I eat Natto every morning with some rice. You gotta add a bit of mustard and soy sauce to it. It’s strange at first but you get used to it. If you get used to it, it tastes like roasted chestnut. But you have to stir it up aggressively to activate it. And it shouldn’t cost $12. The most I paid is $1.99 for a 3 pack at the Japanese store.
I like to eat my natto with soy and mustard as well, but I also add nutritional yeast, hot sauce, and a spoonful of pickled cucumber relish. It's also good with kimchi on the side
I bought Natto that was Frozen from an ASIAN Grocery store from Japan and Korea! It was in many different flavors with hot mustard and there was also BLACKBEAN Natto, which I really liked! I have Coronary Artery Disease. I will continue to eat this every day! Thank you for informing me about the "Natto" benefits! I encourage you to look for an Asian Grocery Store to purchase different Natto. 😁👍I'm in Chicago were I purchased the "Natto".
Good practical video. My homemade version is milder than commercial products. By controlling the fermentation time, I control the intensity. Also I eat it mixed with other food, as do traditional consumers in Japan. In my case it is broccoli sprouts and prepared mustard. Thanks for being a real person on your channel and going beyond the “talking head.”
Is there a way to make sprouts without wasting time having to drain the water every 12 hours or so? It shouldn't be too hard to make a percolate machine that slowly pours in more water and slowly gets rid of the old water, I know Python & a bit of arduino.
Salt pickles are the best haha! You can add ground ginger, garlic, onions, soy sauce, fish sauce, red peppers, to your pickles to make them taste a bit more like kimchi. Seriously, natto doesn't really have that strong of a taste. It took me longer to get used to drinking black coffee, romaine lettuce, and eating grapefruit.
I am so impressed that you and your son tried this onscreen. I hit that subscribe button! I love your honest reactions. I will take the pill instead. Lol
I started eating natto last week. I never had an adverse opinion of its smell ( I adore Stinky Bishop cheese) or presentation, I do add nutritional yeast it is so delicious and more benefits.Buying it in the various market available is really pricy. So I purchased an Insta Pot to make my own but I also got it to make my Bulgarian Greek style yogurt. Life is wonderful, youtube is marvelous, and meeting people like you and your son takes it to another stratosphere ;-) THANK YOU!
I eat natto with kimchi and yellow mustard, and I like that, but I love nutritional yeast, and it sounds like a great idea to mix it natto. I am trying that tomorrow!
Natto is amazing. I tried it for three months straight. I ate Natto with mustard and hot sauce. It made my hair grow. I am trying to lower my cholesterol and increase my iron. It costs me 99 cents per pack.
You get extra credit for pronouncing natto correctly. I haven't tried natto for over 40 years. My mom eats it and my sister too. She likes it with mustard. Too bad for me because I now have a CAC score of 123. I now take K2 400 or 500 mcg per day. Unexpectedly I noticed, after about two months on K2, my blood pressure lowered to normal. Also my tooth sensitivities went away. Happy days. I would stop at a Japanese, Korean or sometime an Asian market and pickup some frozen natto for my mom. It’s in little individual packets in the freezer section and probably more economical too. This video should help in case you haven’t looked, and there’s others on TH-cam. th-cam.com/video/gvpdY844gX8/w-d-xo.html I’ll take a follow up CAC test in about 6 more months to see which direction my calcification is going. And thanks for wanting to be a doctor and not someone who just wants to cash in on sick peoples.
@@kathleenking47 A comparison I've seen is "night train" vs "night rain" when spoken naturally. Interestingly the Japanese spelling for pudding is purin. The Japan "r" approximates an American "dd" sound.
In Japan, natto comes in a small Styrofoam pack and is always included with a salty fish type sauce with mustard. Even the Japanese need to add something to make it more palatable. I.e. they usually eat it with other foods like rice or breads.
I lived in Japan back in the 90's for a while teaching English Conversation. I loved it. The first time I tried Natto I almost gag. It was horrible, but as time went on I learned to like it a lot. I liked it so much that I was eating it everyday. When I came back to the states it's much harder to find it unless you go to a Asian store, and they might not even have it. Now Amazon sells it as well as other online sites. The problem I have with these so-called test tube studies they do is that they don't look at everything about the participants. For example. The doctor says only comes to 2 percent decrease in heart disease. Did they see how active the participants were? Did they live a sedentary life style? What other foods did they eat? You can't base a study off of just one thing such as Natto. I've lost faith in the medical community because of this. Medical community just doesn't always look at the whole picture.
