recommend.
Dr Berg thank you so much for all the hard work and info. God bless
Japan has amazing, fresh produce and they have wonderful hygiene when preparing food. This is so interesting, thank you Dr Berg.
They don't use pesticide in their grains/rice/veggies. They eat organic.
Fukishima? Contaminating the entire Pacific.
@@shakengrain1942 Fukushima
Hi Dr Berg
I’m Japanese I moved to America in 2006 and 8 years later I diagnosed pre-diabetes in 2014 (A1C 6.0). Every year, my numbers elevate 0.1 2018 numbers elevate to 6.4. I changed my diet to keto diet plus Japanese diet my A1C is 6.1 now
Japanese food and American food is not that much different now days but I realized American food is way has a larger portion and much sweeter compared to Japanese food.
I guessed japan before even clicking the video.
Same here
@@nancyfahey7518 MacDonald is targeting it's customers in Japan....tourists.
I thought Italy
Want a fortune cookie?
Dr. Berg, my wife is from Okinawa and the pronunciation of Natto is the 'a' is long. So, its Naaaato Not Neyto. long "a" kind of
like in father.
OAG
Funny how Dr Berg never mentioned that fish is a small part of their diet and sweet potatoes are the center of their diet.
I worked in a Japanese restaurant one summer with an authentic sushi bar. They know how to prepare the food and what to eat. Great experience.
my sister n law's father was Japanese and died in his 40s. They eat well, but the men especially in the city will work themselves to death. When I vacationed over there I did notice that they ate small meals all day, but they were super low in calories and no sugar.
Okinawa is paradise. One of the most beautiful places in the world and I miss living there daily.
Japan : Age 110+
America : Give me my burger and coke , I will think about it later.
Yeah
Like Japan don't got burger king or Macdonalds 😜
@@lillymiller95lm26 they dont do burger challenges with their friends...and coke battle
The got restaurants like burger king and Macdonalds
I been there and I don't like it, all the people likes the same
What it matters I eat healthy that's it
Plus the eat cats and dogs.
Dr Berg, I’ve enjoyed your information up until I hear you promoting government enforced health standards. This is a terrible idea! You may subscribe to the Japanese dietary guidelines but what if the “government” decides a vegan diet is best or some other crazy specifications? We are not a socialist country and we do not demand under force of law lifestyle restrictions. Government runs on our money and works for us so “government” does not foot the bill, we do. In a Democratic Republic the restrictions of what the government can do to us are already in the Bill of Rights. That’s it. Doesn’t say anything about diet. I’m shocked at how this type of oppression so easily gets put out there as some dream advancement toward utopia. What if the “government” decides it’s unhealthy to travel outside the US, ski, own pets etc. can you see how this does not fit into a constitutional Republic? Please retract some of the content of this video.
@@ninasubra1372 wow..........
Thank you💕
Natto with hot mustard is one of the best tasting foods EVER!
It is an acquired taste, I like it but my family hates the smell and taste. I have to hide and eat it...
I eat natto (with hot mustard & soy sauce) everyday for breakfast, with some cold rice from the refrigerator (previously steamed). My 12 yr old kids eat natto once per week. We are Caucasian Canadians, who just happen to love natto - lol.
Processed foods are the worst culprit.
My waist is 26.5. I'm good.
Well you must be very young. Wait til you're older if American food quality stays the same. I used to could say the same til age 30. Then children (late), hormonal/insulin imbalances, and living through the low calorie food craze screwed me up.
My waist was 29 age 19 and still is today at 63 (~6% bodyfat at 160 lbs)
@@shakengrain1942 that's not necessarily true I'm 58 and my waist is 29 and it used to be 35. So it's about keto diet, excercise, and IF for me.
@@shakengrain1942
I'm 54 , I'm 5 ' 2 tall.
I live in Tokyo, and although we eat a huge amount of rice everyday we also walk a LOT everyday. And true, we eat fish everyday.
And the elderly in here keep themselves active. My neighbour, a couple in their early 80s run a small fruits & veggies shop and every morning they still drive their truck to the market to buy supply for their shop !
in Japan :
Elder people could live until 100 year.
Younger people couldn't reach 40 due to suicide.
Lol
Sad but almost true
lol
True
@@vincentt4900 maybe because they hate their diet ;)
The key for their health is, not many people using cars because they walk and use train and in the train station, not so many elevators and escalators, stairs, stairs. I saw many people who are over 80 years used stairs, and seems not complaining. 70 years old man is still standing in the train while they provide them with disable seats. Their food is actually not so healthy. It is ramen nation (processed food), instant noodle nation, but burnt by stairs and walking. It is very hard to find real green vegetables over there for tourist, just iceberg lettuce.
