Funny indeed because when I did a search today it also popped up that
their intestines were longer as a sort of propaganda.  The person who
told me the other way around is a Japanese dr of medicine who used to
live in the Netherlands. I took his word for granted as he was a
professional and from the country, but perhaps too hastily..

Christy

Tom Bridgeland wrote:

> On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 05:31  PM, Jens Wilkinson wrote:
>
>> --- "C. ten Broeke" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> the slightly smaller intestines of
>>> the Japanese, it
>>>
>
> Strange, I have always heard it the other way around, that the Japanese
> are naturally evolved for a plant based diet by having a gut many (7?)
> feet longer than whites. This was part of the WW2 "Nihon-Jiron" the
> idea that the Japanese are different and superior to other races. I had
> thought all that c..p long since debunked.
>