Very informative. Thank you. You have to eat natto the way Japanese do to enjoy them. We eat this for breakfast with a little soy sauce, Japanese mustard (karashi) and chopped green onions over a newly cooked rice. I also like it without rice with all the toppings I mentioned above. And of course, a simple bowl of miso soup with it is really nice. Oh, and the secret is using chopsticks to avoid slimy strands going to your face. 😊
Buy it in those little styrofoam containers that come frozen and defrost it as needed but eat it while it is still semi-frozen. That blocks a lot of the taste and the slime formation. BTW it is less slimy than okra.
My girlfriend makes this herself. I was at her house one day & was going to let me try it. Seems it was smelly & it was creepy. I turned it down .. couldn't do it. But I didn't know it was MK-7! Now I want to try it, but mix it in something else to hide it. YOUR SON IS SOOOOOO CUTE! yes you must have a strong stomatch, doc. I think your son's reaction was more accurate.
Thanks for your comment, Paul. I tried it in my smoothie and it was definitely better than eating it straight. We love the Knights, Al Tuch is from our neck of the woods so we became fans!
i just started purchasing it from a local asian market. very cheap! i find the flavour unexciting to eat on its own so I mix it heavily with kimchi and use it as a salad substitute. i am eating it for cardiovascular maintenance. thanks for the video
Interesting video. I’ve been visiting Japan for over a decade. I have to say, I had the locals in hysterics when they witnessed my first encounter with natto. Seeing a foreigner wolf down a portion of natto with spring onion, mustard and soya sauce - without coming up for breath - was obviously not a common occurrence. As someone who consumes a lot of fermented foods - kefir, sauerkraut, cheese and red wine - it just didn’t seem unnatural to enjoy natto. $12 for a tiny jar of natto? As we say here in Scotland: No danger! Recently, the three packs you’d usually find in Asian supermarkets have become more difficult to come by, and are significantly more expensive than pre brexit, pandemic and war with Russia. In Japan, a three pack costs as little as 60 yen - I’m guessing around 20 or 25 cents. In Scotland, the same pack sets you back around $6 Simple solution: make your own! Most of us own some form of Instant pot. One pound of soya beans makes around 20 generous portions of natto. Just be sure to avoid the nasty GMO variety so commonly available in the States. There are plenty of tutorials out there, but the process couldn’t be simpler: Wash, soak overnight, cook, ferment, refrigerate, and enjoy!
I have tried natto with sauerkraut, kimchi and finally, I now eat it with 1/2 can of black beans. It's easy with black beans, I cut the frozen natto into 9 pieces, then eat each piece with some black beans, the soy beans and black beans have the same texture, and both soft, so just a couple chews and then an easy swallow, mostly just taste the black beans. Don't stir it up like the Japanese, that's just masochistic. It's cheap, and has the most k2 of any food (emu oil has more, but not so available, and is that a food?). It also has Nattokinase, the enzyme which dissolves fibrin (plaque in arteries is 8% lipids, 16% calcium and 65% fibrin) which is only in natto. So, K2 reduces the calcium, and Nattokinase reduces the fibrin, at least that's the theory.
Dude home made natto is pretty cheap & not that hard to make. Just get canned beans drain & heat them then put them in a loose container (prevent insects from getting in but allows oxygen to get in) for a bunch of days to ferment the beans with natural bacteria (although using the bacteria you get online could lower the risk of spoilage). I make natto using chickpeas, blackbeans, and soybeans.
I actually make natto at home, because it's cheaper and tastes better than the packaged type. It's quite easy, you only need dried soybeans and a good starter (the spores of the right bacterium.) You can find instructions and buy spores on a website called TopCultures.
Interesting video, Natto did not look as bad as I thought, I will have to try it. One note, a decrease from 6.9% to 4.9% is a 29% reduction, very large percentage in my book. Also, very interesting point about the fact that Natto has many other ingredients than just K2 that could be a factor. I never really thought of it that way, more reason to try Natto. Thanks.
