Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Japan's Unique Cuisine" video.

  1. ROFL yeah... so much delicious unhealthy food choices in Japan too. xD Even then, if one day I were to move there, my prediction is that I'd initially gain a lot of weight, but then probably lose some after I got used to daily life.... The thing is, there are tons and tons of very unhealthy options to stuff your face in Japan, particularly if you are only going for kombini and shotengai food. But there are also lots of snacks, meals, and just food in general that is not as bad as western fast food. And if you really want to eat healthy, it's just as convenient... I was pretty impressed by the collection of pre-made salad bowls that you usually see in kombinis there. Famima close to my hotel had as many different choices of salad bowls as it had of onigiri. xD As for fast food, it's like sure, ramen and... katsudon aren't exactly super healthy choices, plus your usual half price supermarket bento, but it's still far better than hamburgers, pizza and others - which also do exist in Japan of course, but are less frequently eaten. I'm eating a pretty nice bowl of ramen right now... thin noodles, couple of pork slices, half a boiled egg, some moyashi, some harusame... great stuff! Problem is, it cost me over an entire 12 slice pizza. And I only really have this option because I live in a relatively big city, took me a while to find a place that served ramen... not very common in tropical nations I guess. These are made as convenient and cheap to eat as fast food in Japan... this is one the main gripes I have in my country. One could argue that availability wise, we have far more healthy food in my country produced locally... lots of veggies, lots of fruits, etc. Thing is, if you are ordering food or buying it in a convenience store like place or supermarket, it's not only hard to find ready to eat stuff, whenever you do find it it's usually too damn expensive. So you end up with the bad combination of people who are poor, lazy, too busy, and/or already sedentary in some way having easier access to unhealthy junk crap rather than healthy food, even though we are big producers of healthy food. Give you an example, if I want some salad to fill up, I either have to buy all ingredients separately, chop it all up, prepare, season, clean it all up later, etc.... and then waste a whole ton of it because I'm single and the market is only selling stuff whole (like a whole cabbage, carrots by the bundle, etc), or I pay for a pre mixed salad bowl that is usually too much for me to eat, and it's more expensive than any other fast food option. You end up going for pizza because nothing is cheaper and more convenient than it. Really though, what I think is just healthier about daily life in Japan, when compared to say US and some other western nations, is just that people walk more. Dietary habits might be part of the issue, but car centric culture is likely much more of a contributor to the obesity health crisis than most people are willing to admit....
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