Not only do they follow better dietary lifestyle choices, they also approach vaccination much more safely and definitely do not mandate them on individuals. "What I've learned" has a couple great videos on the health in Japan. Good stuff!
Okay, so what are you saying, that people shouldn't get vaccinated?
@Star Constellation Well, either a person is going to get vaccinated or not, and a vaccination is either necessary or not. So I would say a person should get the vaccinations which are deemed necessary while having a choice on the others. And I would guess that's what we do here in the U.S., or am I wrong? I cannot believe we force every possible vaccination on everyone for no good reason. And this leads to the question of whether vaccinations are good or not. I am NOT an anti-vaxxer, but I think the original comment which has garnered a fair amount of thumbs up seems to imply that vaccinations are not necessarily a good thing. If you want to say I am not being fair or seeing the subtle nuance, fine, I'll just ask you what
"... they also approach vaccination much more safely and definitely do not mandate them on individuals." means, exactly.
Like I said, a person either gets vaccinated or not, and a vaccination is either necessary or not, and if it's not, why are we offering it if it can do harm, potentially more harm than good?
@@mydogskips2 yes, yes I am. Don't worry, I already know that makes me an anti-science flat-earther for believing/understanding, and experiencing first hand, that injecting and ingesting toxins is detrimental to our health. Although the vaccines used in Japan are manufactured much safer and given over a much more reasonable schedule I would still choose not to do so ever again.
@@above_genetics Alright, thanks for the clarification.
"... the vaccines used in Japan are manufactured much safer and given over a much more reasonable schedule..."
sounds like a reasonable approach which explains things a bit better, it clarifies your original statement and generally answers my question.
As I said, I am not an anti-vaxxer, but honestly, at this point, with as many people who have come out against it and have told their personal stories with bad experiences/outcomes, I do have my concerns about vaccines and do not summarily dismiss those who question them.
Vaccination has saved millions of lives full stop . It has stymied epidemics and plagues .
I appreciate how u gave it away in the first 10 seconds of the video then began explaining for next 4 minutes....
i hate it when creators drag us through the video to the big "reveal".....
Good lord. I’ve been living in Japan for 25 years , almost half my life, and I’m shocked to read this. Other than the low obesity rates, the other points are highly suspect. People are generally NOT in great shape here and there is so much cancer and severe skin problems.
Yes there are not a lot of overweight people and there a much fewer smokers than in previous decades, but the there are so many who seldom or never exercise and drink far too much alcohol.
I think that the diet that the good doctor mentions in detail here is much more common among the elderly and baby boomer generation.
yes well that and global warming is literally destroying everything including food quality so you cant blame the younger generations when they cant do anything about it
Yeah., globalisation and americanisation has affected the entire world.
My grandfather lived 105 years and he was from Georgia Batumi.
I've an uncle that is turning 105 or something, I'm a Sardinian btw. My grandpa used to eat crazy amounts of fat I'm told
viper king 65 : my grandma ate lots of fat, made all her own food, had her own orchard. Walked everywhere. Lived to 96 with no ailments. If she hadn’t smoked she probably would have lived even longer.
@Mag and what influences genes more than habits?
@Mag Maybe, maybe diet and daily routine helped a lot, who knows for sure. R.I.P. grandpa Deus est cum tecus(
Mag: yea inherited good genes from generations of eating good fat. Ha!
It’s sugar & processed food that are destroying health, not fat.
Great content from dr berg as always!
Thank you god bless nice 👍 👍👍👍🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵DOC WATCHING FROM JAPAN 🇯🇵
Ah, yes!! I remember reading an article about "the happiest place on earth," and it was Okinawa. This was determined by their values -- connectedness, compassion, respect, and kindness -- as opposed to pursuits of wealth, power, and status. In other words, they have a GREAT attitude! :-) Thanks Dr. Berg.
Japan : plus 110
Dr.Berg : hold my bottle of mineral water
Hold my apple cider vinegar.
Hold my Bottle of kale shake
Actually lol'ed irl after reading this.
@@Tony32 LOL
😂😂😂😂😂
Sardinia- wild fresh caught fish daily, olive oil, garic and wine.
