Health benefits of natto

[@jesshansen1397]

The professor should have shown the Natto in an appealing bowl and used the Natto sauce and mustard. I eat it everyday, but you will never get people to eat it by showing it in its most unappealing form.

[@tonystark-gz5no]

haha

[@DSelwyn21]

I have to hand it to the interviewer, she didn't gag or spit it out.

[@variolaa1089]

Thats what I just forgot, the mustard... I made it with straw I found in the park. Was delicious with soysauce, but next time I put some mustard in it... I once ate it like that.

[@Matooosh]

Dont you have man boobs from eating so much soy?

[@takataka2222]

I am Japanese and I love nattou so much. I promise it won’t harm you even if you eat it everyday. You will like it the more you get used to the taste and actually the smell is not that bad it is just its stickiness that makes it unappetizing for first time eaters. But yeah it’s healthy

[@DanScottChannel]

I started making it a week ago and am on my second batch. I've been combinding it with cooked brown rice, soy sauce, sauteed onions and garlic as well as a little of ghee or olive oil. It's not bad! On day five, I had to use the bathroom five times...lol. BTW, it's vitamin K1 that effects blood thinning, not K2. Natto is high in vitamin K2, which is key in calcium metabolism.

[@gregmeissner9960]

To me it smells very mild, and a little bit like coffee beans. People are big babies, just eat it, it's good.

[@churchmouse4287]

Agreed

[@GothQueenRo]

Same

[@smiling5683]

That's good to hear!

[@lindarice5783]

I love natto! I am not Japanese and I had not even heard of it until a few years ago. After all that was said I expected it to be awful, but right from the first moment that I smelt it and tasted it I absolutely adored it. The texture reminds me of toffee before it sets. Yum! And so good for us too!

[@smiling5683]

Oh, thank you so much, this is so encouraging, especially about the texture :)

[@janwilson9485]

I agree. It looks awful but actually tastes pretty good. I make my own and eat it on a daily basis, its interesting how the flavour subtly changes over a few days. I mix it with rice and finely chopped salad. It makes it easier to eat as the rice sticks to it and makes it easier to pick up with chopsticks. The smell is fine and not very strong unless you make your own, in which case it smells unpleasantish for the 1st 24hrs after it goes in the fridge. After that its a mild nutty and coffee groundish smell - quite nice.

[@agr8trip]

It actually just tastes like a bean. There’s nothing wrong with the taste.

[@vfran838]

I eat mine with rice and a little soy sauce - topped with green onions sliced thin and topped with soy sauce. I toss the packets because they are not vegan and I am a vegan. I find the taste fine and its so good for you -- good for your bones if you have osteoporosis, good for your gut, helps your heart -as she is saying. I eat it every day.

[@le832]

The first time I tried it, I didn't use the accompanying mustard and soy sauce--big mistake! Those are in there for a reason! They make the taste of the natto milder and more palatable. Now, I eat it 5--6x a week! There's a Japanese store a few minutes from my house and they have several brands of it.

[@churchmouse4287]

They make it taste so much better

[@smiling5683]

Thanks for sharing that. I really want to eat it for the powerful probiotic, but I'm afraid of the taste and texture :)

[@geneandmarilynmcfalls683]

Looks yuk, but sounds like worth a try

[@user-fn2rt6lb1o]

my family always eats a 12 grain blend of rices that we mix ourselves. Natto with that rice as well as a rich fish like salmon or spanish mackeral is such a fantastic way to start the day.

[@nippononna]

Try your soysourced natto adding a bit of vinegar.... It'll be more tasty and more healthy for your blood pressure...

[@ghostbird92]

Natto is the richest source of Vitamin K2, which is crucial for bone strength. There was a study done on Japanese women, and those that ate Natto had a lower rate of hip fractures and osteoperosis.

[@jesshansen1397]

I also make my own Natto with a yogurt maker and put it in chili. You lose the microbes for the gut but keep the vitamin k2 for the bones and arteries.

[@on-ye7ir]

what do you mean by You lose the microbes for the gut ?

[@jesshansen1397]

@@on-ye7ir Natto contains a probiotic bacterial species (Bacillus subtilis) that promotes gastrointestinal health, you get these benefits if you eat it at a temperature of less than about 160 degrees F. The bacteria in natto is heat resistant but too much heat will kill it. When I cook natto beans in chili it usually gets hot enough that I kill the beneficial bacteria but of course it maintains the vitamin k2. Some family members will not eat the natto raw but will eat it in chili, because the taste is disguised.

