Natto is a healthy food, which is made from soybean fermented by Bacillus subtilis. It is sticky, smelly and slightly sweet. It not only retains the nutritional value of soybean and is rich in vitamin K2, but also improves the digestion and absorption rate of protein. More importantly, the fermentation process produces a variety of physiologically active substances, which have the functions of dissolving fibrin in the body and regulating physiological functions.

Moreover, natto is rich in various nutrients, which can prevent intestinal diseases such as constipation and diarrhea, improve bone density, prevent osteoporosis, regulate blood pressure in two directions, dissolve old thrombotic plaques, regulate blood lipids, eliminate fatigue and comprehensively improve human immunity.

The general way to eat:

1, natto rice

Traditionally, natto is first mixed with soy sauce or Japanese mustard (generally, boxed natto sold in department stores uses Japanese light soy sauce and yellow mustard), stirred until silk appears, and served on white rice for natto rice.

2. Mix and eat

Some people also mix natto with raw eggs, onions, lotus seeds, radishes, firewood and other ingredients. Natto and sugar are sometimes mixed in Hokkaido and Northeast China. There are also creative ways to eat with mayonnaise. If the sauce is added without stirring, the water will be too much and the viscosity will be reduced. Onion and mustard can inhibit the pungent smell of "natto ammonia". Those who are not used to eating natto think it is rotten boiled soybeans.

The taste of natto:

Natto itself has no special taste, neither smelly nor fragrant. Without seasoning, it tastes a little yellow sauce (after all, it is all fermented soybean products). The only reason why natto is not acceptable in China is that some mucus will appear when natto is stirred a little, forming wiredrawing, and the slippery taste will make some Chinese people unaccustomed.

The role of natto: First, lower cholesterol. Second, prevent arteriosclerosis, heart disease and so on. Dissolve thrombus and prevent thrombotic diseases. Fourth, lower blood pressure, prevent and treat hypertension. Fifth, regulate the intestine, increase the peristalsis of the intestine, promote defecation and prevent digestive tract diseases. Six, natto contains a variety of enzymes, which can promote the digestion and absorption of human stomach. Prevention of cancers, such as breast cancer, skin cancer, prostate cancer and kidney cancer. Eight, delay aging. IX. Prevention of osteoporosis. Ten, beauty beauty. Eleven, improve memory, etc.