I was just living in Japan. The young people are not healthy , they love fast food. fried food. the healthy tradition is out of style unfortunately. Organic food is very hard to find and *extremely* expensive. Forget grass fed beef, pastured eggs, non sprayed greens, veggies and fruits. Chia seeds are like 35$ a pound lol. America has lots of unhealthy people but also lots extremely health conscious people. We have more organic markets then anywhere in the world. Im proud and grateful America has so much high quality food.
How long have you lived there? Yeah, fast food is becoming popular all over the world, and there is always the group who eats whats they want. But if really think that the young people are not healthy compared to the rest of the world (especially America) you haven't lived here long enough. Yeah, everyone eats fast food, but the portions are different, and how many times they actually eat it is different. The typical fast food in Japan is 100xs more healthy than America. But if you're talking about western fast food that is here, it's basically the same. Oh, and if you think the beef and eggs are not different I don't know what to tell you. I could tell DAY 1, they raised their produce differently. The taste of milk and the color of the eggs is noticeable. And Japan doesn't really need to jump on the Organic band wagon, because they really never went off of it, along side most of Asia and the world frankly. But enjoy your highly processed foods, and miss marked "Organic" food. Haha
Europe seems to have the highest quality of goods. We don't hide ingredients like American and the amount of banned stuff is very lengthy unlike America. Organic is huge too and cheap.
not true at all,you are delusional
So how do you explain the statistics ? High incidence of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases...
I live in Japan and organic products are easy to find. I usually got mine from regular supermarkets such as Aeon, Maruetsu and Precce (they are the closest to my house) and the prices are not much higher than regular products, many times the same, or even lower, and that's not on "Sale". There are of course more expensive organic supermarkets such as Bio C'bon and others, but I only go there to find imported products.
I’m in Okinawa and they eat a lot of soy here, but also natto, miso, and mozuku. Portions are small as well.
And their eggs are AMAZING! That was the first time in my life i ever encountered orange yolks. I had thought it was some special kind of chicken breed. They just took it for granted and said no, thats just how eggs are supposed to be. You can actually buy eggs in vending machines.
I come across orange yolks sometimes when I eat organic pasture raised eggs. They look like gold like in an anime lol.
Yolks high in vitamin d are very orange
What?! Yolk changes more of yellow when cooked but in egg it is little bit orange and changes more close to yellow after cooking. If it is boiled 3 minute egg and the yolk ain´t got hard it sure is pretty orange still.
I knew it would be my country! Dr. Berg you are absolutely right about everything! We love seafood, veggies, and fermented food. It's true we are getting westernized but still many of us don't like too much sugary stuff. Living in the U.S., I feel like Japanese veggies are tastier and easier to find takeout food with lots of veggies. The portion of each meal is smaller than the U.S. even in McDonald's! Also We care a lot about Umami which is why Japanese cooking uses less sugar and salt. Some of the traditional Japanese food are sun dried such as fish, veggies, and fruits. I think these sun dried foods also play an important role for our longest longevity. What do you think?
Great video as always, I figured it would be Japan or maybe Switzerland.
These are all islands. Crete, Okinawa, Sardinia, etc. The sea air and the sun has a major role in all this.
Mostly it works in Japan because of their cultural team perspective. There is peer pressure to be a good team member, for all things, not just their health.
Teamwork vs individuallity.
I don't think people eat due to peer pressure there...except when you are out to dinner with your boss. When they do eat with the team, it is not often healthy due to the large amount of beer and the lesser healthy foods at the izakaya. Typically the meals eaten outside of the work group are often healthier since they are not social event foods.
Hello, you mentioned "some education" with the METABO law, but way much more important on the current health outcome of Japan was (and still is) the implementation of the SHOKUIKU law which mandates nutritional education on all levels of education in Japan and its been working very creatively for the past 15 years, our app is based on that and we will put it to work on some cities in Mexico and the USA, you cannot promote long-lasting health benefits without education... Thanks
Except the USA indoctrinates their citizens with lies throughout school years!!!!! Anything to keep that big pharma bankroll flowing! No one should ever be forced with laws on something like this! That communist and Draconian insanity! We are and will remain a free country! Anyone that desires otherwise can f off!
Absolutely right 👍
They're healthy because they know how to take care of themselves in terms of their eating habits and sport 😊 they walk a lot and they do everything by themselves
I am from Indonesia and we consume like japanese. Indonesia and japan are big maritime country and we are lucky to have fishes and seafood everyday. I guess japanese food style (when they invaded indonesia in 1940) has been practising until now. We also produce tahu, tempe and enjoy these products every day. My grannies and aunties died over 100 yo. I am as old as Dr.Berg but people often say I look like 35 or younger 😄
Every time you visit a doctor they measure your height and weight and figure your BMI from that.That's how insurance rates are determined. It's just not pronounced pubic knowledge. There is a difference between Japan and the USA as their citizens tend to be of shorter and smaller stature. Dr Berg is right and very good information to know.