[@on-ye7ir]

@@jesshansen1397 ah yes, same with making yogurt with culture, if temp is too hot it will kill the bacteria, thanks

[@heathny212]

@@jesshansen1397 My 9 year old daughter has DVT, and a pulmonary embolism, on her left side for about three months now. It developed after she had a sever pneumonia and had to have a pleural effusion drainage in her right lung. She was also coughing up blood and had 103 fever for a few days. She still complains that the pulmonary embolism on her left lung, and her right lung, where she had the pleural effusion bothers her. This happened right before the epidemic got bad in New York. I believe she had the virus even though the doctors told us no. I also think they didn’t have the equipment to test her yet. We ask the doctors to test her for it. Their answer was they didn't believe she had the symptoms for it. Now looking back she had every symptom of it. Words can not express how much I love my daughter. This has me so worried that I haven't been able to rest ever since and I probably never will until she's completely healed. I search on the net everyday non stop for home/natural remedies as well as any other alternatives. I just brought Sovereign Colloidal Silver and started her on it yesterday. I have a nebulizer. I’m going to start administering the colloidal this way as well. If anyone else is knowledgable on the subject She is currently taking Lovenox. I keep seeing and hearing about Nattokinase and Serrapeptase. Can she take Nattokinase with the Lovenox? Any suggestion or regimen anyone can recommend is greatly appreciated. Thank you and God bless you all. www.gofundme.com/manage/help-scarlett-recover-and-heal#

[@Starcraftghost]

I just found out about Natto and started eating it last week. My husband had calcification of the arteries and my research led me to Vitamin K2-MK7, which led me to Natto. I bought Natto from a Japanese grocery store and made my first batch of Natto last week in my Instant Pot. With the blood clot issue that coronavirus can do, eating natto will hopefully will give us to minimize the damage the virus if we catch it (knock on wood).

[@digits001]

Japanese here. You don’t just spoon it in your mouth 😂 There’s a lot of ways to eat it but you can just get the health benefits with nattokinase pills and avoid the texture and smell.

[@user-fn2rt6lb1o]

I saw that, I don't think Ive ever seen someone eat it like baked beans 😂

[@konradvonmarburg7733]

Best to eat the actual food, though.

[@Stinkysniff1]

I am an American eating natto daily. I stir 25 times with chopsticks and then I eat with soy sauce, green onion, and Japanese mustard

[@syurjevic]

I’m addicted to this!!! While doing my graduate studies in Japan I got hooked on Natto. Now I make my own :) best way to eat it in my opinion? - over hot steamy white rice, add a scoop of natto, gently put a raw egg yolk in the middle, top of with wasabi, soy sauce and a little pickled ginger… heaven!!!!

[@dpjbdpjb]

about the same here except for ginger and wasabi

[@starryeyedwish8005]

The professor looks and sounds so much like Joan Cusack!!

[@MarkTakayama1967]

I eat natto every day. There are two Japanese supermarkets in Houston, TX.I can buy natto!

[@CorpusDA]

Hey, where are the markets in Houston?

[@Lulu-kt6gr]

How do you prepare it?

[@kalani4423]

@@Lulu-kt6gr Just take it out of the small foam container, mix it with the small packet of yellow mustard and the soy sauce. It's ready to it. I usually mix in finely chopped green onions (scallions). In Japan, they mix in a raw egg, but maybe not recommended here.

[@TTNBear]

tastes very good with sliced raw garlic and rice

[@sifugurusensei]

i love natto. Could eat loads of it.

[@greensombrero3641]

It's really easy to eat and it's delicious. Millions of people eat Natto everyday. Kimchi is also very good to eat everyday.

[@marcusk7855]

I've only been eating it a couple of weeks every day but the white film on my tongue has disappeared. I don't like the taste but I don't really hate it either.

[@natlongrox]

It’s strange. The addiction creeps up on you.

[@BayandBeyondFishing]

Add the seasoning it comes with, I add a little extra ponzu sauce (or soy sauce with lemon), and green onions. Tiny bit of wasabi if you want a kick.

[@sakm44]

I wonder if the lemon juice would kill the healthful bacteria.

