Friends familiar with the Japanese food culture, may be more understanding of the natto this kind of food, simply put natto actually should be a soybean fermentation of a product.
Regularly eat a eat this natto for the body is indeed very good, this is mainly because this natto belongs to the high quality of protein, can enrich the human body's nutrition, and the production of this natto is required to go through the fermentation, so it will produce some mucus bacteria is conducive to the regulation of intestinal tract.
But this kind of natto is not Japan's unique cuisine, in fact, in China's rural areas of Jiaodong also have this very similar natto production.
Simply put, it is the clean soybean in the water soak, and then placed in the pot to cook, cooked and then dried in the vessel is then fermented until it can pull out the silk, this is the production of natto, and when you eat it can be put a little cilantro, ginger and other seasonings, especially in the winter time, almost every family in rural areas of the Jiaodong will be made.
This snack has been around for hundreds of years at least, so it's likely that Japanese natto came from our country.
But the Japanese people are more long-lived, not just because of eating natto, in fact, longevity should be caused by a number of factors, first of all, Japan's environment is better, although every year will consume a lot of wood, but their country's greening rate is still the highest in the world.
Secondly, their main cuisine is fish, rarely eat meat, so the accumulation of fat inside the body will also be less, which is conducive to good health.
Third, the Japanese people are more inclined to like to eat some beans, pin mushrooms, it can be said that the diet is a little better, so that the body is also extremely good.
So we can not just attribute the Japanese longevity to eat natto, but should be considered in many ways, but this natto is indeed a very good food, you can eat a little more appropriate.