You should do a video that debates which diet is better, Keto or Centenarians diet.
Great video, you are so correct. Also, I remember when I went to Japan, lots of people were wearing surgical masks to cover their nose and mouth to be considerate of others not to get sick. Here in the United States people are so clueless they don't cover their nose and mouth when they sneeze or cough... BTW : natto is pronounced='"not toe" :)
Oh, I HATE it when people don't cover their mouths when they cough--so rude!!
Hhhh the states are one of the dirtiest and most weard evil together with EU IN THE WORLD
COVID is a cover up for side-effects of bp meds ...there is no need to cover noses, nor vaccine,nor doses. It is not a seasonal flu.
@@cish6047I HEARD AND SAW SOMEONE SZEEI IN A BIG FOODSTORE!
is keto friendly? Ingredients:
Water, Vegetable oil (Extra virgin olive fruit, Contains antioxidants: BHA,BHT) (13%), Salt, Stabilisers, Xylitol, Garlic powder, Acidity regulators, Onion powder, Flavourings, Spice extracts, Preservative (Sodium Benzoate) Yeast extract, Non-nutritive sweetener (Steviol extract ), Colourant.
Great content! I’m definitely on this diet minus the Natto and seaweed... results are amazing!
They are the most honest and nation loving people that is also a reason.Honest people have less stress
I love everything about Japan, it's my favorite country, one day I hope I'll visit it 🙏🇯🇵🍵
You don't know everything about Japan. Only the pretty surface.
@@olgakim4848 Ok and what is wrong with Japan?
Thank you for always sharing
Wouldn't it be great if as a country we could strive for this without any government intervention but just as a motivation to feel great and live longer
I love Dr. Berg, Japan and living healthy but we in the US have certain freedoms that people in other countries don't have. Just because people ought to do certain things does not entitle strangers to use force to make them do those things. We, the American people hire other people to do certain limited, specified things as outlined in the Constitution and nothing else. We are their bosses not the other way around
I think you forgot a HUGE portion of our diet... pork, speaking as a person growing up with Okinawan people cooking my food.
Sushi is a protein combined with a carb. I thought you said that spike your insulin level like crazy and is horrible for you?
Dr Berg is not discussing keto here.
I think its important to realise Japanese dont "do keto", but eat several small ( tiny) meals per day.
Their noodle and rice intake is small.. Miniscule compared to American portions.
I recall when I first went to the USA.. a normal platter was shocking! It looked like a meal for a giant.. Or four people!
Quality stuff as usual. ❤
I teach Japanese professionals and they always talk about the quality and variety of food there. But the problem is, they are becoming westernized, the younger generation is now having health issues plus their suicide rate is super high because of the high expectations at work and school. But the one thing they always have, natto and matcha.
Beautiful information, doc, thanks!
Thanks for watching!
I saw a documentary on Okinawa supercenturians and 65% of their diet comes from Okinawa sweet potatoes.
They spend a lot of their time growing their own food. And family is a priority.
Very helpful. Thanks for sharing Doc.
That law is crazy. Coca-Cola needs to do something about that!
Our govets do something about this
😊😁😂
Many Asians don't take some other live species milk, they think is gross.
The funny thing is that in Japan Coca Cola company makes tons of money selling unsweetened green tea.
@John Hooper They have milk in Japan at every grocery store. They also serve it at schools.
They call is Miruku
ミルク
I notice there's a lot of enthusiasm for fish and shellfish but what about Mercury and other toxins?
Fish: no more than 3 times a week. Broiled, not fried.
I'm also wondering if this country has any glyphosate used on their vegetables. Or what their use of pesticides is. I'm sure the level of their chemical use is a very small percentage as compared to the u.s.
excellent as always, thanks Dr B.
They eat a lot of rice and noodles in Japan.
I thought Sweden would be number one or Norway?
Not as much as most people think. When I was young people ate 1 small potatoe with a meal. Large potatoes would be cut in half. Now they eat over half the plate with potatoes. A half cup of rice or noodles would be about the same thing. There would not be 3 cups if rice on the plate. If you go yo a good Japanese restaurant rice and noodle portions are very small.
Nah, their salmon is farmed in polluted water, and contains chemical.
