I didn't really read the article, I just Ctrl-F'd for "Japan". Japanese is among the healthiest food cultures in the world, if you go by obesity prevalence and

I didn't really read the article, I just Ctrl-F'd for "Japan". Japanese is among the healthiest food cultures in the world, if you go by obesity prevalence and life expectancy, and one I happen to know very well. Predictably, the author mentions something about "sushi and soy sauce" because that's the only thing he cared to learn about. Forgive me a short anecdote. About ten years ago to the day, I was backpacking around Kyushu with a friend of mine. One afternoon we had grown particularly thirsty, and when we happened upon a farm with cows we sought the owner to see if there was any milk. She was extraordinarily gracious and invited us into her home. They had milk, of course, but far more interesting to me was the 90+ year old grandmother of the house, who was just about to arrive from picking a kind of wild vegetable that grew everywhere and happened to be in season that week. When she entered the house and saw the two of us, she presented us with the crop and kowtowed such that her face, knees, and hands were all on the floor, to honor us. Remarkably spry for a 90 year old. In Japan there is a time and a season for every ingredient. We (Americans) go to the supermarket every week and expect the same boring vegetables because we have no idea how to make dinner unless it's tomatoes, onions, and broccoli, if we are even making our own food at all. If those things aren't in season we have them shipped from other countries. In reality the food we need is all around us, or at least it is in places the environment hasn't been completely destroyed. Industrial food will never lead us to the kind of richness of variety and sensitivity to season you will find in Japan, or France, or almost anywhere that isn't the USA really. Yes, industrial factory food makes life 'easier' for us, but does it really make life better? We like to eat our chicken without contemplating the fact that all our animals are spending their entire lives in an abattoir. Take a look at what actual food looks like (it's not sushi and soy sauce): https://www.google.com/search?q=%E5%89%B2%E7%83%B9%E6%96%99%E7%90%86&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=IC9hVdLpK4y_sQTd_YOAAw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg&biw=1280&bih=861 https://www.google.com/search?q=%E5%89%B2%E7%83%B9%E6%96%99%...