[@simonialei9020]

Once you get past the slimy texture, the taste is not bad. I find that mixing natto with rice or putting it in miso soup can really help with the slimy texture.

[@Marcovilda]

I love natto! We eat often at home, my son loves it, I’ve started giving it to him when he was 1 year old… he is 7 and is crazy about natto!!

[@queryads1000]

I had irregular heart beat and was sick for 6 months. 2 months ago began eating natto and kimchi daily, blood pressure and heart rate have finally stabilize

[@saraw1302]

I tried it but i never liked it and then when i have my duaghter during the pregency i was craving for that. Now i eat Natto with my breakfast with eggs avacado and turkey bacon

[@blueandbanana]

I eat it with hot sauce. It tastes like slimy beans. I bought an organic Azuma brand and it doesn’t smell bad to me.

[@Lulu-kt6gr]

Can you get it at Whole Foods do you know?

[@SchatzInaoriginal]

This is so curious! I first tried Natto years and years ago because I saw it in anime and was super curious about this bizarre food. Completely forgot about it, but recently felt a random appetite for it! I had Covid for the first time this year and there seem to be studies suggesting that the infection can cause microclots in the blood, so it's funny that Natto seems to have blood thinning properties. I wonder if my body on some level knew this and that's why I started craving it so randomly now? Anyway I actually really like the taste. It's nutty and kinda has a cheesy funk to it. The texture takes more getting used to in my opinion, but add some cucumber and spring onion with plenty of rice and it's a lovely meal!

[@dpjbdpjb]

on top of rice with a whole egg is how I eat it, taste great for me, lived in Japan 33 years

[@steelcannibal]

It's mainly a texture thing for me. I imagine if I mixed it with something like rice, the first time someone gave it to me it would have been fine. But by itself, I can't deal with the texture.

[@transmoongoddess]

I eat it with mustard in scallions

[@Livewithoutlitter-ts2si]

I accidentally made a great tasting natto recipe. On a fresh basil leaf add small amount of natto then two drops on lemon juice from real lemon .very much more palatable.

[@timefortees8872]

Can natto be dangerous if it dislodge a blood clot you don’t know about? Or will the clot reduce in size too fast to pose a threath? And could it REALLY be added when taking anti coagulants....!?🧐 I’ve heard that it can be dangerous to take Nattokinase while you are taken anti coagulants/blood thinners.. Anyone that really knows?

[@leawpeixiong4876]

More stir is better taste

[@999repliesfrom4]

How come it dissolves Bloot clots It has vitamin K2 Which is anticogulant ?

[@forexpinoychannelbyreactiv5828]

Vitamin K1 is for blood clotting. K2 is very different to K1

[@GraceDollesin]

Vitamin K1 is water soluble comes from green leafy vegetables that helps couagulation. Sounds scary but we need it otherwise a person can die of bleeding. Now , Vitamin K2 mostly comes from fat like hard cheese, eggs, butter and fermented foods like the mighty Natto which known to help eat/clean up fibrins in the body. It also prevents calcium from depositing in our arteries. These calcium deposits can contribute to developing of plaques in the heart, brain,bones and eyes. Calcium deposits in the heart can cause cardiovascular diseases, in the brain can cause Alzheimer’s, in the bones can cause arthritis or bone problems, in the eyes can cause like cataracts. That is all I know.

[@gigiro8140]

I got use to the taste…kinda like coffee beans. But can’t get use to the texture…it’s slimy. I try to not to chew it too long.

[@janwilson9485]

Mix it with hot rice, spring onions and sushi pickled ginger it sorts out the slimyness.

[@charliebecker4417]

I wish she said how much vitamin K2 It's the best source for this

[@skyramafoil]

It’s not that bad it’s really good actually

[@grayfox_yt]

The sauce that you put on natto makes it.

[@DSelwyn21]

I don't understand why a professor of nutrition would not mention what's in Natto which could cause thinning of the blood or dissolving of clots? Is it Vitamin K or Vitamin K2? How could she not mention this ?

[@Starcraftghost]

Not only that, but, studies has been done on humans and not just on rats.

[@billydaniel7661]

DSelwyn21...it's the nattokinase that's the anticoagulant.

[@jackdripper5675]

It has the highest level of K2 than any food at 10985 ng/g. A blue vein cheese like Stilton is considered a good source of K2 but is only around 480 ng/g

[@kirkhupp8886]

Exactly!!!!!******👌👌👌👌

[@chrislong5407]

Like she said, till they do studies on human then we will know whether it really benefit health especially people with heart disease.

