HK3's Journal, 27 December 2021

yummy! 

this looks like you started making a Phili cheese steak and ran out of the right stuff. dont get me wrong..... it looks good, even tho I have no clue what natto is. 

Kind of a cross between a cheese steak - gyro - beef and bean burrito with a Japanese flavor profile. Didn’t quite pull it off lol…but natto is fermented soy bean and is the most prolific food you can eat to prevent cardiovascular disease as far as I can tell. Crazy high levels of vitamin K2 causes calcium to go back to where it belongs…your bones not your blood. Calcium is not really that good for you…especially when it ends up in the wrong places…like the walls of your arteries. No other food comes close to providing the level of K2 MK7 as natto does. It’s worth learning to like it. 

HK3– calcium is a critical element in the body. Your heart depends on it to keep a regular rhythm. Every element whether sodium, potassium, iron all have a potential up/down side. Don’t say that calcium is not very good for you— someone might actually believe you. 

Japanese nattō, like Filipino bagoong, is an acquired taste🤔 

HK3 krill/fish oil, exercise can prevent a body using calcium plaques on inflammed vessel wall. This is balancing act. K2 MK7 as you point out also does a great job of this (wikipedia great source to read). I would hesitate to say that calcium is all bad. Each person health needs are unique. I, to keep my stomach calm in my twenties, popped TUMS regularly, benefit to me now is good bone density (and I exercised). Never have had vessel plaques. 

Kenna, I didn’t say you shouldn’t have any…but over the years many of us were led to believe that more milk is better for your bones because of the calcium right? The dairy industry dropped that claim long ago but no one really noticed. Too much calcium was actually CAUSING osteoporosis! Meanwhile we have people taking supplements in the form of multi vitamins that increase your levels of calcium and iron to levels that are actually harmful rather than helpful. These minerals are not like Vitamin C where you can take 1000% of a dose per day and just excrete the extra. It’s very easy to get enough calcium from a normal diet without supplementation. I’m not a doctor but I do listen to one on the radio😏. It’s interesting stuff. My otherwise healthy mother is currently at increased risk for CVD due to high calcium levels in her body. I’m betting on genetics and taking action now. 

If you are not averse to pork, stir fry pork belly slices with natto and kimchi and sesame oil. I am enjoying your natto endeavors so far. 

Thanks yfritz…I’m easing my way into it. I do need to find out what it tastes like on its own, or perhaps just on toast with karashi or with rice and egg. I’m not a raw egg or fish kind of guy but I’m certainly going to make a pork fried rice with natto and cabbage next time I have pork leftovers. The goal is to have a serving at least twice per week.