Personally, I’d agree with the good doctor regarding the percentage. Unlike pharmaceutical sales literature, he states clearly that he is referring to absolute percentage. You, on the other hand, are referring to relative percentage. So, a difference of 1 percent and 2 percent is, well, 1 percent. Yes, it’s an improvement, but what about the other 98 percent? A good, or should I say bad example of this is where the sales of statins are based on a 50 percent decrease in the chances of dying of CHD as a result of this ‘miracle’ drug. Of course, the actual data shows an improvement of only one percent in absolute terms - up from 2 to 3 percent. Only when it comes to adverse reactions, does the rather dishonest sales pitch revert to absolute percentages. Just saying. As for fermented foods. Well, we have been consuming them for thousands of years, I don’t know of any studies that have shown kefir, sauerkraut, or natto to cause T2D, muscle or joint damage. There is certainly no evidence of The Japanese dropping dead in their prime - far from it, as I’ve noticed on my many visits.
I had a Japanese exchange student stay with me and she ate Natto at least 3 times a week. I hated the smell. But after breaking my sternum and having blood stagnation ( diagnosed by an acupuncturist) I had some and it cleared up my problem. Put it in a bowl, stir it , stretch it , enjoy it with rice and low salt soy sauce or tamari.
It needs to be seasoned and you have to stirred with chopsticks to activate it. I hated it when I was growing up, but I ended up acquiring a taste for it and now I love it!!
I used to live in Japan and love natto. We actually make this at home with a yogurt maker. For those interested, standard natto is made with soybeans. You don’t have to use soybeans though. You can ferment other beans (the softer the better) with the same probiotic.
I thought I would never be able to eat it. But, when my doctor lectured me about my cholesterol and my dislike of statins, I decided to try. I make a pot of chile beans and after heating up the pot each day, I mix a tablespoon of nattó in with the beans and the other flavors override what your son called the "gross" aspect. I took nattokinase for a while, but then the local stores ran out, so I decided to try the real thing. I appreciated your comment that the real thing is probably better than nattokinase all by itself. Thank you!
I ordered fresh natto from Amazon. I really like it, and didn’t find the strands as unwieldy as you seem to have. It had a chocolatey smell and a pleasant flavor, especially when I added the little packet of wasabi mustard that came with it. I’m going to have it daily as often as I can. I’m in San Francisco, so the availability of Asian grocery stores is not a problem.
Bought Natto tonight at Asian Market. It came with seasoning packets. I watched a couple of videos on how to eat Natto, eat it with rice or toast. Had it on toast, delicious! I will replace my cream cheese with Natto! You tube Natto Dad gives directions for fermenting Natto. Done right you will enjoy Natto daily with breakfast. Thank you so much! 🍽🙏
So, I’ve never had it until today. I ordered the spores and made it from scratch over a week ago.(fermented it for one week) I tried it with soy sauce, mustard, and chopped chives and it was OK. Like a pungent cheese. But I’ll definitely have it again because I made one quart. :)
Great video, informative and funny. Thank you (and your son😓😂). Btw, you can mix natto with whatever you want so that it tastes more palatable. Japanese people do, usually with sweet soy sauce, a bit spicy yellow paste I can't remember what it is made of and rice. I personally put 50 g of homemade natto (sometimes with soybeans and sometimes with garbanzo beans) in a salad with a tsp of sauerkraut, different green leaves, tomatillos, avocado, black garlic, salmorejo (a Spanish veggie sort of sauce), cod liver/mackarel/sardines/tuna/raw salmon and EVOO. It tastes really good to me.
Thanks for watching! Charlie was definitely the star of that show. And I will definitely be mixing it in with something and putting it on a sandwich I think.
@@CardioGauge Yeah, it's a combinative food - as the prior poster said. There's at least one video on youtube made by an Asian American that shows an easy fairly traditional way to combine it. I also feel what you said about all the other possible nutrients in natto cf a k2 supplement is likely right.
@@CardioGauge th-cam.com/video/Bm_Oq1SFtkQ/w-d-xo.html Or a search on youtube, "how to prepare natto" turns up heaps. I like it with the Jap mustard, Jap vinegar, soy sauce, sticky rice and chopped spring onions.
