Japanese natives living in Japan or the U.S., will you help me with my research project about diet choices?
Jennifer May 28th, 2010
Doing research on what makes the traditional Japanese diet more healthy than the American diet. Please answer the following questions 1) What do you eat (and how much) on an average day? 2) Why do/did you make these choices 3) Do you see your food as part of your day or just a need to satisfy? 4) Do you believe that the traditional Japanese diet is healthy? 4) Why (or why not) do you consider it healthy? 5) Do you eat mostly traditionally or non-traditionally? 6) Do you consider the traditional Japanese diet healthier than the American diet and why/why not? 7) Are you male or female? 
Your age range (example: under 18, 20-30, over 65, etc.–don’t put your exact age) Thank you in advance for all your help with this research! 
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hi im japanese moved to the usa at 18 years old sorry if i make many grammar mistakes but I will help you
1. my diet consists of a lot of fish and vegetables I ussually eat fruit for dessert and I eat ONLY japanese snacks because they have less sugar and calories
2.i am married to a white woman I met in the usa and my wife hates fish but she knows the health benefits and she knows it is my prefered food so she is kind enough to make it for me
3.to me it is part of my day but I do snack daily to satisfy myself
4 yes our diet is extremely healthy in japan (when I lived there) it is very rare to see someone who is overweight and many of our citizens live to be over 100
5> I eat a mix of both because like i had previously stated my wife is american and she likes to eat food from her country just as I do mine so I would say it is 50/50
6 yes our candy even is much less sugared than american and most common food is usa is beef and our is fish we do not fry food as often as americans either
7 im male
8 20-30
1) Since October 2nd, I’ve been eating rice every day. The family I am staying with has rice with every meal but I am generally on my own for breakfast and lunch so I don’t eat rice. I’m more often than not eating bananas, toasted white bread and yogurt for breakfast. (Back in Colorado, I would have hot oatmeal or on occasion, a breakfast burrito using tortillas I bought from Vitamin Cottage. When I bought bread, it’s the multigrain with no artificial flavorings or preservatives.). Lunch is salad using the local vegetables – daikon, tomatoes, carrots, moyashi, bell peppers – and I use extra virgin olive oil or grapeseed oil as a dressing. Dinner is rice, misoshiru and okazu (some days it’s rice and nabe – tofu, pork, salmon, vegetables).
2) Back in the states, I tried to cut back on my sugar intake (back in the day, I could demolish a bag of Keebler cookies in a few minutes!) and eat more fruits and vegetables. I have high cholesterol so I was trying to eat healthy and exercise.
Now, I am adjusting to the family’s preferences. Once I am in my own place, I hope to go back to eating like I did in Colorado.
3) In Colorado, I regarded grocery shopping and cooking my meals as part of my day. I think I think the way I do because of my cholesterol readings. It’s made me aware of myself and I started educating myself through reading the freebie magazines at Vitamin Cottage, Wild Oats/Alfalfas/Whole Foods and Sunflower Market.
4) I was raised in Okinawa. The food there is "heavy" but I think healthy; despite goya champuru with Spam! I am presently in Mie. The Kansai area is known for its "light" (sappari) meals. I think the traditional Japanese diet is healthy because there’s vegetables everywhere! In the misoshiru, pickles, okazu…
I spent the last 19 years in Colorado and the first 5 years or so, my diet was horrible because although I love the idea of cooking from scratch, I generally bought microwave meals. When I ate out or cooked, I made bad choices.
5) Traditionally.
6) Japanese diet is healthier. The average Japanese is slim (yes, there are fat to obese Japanese). The average American is hefty (yes, there are slim Americans). Japanese have vegetables everywhere in every meal!
7) Female.
You’re welcome!
Good luck!