日本の食文化と健康
Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello.
Hey guys.
This is from Selezo-san.
Okay.
Hello Kevin-san and Yama-san.
I am originally from Mexico and living in Tokyo now.
Okay.
I've listened to the episode about the change of health condition depending on what you eat.
Yeah.
Until I started living in Japan, I really believed that Japanese diet would be healthy
in general.
But I've realized that Japanese traditional meals before Meiji period are healthier than
recent food like ramen, tonkatsu, even sukiyaki include a lot of fat and carbs.
Sure.
But still in average, local people look so healthy compared to those who are from American
countries.
What do you eat in daily life and how do you keep your health and body shape?
Thank you.
食生活のバランス
Adios.
Wait.
So wait, has this person never been to Japan or?
Yeah.
He or she is living in Japan.
Oh, living in Japan from Mexico.
From Mexico.
Oh, is now wondering since there's so many like shitty food in Japan that like gets you
fat.
Yeah.
Or the Japanese.
Okay.
Right.
Well.
But at the same time, the local Japanese people look healthy.
Okay.
Even though they're eating like ramen, tonkatsu and everything.
Oh, that's a great question.
True.
So I guess most people balance it out.
I see.
Most people balance it out.
They're like, if you eat tonkatsu, they're like, oh, I had the tonkatsu, which makes
you fat.
I'm just going to keep it chill at night or keep it chill tomorrow.
And that I guess they balance it out.
I guess.
See.
Yeah.
See.
Yeah.
Right.
So that's the secret.
Yeah.
Even though you see like ramen shop, tonkatsu shop and many of those restaurants around.
Yeah.
I mean, of course, if you go to ramen every day, you go to tonkatsu every day, right?
Obviously, obviously you're going to gain weight, right?
So that's right.
And so all the other dishes, I'm sure compared to America, there are so much more healthier
options.
I see.
I would say, especially when you eat out.
Yeah.
Right.
The Japanese options, they have, yeah.
I don't know.
And then the portions too.
The portions are much smaller.
Yeah.
To me, that's the biggest element, I think, the portion, the size, the amount of things
you're eating.
Right.
外国のファーストフード
Absolutely.
So that's, I guess, the big factor.
Yeah.
Right.
Well, even though we're Japanese, we eat at McDonald's, we just eat one burger and just
one little fries.
Yeah.
And maybe sokenbicha and things like that.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Whereas, I don't know, country, like America, if you go to McDonald's, you eat like, what
do you eat?
Like pounds of, four pounders burger.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Extra large french fries.
Yeah, yeah.
Extra large Coke.
Yeah.
Milkshake.
Yeah.
Extra burger and cheese on top.
I don't know.
So.
They're just a TikTok in America.
Probably doing it as a joke, maybe.
But like, he's an obese guy, right?
And he's like, okay, let's eat breakfast.
And he takes out this bag of Oreos.
Okay.
He's like, let's have cereal for breakfast.
And he gets out a pack of Oreos.
You've seen the pack of Oreos so many times.
The big one, right?
The big one.
日本の食文化の特徴
It's not the same one as we see in Japan.
It's not rolled like this, but it's like this big, right?
The one you're talking about, you see in like the MyBuses, it's like a two roller.
I'm talking about, you know, three by, I don't know how many are in, but like a foot long
or so, times three, right?
That.
Yeah, you open it like that.
You open it like that.
It's a seal, right?
All right.
And then boom, he flips it upside down in the gigantic bowl.
So he puts the whole thing.
He puts the whole thing.
He puts the whole thing.
Wow.
Yeah.
So he treats that as a cereal.
Right, right.
And after he pours it, he gets another pack.
No.
He flips it upside down.
Yeah.
So he puts two entire packs in his bowl and then pours milk and then gets a spoon.
Okay.
And then eats the quote unquote cereal.
Wow.
Yeah.
I mean.
But probably a joke, probably a joke though.
Okay.
Probably.
But he's actually eating it.
Wow.
You're saying it's probably a joke.
Right.
I can't be sure.
Crazy.
It's too obvious for us.
It's just a joke.
It's too much.
But it's possible for you guys.
Yeah.
I mean, yeah.
Yeah.
Some people are possible.
Some people are impossible.
Wow.
Yeah.
So yeah.
Yeah.
It's very different than if you...
Well, yeah, we have Oreos in grocery stores or convenience store, anywhere.
Yeah.
But it's not the same thing.
If you say I'm eating Oreo in Japan or in the United States, it's completely doing two
different things.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
Wow.
Wow.
Yeah.
That's crazy.
Right.
The portion thing, you know, I mean, he's doing it, you know, on his own.
Yeah.
He's choosing to do it.
But like, if you go to a restaurant, you've experienced it in, I guess, New York and San
Francisco, California.
Yeah.
But like, the portions at a restaurant is ridiculously big.
It's big.
Big, big, big.