@@CardioGauge I have a question in regards to heart health I was told that K2 can actually cause clotting isn’t K2 present in NATO I actually went and purchased an enzyme of nattokinase, I want to try it just for cardiovascular health as it’s something genetically in my family I don’t smoke and I don’t drink but I have that family disposition so I’m a little bit worried and I’m not overweight but I have had Covid twice and I’m not sure if I have any clots or any blockages and I was wondering if NATO would be beneficial for me
For westerners they need to mix it. I use avocado, Kimchi, cilantro, green onions, with a touch of Tamari sauce over rice with Wasabi. I love it and can actually eat it plain now but I eat it with a meal. I make my own and once made I put it in the fridge for about 3 days stirring it everyday to let the ammonia smell dissipate. I then freeze about 3 meals worth in a container and always have it ready to go.
Probably already been explained, but for the benefit of those who read comments by "new", you should eat Natto with some soy sauce, rice, green onions etc. When it is eaten with other food, then the flavour is perfectly fine.
I make a kefir and natto smoothie (along with fruit and peanut butter). I blend the natto in with some coconut water and then add the rest of the ingredients.
Interesting. I'd never heard of it. I watched while eating my kefir/yogurt/strawberry/chia/ginger/cinnamon/flaxseed/Linseed,sunflowerseed,almond(LSA)/Maca powder/ nutritional yeast, combination breakfast. People say I eat weird things too 😐. Kefir has vit K2 apparently.
thank you. i will try natto the first opportunity. in the mean time, i understand the natto powder, made from the dried beans is just as healthy, if not more so (from the concentration).....and somewhat more palatable. i think you're exactly right; the whole food has many more benefits than just the isolated k2 (from a pill, which i currently take, but plan to phase in the natto powder). again thanks.
it's really not bad. it's just a very different texture than what we're used to eat. i just dump it on top of my chilli lol it helps blend in, as long as there are lots of spices
Natto is delicious. I could eat it everyday. I tried making some at home, and it stunk out my kitchen. Now I just buy it from the local Korean grocery store. It's yummy with Korean kimchi too.
What people need to understand is yes Nattokinase does help but you need to drop your bad habits as well. Stop being sedentary, stop eating animal products, stop smoking and stop being so stressed out
I made som natto two weeks ago. I had bought some small pack about two years ago to try out. The one pack I had left was still viable and so made some from that. The taste is very much like tempeh, another fermented soy food. After a while you don't even notice the dirty sock smell or the taste. It is actually rather bland. I eat about 30 grams a day as a snack.
I tired it for the first time today. It came in a styrofoam package with some mustard and soy sauce. I mixed it all up and served it on top of rice. I don’t think it’s meant to have plain. Lol. I like slimey foods.
Natto is a weird traditional food, not good for kids but they give it anyway ( natto can make taste disorder, promote bleeding,increase heart disease risk… and other problems). That’s why I don’t give to my children natto ( they are half Japanese)
Natto is always eaten with mustard and dashi sauce, it could be the mustard or dashi that's causing the decrease in cases, did the study concider that?
The younger someone is the greater the gag reflex is for foods that taste off, a natural response. As we get older we learn to accept varying tastes, a learned response.
Hi ecom. No. fibrinogen break down is something a person needs if they are having an active stroke or heart attack. When that is happening, they need immediate, reliable effect. While nattokinase is a fibrinolytic, it is not reliable enough to take in the setting of a heart attack or stroke. Best bet for heart attack and stroke is to get to the hospital pronto. In terms of long term supplementation with a goal of reducing fibrinogen, I don't know of any trials which have proven that anything in this area reduces chance of heart attack or stroke.
I tried to get myself to eat natto years ago, I ate it for almost two weeks straight trying to get used to it on the 13th day I could just not get it down. ( same gag reaction as the young man had! 🤣) I found the pills. Now I am attempting to try it again, medicines from real food is so much better then a pill. I am now going to attempt to make my own. With my instant pot and the recipes I’ve found on utube. ( years ago I even bought the bacteria starter from Amazon, but did not make it) you need to stir it up before you eat it to activate the strands. ❤️ thanks for your video. ( my husband took a video of my reaction to it when I first tried it. I eat weird things to so I figured I could get used to it. Wish me luck this time around. I am eating it for my bone health.
Suggest that you find a legitimate sushi restaurant (many are not operated by Japanese) and try natto. I recommend it with squid, roe, and quail egg. Absent that, find an Asian food store and buy the product imported from Japan. Yes, it is stringy but fresh natto should have a nice nutty flavor.
