On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 02:03  PM, Joe Zychik wrote:
> potatoes. They also eat grains but their grains are
> whole - not refined grains.
>

I haven't met any Japanese who eat whole grains, even brown bread is
rather scarce. Whole grain rice is so rare that we have to order it
special from a small mill (my wife likes it). It may be different in
Okinawa.

A Japanese doctor I knew studied kidney function. He claimed the
Okinawans were long lived because of all the pork they ate, which he
said is very good for healthy kidneys.