It's very big.
And so, right, it's in front of you.
You can't get a doggy bag to bring it home with you.
Like, you know, you're served that portion and like, it's right in front of you.
It's so easy to overeat, you know.
So easy to.
And there's always French fries with it.
There's always, you know.
Yeah.
So.
Yeah.
Yeah.
True.
We have some healthy choices.
Absolutely.
Alongside with those tonkatsu and everything.
So we're not eating those things every day.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, how's your health right now?
Yeah, I'm doing it.
You're doing good?
Yeah, I'm doing it.
A challenge?
Yes, yes, yes.
Juichi-ji.
Yeah, Juichi-ji.
Yes, yes, yes.
It's good.
I'm doing it.
Yeah.
So far, so good.
So far, so good.
So far, so good.
That's good.
That's great.
That's great.
Yeah.
So you broke the rule zero times.
So I ate soba on the first day.
Okay.
As a Toshikoshi soba.
Sure, that's a ceremony.
Right, right, right.
So it was over Juichi-ji.
That doesn't count.
Yeah.
After that, I think once I broke the rule, I forget the reason why.
But once I remember I broke, oh, I broke my rule.
I remember that.
Yeah.
But I think just once.
Yeah, so far.
That's good.
Yeah, so far, so good.
Yeah.
I'm doing it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Nice, nice.
Not bad, not bad.
Nice, nice.
食生活と健康
Are you hungry at night?
Not actually.
Not actually?
Yeah.
But I'm hungry at the morning.
Oh.
When I wake up, I feel hungry.
That's a good thing.
That's a good thing.
Yeah.
It's a different feeling.
Yeah.
Every morning, I feel hungry, hunger, and just, oh, I need some breakfast.
Yeah.
Wow.
Wow.
Because a few months ago, I didn't.
When I wake up, I just kind of—
Like a little imitare-ish?
Yeah, yeah.
It's like half, I don't need anything.
Like, no, I'm not hungry.
Right, right, right, right.
But now I'm hungry.
That sounds so much healthier.
Yeah, yeah.
It is.
Yeah.
That's good, that's good.
It's good.
Yeah.
But I'm eating things, though, at the same time.
Yeah, not limiting too much of what you want, you know.
Yeah, eating hamburgers and everything, tonkatsu, hamburgers.
What are you going to eat tonight?
Tonight, um—
Have you already decided?
Maybe gyudon tonight.
Gyudon?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Not that bad, right?
Yeah, not that bad.
Yeah.
With okura on top.
Okura on top?
Well, I mean, it's very healthy.
Yeah, maybe.
Oh, I've never tried that before.
Oh, really?
That's my favorite, yeah.
Oh, okura?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Is that like a classic menu?
Or is it like a special topping, customization you have to do?
I don't think that's something like special thing.
I think it's—
Oh, so it's a ready-made—
Yeah, I think so.
There's like an okura gyudon-ish menu for that?
Yeah, I think so.
Okay.
But at least it's not a strange thing to add okura on top.
Oh, okay, okay.
They'll be very, you know, open for that.
Are you going to go for what?
Like the nabimori?
Are you going to go for a little more?
Yeah, a little bit more.
A little more?
Okay.
Sure, I mean, you don't have to.
Yeah, I don't have to.
You don't have to limit yourself, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Absolutely.
That's not your rule, right?
Yes, yes, yes.
Right.
At least the niku omori.
It's better than rice.
At least.
Better than rice.
Right, right, right.
Maybe rice, too.
Maybe rice, too.
Okay, okay.
Still, though.
Still, I mean, it's not after 11 p.m.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Thinking about going for tonkatsu, actually.
We've talked a lot about the katsu, you know, the sandwich.
True, true, true.
And this message right here.
Yeah.
Kind of starting to crave for tonkatsu right now.
Yeah.
Hey, yeah, I know it's been a very long episode, but how do you…
Do you eat after, like, every Monday, like, live show, when you go back to house and…
When I go back to my house after…
Okay, so I'm always like, I'm not gonna eat anything.
But, like, after I go back home, I don't know why, but somehow I get this craving.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I have to eat something and I lose.
So I eat.
Oh, you eat.
Okay, okay.
I don't win the fight.
Okay.
Yeah, because I was wondering, like, because I always, like, every Monday night,
hungry when I get to my house.
Yeah.
But it's kind of late at night.
It's like 12, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's midnight.
Like, how should I eat?
So I still don't know, like, what should I do?
Like, the routines, like, time management and everything.
Well, now you can't eat anything, right?
By the time you get home, it's after 11.
So I have to eat before 11.
Right, right, right, right.
Yeah.
So I have to do the omori gyudon.
True.
For you to not suffer at midnight.
Yeah, yeah.
That's true.
Maybe tokumori, maybe?
Oh, yeah.
Just go for tokumori.
I think it's a good deal.
It's a good deal.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