If there are any Japanese or Asian supermarkets near you , Natto is much cheaper than the price you mentioned. My reaction eating Natto is more like Charlie's.
LOL! Cool vid! I had to "learn" how to like natto. The kid did good (brave dude), but like to anything, there's an art... I think one day, he'd get it... ;) Cheers!
My wife is Japanese born and bred. I couldn’t take the smell when she ate Natto. so she changed to an oderless Natto. I still have no desire to try it. I do keep Nattokinase supplements made from the Japanese patented version...just in case.
I eat Natto every morning with some rice. You gotta add a bit of mustard and soy sauce to it. It’s strange at first but you get used to it. If you get used to it, it tastes like roasted chestnut. But you have to stir it up aggressively to activate it. And it shouldn’t cost $12. The most I paid is $1.99 for a 3 pack at the Japanese store.
I heard that the best time for natto is before go to bed. they said it is because most Blood clot is made while we sleep.
@@Yarnooee I’m not sure if eating something before bedtime is calming on the digestive system.
@@Yarnooee If it’s the natto pill I take it at night but fresh natto with rice in the morning.
@@Yarnooee not supposed to eat anything before bed
I like to eat my natto with soy and mustard as well, but I also add nutritional yeast, hot sauce, and a spoonful of pickled cucumber relish. It's also good with kimchi on the side
I am so impressed your son even tried it! Good work Dad!
I bought Natto that was Frozen from an ASIAN Grocery store from Japan and Korea! It was in many different flavors with hot mustard and there was also BLACKBEAN Natto, which I really liked! I have Coronary Artery Disease. I will continue to eat this every day! Thank you for informing me about the "Natto" benefits! I encourage you to look for an Asian Grocery Store to purchase different Natto. 😁👍I'm in Chicago were I purchased the "Natto".
How's your heart? Have you reaped any benefits?
I’d like an update too. ❤
Update please
Had this helped you at all ?
Good practical video. My homemade version is milder than commercial products. By controlling the fermentation time, I control the intensity. Also I eat it mixed with other food, as do traditional consumers in Japan. In my case it is broccoli sprouts and prepared mustard. Thanks for being a real person on your channel and going beyond the “talking head.”
Thanks for watching, Richard! I saw your homemade Natto vid last month and enjoyed it a lot!
Is there a way to make sprouts without wasting time having to drain the water every 12 hours or so? It shouldn't be too hard to make a percolate machine that slowly pours in more water and slowly gets rid of the old water, I know Python & a bit of arduino.
@@aoeu256 grow them in soil. Like wheatgrass is grown.
I mix it in with homemade sauerkraut and a little mustard. Also, it's pretty easy and inexpensive to make.
Thanks for your comment Theresa!
Salt pickles are the best haha! You can add ground ginger, garlic, onions, soy sauce, fish sauce, red peppers, to your pickles to make them taste a bit more like kimchi. Seriously, natto doesn't really have that strong of a taste. It took me longer to get used to drinking black coffee, romaine lettuce, and eating grapefruit.
That's a good idea, thanks.
I am so impressed that you and your son tried this onscreen. I hit that subscribe button! I love your honest reactions. I will take the pill instead. Lol
All I could do was laugh really hard at you guys eating that Natto. So funny you two. Thanks for info and entertainment.
Thanks for watching TJ. My son and I had fun with that, he is always game to try new stuff!
I started eating natto last week. I never had an adverse opinion of its smell ( I adore Stinky Bishop cheese) or presentation, I do add nutritional yeast it is so delicious and more benefits.Buying it in the various market available is really pricy. So I purchased an Insta Pot to make my own but I also got it to make my Bulgarian Greek style yogurt. Life is wonderful, youtube is marvelous, and meeting people like you and your son takes it to another stratosphere ;-) THANK YOU!
I eat natto with kimchi and yellow mustard, and I like that, but I love nutritional yeast, and it sounds like a great idea to mix it natto. I am trying that tomorrow!
Natto is amazing. I tried it for three months straight. I ate Natto with mustard and hot sauce. It made my hair grow. I am trying to lower my cholesterol and increase my iron. It costs me 99 cents per pack.