[@chandniss3660]

Not just Japan it is very much traditional food of Nepal as well ....

[@XDGT9300]

Mix with avocado/tofu, nori and soya sauce. It looks disgusting but goes very well each other!

[@chickas843]

Love natto so good for you!!! Mix in your smoothies!!🙂

[@leawpeixiong4876]

Need to stir 50 times

[@ogadlogadl490]

I eat my natto atop white rice, sliced onions and half an avocado. Little soy sauce and bam 💥 a healthy lunch.

[@Kendow20]

Eat Natto with Rice. Period. There's a reason most people who are trying Natto for the first time without rice tend to not like it. It needs the rice to balance the strong taste/slimy texture.

[@eggshen27]

They need Nihonjin people on to show how to eat it properly. 😆 My 3 year old LOVES natto.

[@BossyRevil8]

I eat mine with a hot rice and drop fresh 1 egg yolk into it and add the mixed natto in it! Voila❤ A li’l Kimchi on the side. Yeah… it’s true about acquired taste 😆👍❤ My age is 58 and I dont have western maintenance✅

[@mariaferrada5216]

Are on australian shell. I would like to tray.

[@PSBosses]

Eat almost everyday. ❤

[@jellyluver22]

It definetly is an acquired taste, but after the first couple i am eating it everyday lol

[@oskie9719]

It’s pronounce not-toe.

[@TheInvisionary]

no not mix it!!! hahaha i always do some roosted sesame oil some shoyu nothing elles

[@SweeetSpice]

I bought some the other day at the Japanese supermarket and unfortunately did not like it at all ☹️ It kind of smelled like what a trash bin would smell like (no offense). I’m not sure if mine was poor quality or not, but I’m used to fermented foods so I thought I would enjoy it but I couldn’t try more than 1 teaspoon.

[@dokushinkachan2530]

Naaahtoohh.... is how you say it. Not NAYTO

[@konradvonmarburg7733]

You need to stir this at LEAST 100 times or you are doing it wrong! AT LEAST 100!

[@kirkhupp8886]

She did NOT say Vitamin K!* & That's the only one manufacturers said it had!!** "& so"!* It's a BIG Very BIG lie!*

[@MyNameIsAღy]

first time i try natto i almost vomit, its visual is kinda..unappetizing 😂 but i'm ok with its smell, not stinky as some people said. it's just smells like coffee. 👈 that's my first impression. but guess what..now it's one of my favourite snack 😜 i can eat it a lot. best for dieting.

[@robertthompson5501]

Eat with seasoning packets, dummy! Lol

[@elaineflynn5356]

I love natto

[@vanities9484]

It makes me gain weight

[@thomasolson7447]

Smells like old shoes, tastes even worse.

[@inpoeluanga9586]

Better than French 🍟🍟🍟🍟🍟, to the health

[@bradschultz8737]

Very “Earthy” smell

[@CommanderRiker0]

It smells good to me, not strong at all

[@1ADScout]

I had natto-giri for the first time ever.....it was disgusting to me and I love traditional foods. It smells like it sounds......nasty toes.While nutritious no doubt......i do not recommend for the average person. I had this dish with many an accompanying variety of foods, including my favorite dish of tonkatsu.....maybe my nose is just too sensitive

[@jz94117]

"It smells like it sounds......nasty toes." TOE JAM ?

[@Aris-Darling]

I think the presentation of the natto here was not done in the best way in how one should consume this superfood that has been around for centuries.. Again, they come in small styrofoam containers for a reason. The presenter should have added the soy sauce and mustard or anything else that adds to the flavor/blunts the strange natto smell, and kept it on a small plate! Not dump enough natto to feed a family of 8. It also should be eaten with Japanese rice, not by itself. Lastly, it would be so great to see some Asians represented on screen along with the Asian food being presented.. They missed all the cultural goodness!

[@kappakonbu]

I have first to see Natto on a flat plate lol.

[@8richard862]

Yogurt has the same effect. Natto is too smelly.😂

[@konradvonmarburg7733]

What a stupid choice of plate to serve it in. Good Lord.

[@gad5248]

Yes natto can dissolve blood clots, BUT can it dissolve that 3" thick layer of fakeup on that woman's face????😂