In some developing countries the typical eating patterns lived by their population. Eating patterns in Japan, for example, have a difference with the diet of Western society.
A diet in a country depends on several factors, such as the availability of foodstuffs around and the preferences of the tastes of its inhabitants. This is what raises the difference between eating patterns in one country and another.
Differences that can be seen clearly, for example, between Asian and Western countries. Savvy Tokyo (26/2/2025) revealed the differences in the eating pattern approach in Japan from the diet of western countries as follows:
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1. The concept of a wider eating pattern
In Japan, the concept of diet is considered wider. For example Japanese people will adjust the food consumed by season.
They believe that nature offers nutritional food according to what the human body needs in the season. This is reflected in the presentation of the set menu in Japan called Teishoku.
Usually the main menu of Teishoku is always the same, but other companion foods such as protein, vegetables, soups, and pickles will be made with different ingredients following what is in the season.
Conversely, western diet is more detailed. They group foods clearly, such as “protein”, “carbohydrates”, “calories”, “vitamins”, “minerals”, and “fiber”.
The advantage, a western -style dietary approach can make you meet the nutritional needs of specifically. However, the shortcomings are almost nothing clear. Because you can not feel exactly how much intake or certain nutritional needs.
2. Using various types of food
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Another prominent thing from Japanese eating patterns is to use various types of food. Instead of eating 2 or 3 types of food in large quantities, such as steak with potatoes and salads in western countries, Japanese people choose to eat more types of food, but in less amounts.
For example, the Japanese mainstay sets, consisting of rice, fish, soup, pickles, green vegetables, root vegetables, to salads.
Then in the diet of Westerners, they often diet by eliminating or increasing the consumption of certain food categories. For example “reducing carbohydrates” and “adding protein”.
This is not done by Japanese people. They prefer to eat a variety of foods that help them maintain overall balance.
3. The combination of food for digestive optimization
Japanese people are very concerned about the combination of food to optimize digestion. For example, when served fried foods in Japan, usually there will be a radish companion or grated cabbage. This vegetable is not just a garnish, but is good for consumption to help the body digest fatty foods.
There are also fermented foods, such as pickles and miso soups, in a typical Japanese menu set. This type of food is healthy for the digestive system because it contains healthy bacteria.
Details like this are not seen in the diet of people in Western countries in general.
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