Natto is like Scotch whisky, it grows on you.
You get extra credit for pronouncing natto correctly.
I haven't tried natto for over 40 years. My mom eats it and my sister too. She likes it with mustard. Too bad for me because I now have a CAC score of 123. I now take K2 400 or 500 mcg per day. Unexpectedly I noticed, after about two months on K2, my blood pressure lowered to normal. Also my tooth sensitivities went away. Happy days.
I would stop at a Japanese, Korean or sometime an Asian market and pickup some frozen natto for my mom. It’s in little individual packets in the freezer section and probably more economical too.
This video should help in case you haven’t looked, and there’s others on TH-cam.
th-cam.com/video/gvpdY844gX8/w-d-xo.html
I’ll take a follow up CAC test in about 6 more months to see which direction my calcification is going.
And thanks for wanting to be a doctor and not someone who just wants to cash in on sick peoples.
Thanks for posting your experience and for the positive feedback Fidelity Q!
what is your cac score after 6 months? does it lower?
He doesn't pronounce it correctly though. You need a break for the double-t, as in "not toe" vs noddo.
@@captsorghumlike water? British pronounce it, Americans say wadder
@@kathleenking47 A comparison I've seen is "night train" vs "night rain" when spoken naturally.
Interestingly the Japanese spelling for pudding is purin. The Japan "r" approximates an American "dd" sound.
It's good to see a physician that's actually open to alternative treatments every doc I talk to just tells you to take statins and exercise..
Doctors get kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies.
In Japan, natto comes in a small Styrofoam pack and is always included with a salty fish type sauce with mustard. Even the Japanese need to add something to make it more palatable. I.e. they usually eat it with other foods like rice or breads.
thank you doc. i watched twice. it is educational and also entertaining.
I lived in Japan back in the 90's for a while teaching English Conversation. I loved it. The first time I tried Natto I almost gag. It was horrible, but as time went on I learned to like it a lot. I liked it so much that I was eating it everyday.
When I came back to the states it's much harder to find it unless you go to a Asian store, and they might not even have it. Now Amazon sells it as well as other online sites.
The problem I have with these so-called test tube studies they do is that they don't look at everything about the participants. For example. The doctor says only comes to 2 percent decrease in heart disease. Did they see how active the participants were? Did they live a sedentary life style? What other foods did they eat? You can't base a study off of just one thing such as Natto. I've lost faith in the medical community because of this. Medical community just doesn't always look at the whole picture.
So funny ur reaction
The kid told the truth
Very informative. Thank you.
You have to eat natto the way Japanese do to enjoy them. We eat this for breakfast with a little soy sauce, Japanese mustard (karashi) and chopped green onions over a newly cooked rice. I also like it without rice with all the toppings I mentioned above. And of course, a simple bowl of miso soup with it is really nice. Oh, and the secret is using chopsticks to avoid slimy strands going to your face. 😊
Your son is such a hansom young man!
Buy it in those little styrofoam containers that come frozen and defrost it as needed but eat it while it is still semi-frozen. That blocks a lot of the taste and the slime formation. BTW it is less slimy than okra.
My girlfriend makes this herself. I was at her house one day & was going to let me try it. Seems it was smelly & it was creepy. I turned it down .. couldn't do it. But I didn't know it was MK-7! Now I want to try it, but mix it in something else to hide it. YOUR SON IS SOOOOOO CUTE! yes you must have a strong stomatch, doc. I think your son's reaction was more accurate.
I think I’ll stick with the k2 supplement. Keep up the good work Doc !
Thanks Ring Spanner!
I eat natto often. I just put a small amount in a shake or smoothie. Can't taste it. Go Knights!
Thanks for your comment, Paul. I tried it in my smoothie and it was definitely better than eating it straight. We love the Knights, Al Tuch is from our neck of the woods so we became fans!
@@CardioGauge wow I never thought about putting natto into a smoothie..whats Knights and Ai Tuch? I Googled but it didn't show up. Thanks
@@thebaseballsamurai7293 VGK Vegas Golden Knights hockey, I’m assuming al Fuchs is a player
i just started purchasing it from a local asian market. very cheap! i find the flavour unexciting to eat on its own so I mix it heavily with kimchi and use it as a salad substitute. i am eating it for cardiovascular maintenance. thanks for the video
Interesting video. I’ve been visiting Japan for over a decade. I have to say, I had the locals in hysterics when they witnessed my first encounter with natto. Seeing a foreigner wolf down a portion of natto with spring onion, mustard and soya sauce - without coming up for breath - was obviously not a common occurrence.
