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OK. That was a pretty good shake we just had here in Chiyoda-ku.
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Ｔｗａｓ ｉｎｄｅｅｄ ｉｎ Ｍｉｎａｔｏ－Ｋｕ ａｓ ｗｅｌｌ．
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Japanese guts are optimized for sushi.
Enterobacteria in Japanese people are reportedly equipped with enzymes that can digest nori while Americans have zero of them.
Interesting reports from Nature. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal...ture08937.html |
Originally Posted by O Sora
(Post 13727180)
Enterobacteria in Japanese people are reportedly equipped with enzymes that can digest nori while Americans have zero of them.
Interesting reports from Nature. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal...ture08937.html Perhaps an expert FTer can help ... Where's GadgetFreak when you need him? |
Originally Posted by jib71
(Post 13729001)
I don't understand the article, and I'm a little confused. I've never heard that North Americans have problems digesting nori ... and I don't see where the article mentions things that enable people to digest nori.
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Originally Posted by Pickles
(Post 13729735)
there is probably some there there.
To put it my question in Palinesque terms (as a proper reflection of my ignorance on this matter): I'm tryin' to fathom if this genetic shifty, changey thing which probably evolved from years of eatin' them good ole fishy things makes japanese guts better at digesting nori. Or did it just leave some seaweed genes in their guts? (Yes, I'm aware that Palin probably wouldn't actually frame a question that conceded the possibility of evolution) |
Originally Posted by jib71
(Post 13729001)
I don't understand the article, and I'm a little confused. I've never heard that North Americans have problems digesting nori ... and I don't see where the article mentions things that enable people to digest nori.
Perhaps an expert FTer can help ... Where's GadgetFreak when you need him? |
Originally Posted by jib71
(Post 13730115)
To put it my question in Palinesque terms (as a proper reflection of my ignorance on this matter): I'm tryin' to fathom if this genetic shifty, changey thing which probably evolved from years of eatin' them good ole fishy things makes japanese guts better at digesting nori. Or did it just leave some seaweed genes in their guts?
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Originally Posted by GadgetFreak
(Post 13731572)
I'll take a look at it but it might take a bit of time.
I'll go easy on the nori until I get some confirmation that it won't alter my genes and turn me into a cosplayer. |
So that is what it is.......!
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Originally Posted by Q Shoe Guy
(Post 13732451)
So that is what it is.......!
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jib san, sorry for my poor expression and the confusion it caused.
National Geographic, USA today and other news sites have picked up this topic. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...a-human-genes/ http://content.usatoday.com/communit...gene-we-dont/1 |
Originally Posted by O Sora
(Post 13736394)
jib san, sorry for my poor expression and the confusion it caused.
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Originally Posted by jib71
(Post 13736704)
Nothing wrong with your expression O Sora! Thanks for providing a simpler version of the story. Those sushi in the National Geographic look rank to me... What itamae would use nori to strap a slab of salmon onto the shari? (with a slice of lemon for good measure ... no doubt there's some PB&J in there too).
I have to add that what French scientists have published is about the polysaccharides only and nori has many other nutrient factors which everyone can digest. After I googled to find nori is very nutrient, I had 2 rice balls yesterday. The combination of nori, lemon and salmon, which might have come from the Paline's state of America, I have never seen it in Japan. But I sometimes see a slice of lemon on squid or scallop shell sushi. |
Good news to KL?
Nikkei excerpt - Wednesday, April 14, 2010
AirAsia To Offer Y14,000 Malaysia-Japan Flights KUALA LUMPUR (Nikkei)--Budget Malaysian carrier AirAsia Bhd said Tuesday that it plans to launch its first flights serving Japan by the end of the year, selling one-way tickets between Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo for as low as 14,000 yen. Operated by AirAsia X, AirAsia's long-distance airline, the flights between Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Tokyo's Haneda airport will begin at a pace of three per week. But the company aims to ramp up to seven flights as soon as possible, AirAsia Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes told The Nikkei. The flights are expected to use Airbus SAS' A330 aircraft. The Japanese government has already allotted landing and takeoff slots to AirAsia X at Haneda. |
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