On Tuesday, July 20, 2004, at 11:51 PM, Adrienne Smith wrote:

>
> Since you live there -- what are the food portions like generally
> speaking
> compared to the gigantic US portions?  I've always thought that
> portions
> there were generally MUCH smaller there.  Perhaps one can get away with
> much higher carbs if the overall portions are smaller?  Also, Japanese
> traditionally drink lots of green tea which purportedly inhibits the
> body's
> production of amalyse and therefore may act as a natural "starch
> blocker".
> Thoughts?
>
>

Portions much smaller. Half, or less I'd guess. No large sized drinks
in fast food restaurants. Their large is smaller than our medium.

Green tea is pretty popular. They also have a bunch of other 'teas'
made from different plants.