As someone who consumes a lot of fermented foods - kefir, sauerkraut, cheese and red wine - it just didn’t seem unnatural to enjoy natto.
$12 for a tiny jar of natto? As we say here in Scotland: No danger! Recently, the three packs you’d usually find in Asian supermarkets have become more difficult to come by, and are significantly more expensive than pre brexit, pandemic and war with Russia.
In Japan, a three pack costs as little as 60 yen - I’m guessing around 20 or 25 cents. In Scotland, the same pack sets you back around $6
Simple solution: make your own! Most of us own some form of Instant pot. One pound of soya beans makes around 20 generous portions of natto. Just be sure to avoid the nasty GMO variety so commonly available in the States.
There are plenty of tutorials out there, but the process couldn’t be simpler: Wash, soak overnight, cook, ferment, refrigerate, and enjoy!
3 pack, is under 2 dollars in central CA..j like it, and it shows on blood pressure
It lowers my BP.😊
NOW I think it may work on blood donation..my blood seems a little thick going thru the tube🤔
I have tried natto with sauerkraut, kimchi and finally, I now eat it with 1/2 can of black beans. It's easy with black beans, I cut the frozen natto into 9 pieces, then eat each piece with some black beans, the soy beans and black beans have the same texture, and both soft, so just a couple chews and then an easy swallow, mostly just taste the black beans. Don't stir it up like the Japanese, that's just masochistic. It's cheap, and has the most k2 of any food (emu oil has more, but not so available, and is that a food?). It also has Nattokinase, the enzyme which dissolves fibrin (plaque in arteries is 8% lipids, 16% calcium and 65% fibrin) which is only in natto. So, K2 reduces the calcium, and Nattokinase reduces the fibrin, at least that's the theory.
You bought the best natto. I love that brand. Definitly eat it with some rice, soysauce, mustard, and a little bit of kimchi.
Dude home made natto is pretty cheap & not that hard to make. Just get canned beans drain & heat them then put them in a loose container (prevent insects from getting in but allows oxygen to get in) for a bunch of days to ferment the beans with natural bacteria (although using the bacteria you get online could lower the risk of spoilage). I make natto using chickpeas, blackbeans, and soybeans.
I actually make natto at home, because it's cheaper and tastes better than the packaged type. It's quite easy, you only need dried soybeans and a good starter (the spores of the right bacterium.)
You can find instructions and buy spores on a website called TopCultures.
I like your down to earthiness, and the interaction with your son. I'm gonna get me some natto too.
+1
Good to see your son is a Golden Knights fan.
Interesting video, Natto did not look as bad as I thought, I will have to try it. One note, a decrease from 6.9% to 4.9% is a 29% reduction, very large percentage in my book. Also, very interesting point about the fact that Natto has many other ingredients than just K2 that could be a factor. I never really thought of it that way, more reason to try Natto. Thanks.
Personally, I’d agree with the good doctor regarding the percentage. Unlike pharmaceutical sales literature, he states clearly that he is referring to absolute percentage. You, on the other hand, are referring to relative percentage. So, a difference of 1 percent and 2 percent is, well, 1 percent. Yes, it’s an improvement, but what about the other 98 percent?
A good, or should I say bad example of this is where the sales of statins are based on a 50 percent decrease in the chances of dying of CHD as a result of this ‘miracle’ drug. Of course, the actual data shows an improvement of only one percent in absolute terms - up from 2 to 3 percent.
Only when it comes to adverse reactions, does the rather dishonest sales pitch revert to absolute percentages. Just saying.
As for fermented foods. Well, we have been consuming them for thousands of years, I don’t know of any studies that have shown kefir, sauerkraut, or natto to cause T2D, muscle or joint damage. There is certainly no evidence of The Japanese dropping dead in their prime - far from it, as I’ve noticed on my many visits.
I had a Japanese exchange student stay with me and she ate Natto at least 3 times a week. I hated the smell.
