I think that the key at least in Japan, and actually
as far as I know in Korea and China as well, is that
in fact the diet is not really completely dominated by
rice. People typically consume a piece of fish and
vegetables along with a bowl of rice, and in fact many
younger Japanese now mostly eat McDonalds anyway... My
understanding is that problems of lack of nutrients
such as iron, zinc, and vitamin A tend to occur in
places like Cambodia that are very poor and where
people really do rely on rice for a substantial
proportion of their diet.

Best, Jens Wilkinson

--- Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Todd also didn't believe that white rice would be
> fortified.
> But how else could it be that all the
> main-staple-rice-eaters of the world
> don't get beriberi now?
> And: why is (US) white rice so high in B1?
> Yes it seems strage.
>
> Those who only add a little rice to the diet
> otherwise dominated by meat
> (all protein from meat) eat relative small amounts
> of rice. All the calories
> that don't come from the fat in the meat of from
> other junk fat or junk carb
> sources.
> But main-staple rice eaters (~5-600g of *dry* rice
> per day is necessary)
> survive..
>



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