You misunderstood everything and havent realized the role of not eating stuff in an "american portion", and the difference of eating with good quality veggies and good animal protein. That way they can handle polished carbs better and eat them actually in all meals If they want.
Health conscious people in the west are not fully aware that eating veggies and good proteins and whole carbs *in American portions wont do them as good as expected in theory. Because western science since a long time was too focused on nutrition capacity of the food (the source of the big mistake in your view) But century-old asian wisdom, without any modern science jargon, paid lots of attention to digestive quality, something that has been less neglected by western science in recent times (only because some of their old eating advices failed miserably). It's better to eat asian style with their polished carbs, than eat American style with whole carbs.
Why would you think that? Coming from someone who lives in Sweden. It would be faar away.
The eat a lot of bread in Sweden
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You forgot pork. Especially the Okinawas love pork and fry everything in Lard.
Sardinians also eat lots of pork. Coincidence? I think not!
You forgot moderation. Yes they eat pork but only in some days, not to mention their pigs are pasture-raised. They grow their own produce and catch animals from the wild.
wow - I had no idea
As I mentioned in another thread, note the lack of Omega 6 in their diet. Americans not only have that in the diet, they add fuel to the fire with fructose with these unstable lipids in their tissues and therefore glycated. We can assume the pork is not grain fed.
@@niqerfaguettranykyke No, they eat lots of pork. The thing is a semantics matter: they eat often, but dont eat American portions. That is Very important. Same Deal about their polished rice btw, the so inconvenient subject for many western health professionals: with a good quality animal protein and veggie combination, It's alright no Handle polished carbs - which they eat in all their meals. They found out this "diet tech" decades Ago.
Actually If you eat "American portions" of the best quality food possible in the world, It wont do as much good as expected in theory. Because asian wisdom realized the crucial role of digestion and maintaining digestive quality with healthy portions and healthy meal spacing.
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We catch seafood mostly from the wild, normally not other animals. Just to clarify.
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I recently gave up one of my two cups of coffee in the morning and swapped it out for green tea. I didn''t think I could do it or stick to it b/c I love my coffee but it has been quite easy and I enjoy it. There are beneficial antioxidants in it that coffee doesn't have. Also, I carry tea packets in my purse b/c hot water is available at restaurants, gas stations and workplace water coolers 👍. I'm on my way to an Okiwana diet😊
It's weird that you listed fish and shellfish (could have just put that as one category but you need to inflate the meat consumption for your idealogy) the okinowans consume way less than 5% of their total calories from fish. They essentially eat a whole food diet coming mostly from plants
I knew that it will be Japan, I guessed it 😅
I want to live healthy that's why I prefer walking every day better than taking a bus or a taxi.
I eat rice with fish, I eat vegetables and fermented vegetables and olive, I'm trying to add more vitamins to my food.
Dr Berg thanks for all the information that you are giving. I'm following all what you are and I'm trying to apply it in my daily life.
Excellent information ℹ️
How do you know it's because of the diet?
Have they adjusted the statistics after height since it's heavily correlated to longevity?
Or after weight/bodymass?
Or after the health care system keeping people alive?
Or after the famin in ww2 when that generation japanese were starving?
Or after less crimes/early deaths?
Or after biological/genetic reasons for longevity since the japanese is a very homogeneous people?
All these factors affect longevity so how do we know it's because of the diet?
It seems obvious to me (and I'm no scientist) that the japanese have MANY characteristics well suited for longevity so to pin point the diet is like giving 10% of the truth.
There are healthiest people in the hunza region of Pakistan where people live up to 145 years,eat organic food , breathe fresh air and drink pure fresh water.Apricot is the main ingredient in their meals.not to mention they are rough and tough people who do tremendous amount of trekking and hiking daily.
How ironic things are we are in the richest country in the world and probably the sickest in the world 😞
Luis Mancilla -Luxembourg is the richest country in the world. The USA is number 7. Usa is the second fattest country in the world, though.
Another awesome & educating video😀. Thanks so much.
I can't help but wonder at the long term affect of all the convenience stores with prepared foods will have on their overall health once this older traditional eating generation dies off. Walking doesn't help if you're consuming loads of processed carbs and dairy.
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they never eat dairy they are intolerant to it
Japan has 112 volcano.
Volcanic ash contains very high concentrations of minerals, and when mixed with soils, nutrients such as phosphates, nitrates, potassium and calcium (among others) which are needed for the healthy growth of plants. ... Volcanic soil is fertile because it is new, having just been erupted out into the upper world.