But after breaking my sternum and having blood stagnation ( diagnosed by an acupuncturist) I had some and it cleared up my problem. Put it in a bowl, stir it , stretch it , enjoy it with rice and low salt soy sauce or tamari.
I love you guys! Thank you for the demo!
It needs to be seasoned and you have to stirred with chopsticks to activate it. I hated it when I was growing up, but I ended up acquiring a taste for it and now I love it!!
I used to live in Japan and love natto. We actually make this at home with a yogurt maker. For those interested, standard natto is made with soybeans. You don’t have to use soybeans though. You can ferment other beans (the softer the better) with the same probiotic.
Thanks for your comment kinpatu!
Can you share a recipe thanks
Interesting and amusing. Seems like you have a good relationship with your son, which is nice.
thanks for watching galaxytrio, Charlie is fantastic, he is my "producer."
I thought I would never be able to eat it. But, when my doctor lectured me about my cholesterol and my dislike of statins, I decided to try. I make a pot of chile beans and after heating up the pot each day, I mix a tablespoon of nattó in with the beans and the other flavors override what your son called the "gross" aspect. I took nattokinase for a while, but then the local stores ran out, so I decided to try the real thing. I appreciated your comment that the real thing is probably better than nattokinase all by itself. Thank you!
I ordered fresh natto from Amazon. I really like it, and didn’t find the strands as unwieldy as you seem to have. It had a chocolatey smell and a pleasant flavor, especially when I added the little packet of wasabi mustard that came with it. I’m going to have it daily as often as I can. I’m in San Francisco, so the availability of Asian grocery stores is not a problem.
Bought Natto tonight at Asian Market. It came with seasoning packets. I watched a couple of videos on how to eat Natto, eat it with rice or toast. Had it on toast, delicious! I will replace my cream cheese with Natto! You tube Natto Dad gives directions for fermenting Natto. Done right you will enjoy Natto daily with breakfast. Thank you so much! 🍽🙏
So glad you did this. And the comments about ingesting with other foods
You can buy the equivalent in the jar at a Japanese market for much less than $12; Most or all the Nattos are Made in Japan
I've given it a go it takes some getting use to.
Charlie definitively stole the show! Maybe have him more often!
So, I’ve never had it until today. I ordered the spores and made it from scratch over a week ago.(fermented it for one week)
I tried it with soy sauce, mustard, and chopped chives and it was OK. Like a pungent cheese. But I’ll definitely have it again because I made one quart. :)
Great video, informative and funny. Thank you (and your son😓😂). Btw, you can mix natto with whatever you want so that it tastes more palatable. Japanese people do, usually with sweet soy sauce, a bit spicy yellow paste I can't remember what it is made of and rice. I personally put 50 g of homemade natto (sometimes with soybeans and sometimes with garbanzo beans) in a salad with a tsp of sauerkraut, different green leaves, tomatillos, avocado, black garlic, salmorejo (a Spanish veggie sort of sauce), cod liver/mackarel/sardines/tuna/raw salmon and EVOO. It tastes really good to me.
Thanks for watching! Charlie was definitely the star of that show. And I will definitely be mixing it in with something and putting it on a sandwich I think.
@@CardioGauge, yes, he definitely was 👍👏👏👏.
@@CardioGauge Yeah, it's a combinative food - as the prior poster said. There's at least one video on youtube made by an Asian American that shows an easy fairly traditional way to combine it. I also feel what you said about all the other possible nutrients in natto cf a k2 supplement is likely right.
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Or a search on youtube, "how to prepare natto" turns up heaps. I like it with the Jap mustard, Jap vinegar, soy sauce, sticky rice and chopped spring onions.
@@CardioGauge I have a question in regards to heart health I was told that K2 can actually cause clotting isn’t K2 present in NATO I actually went and purchased an enzyme of nattokinase, I want to try it just for cardiovascular health as it’s something genetically in my family I don’t smoke and I don’t drink but I have that family disposition so I’m a little bit worried and I’m not overweight but I have had Covid twice and I’m not sure if I have any clots or any blockages and I was wondering if NATO would be beneficial for me
For westerners they need to mix it. I use avocado, Kimchi, cilantro, green onions, with a touch of Tamari sauce over rice with Wasabi. I love it and can actually eat it plain now but I eat it with a meal. I make my own and once made I put it in the fridge for about 3 days stirring it everyday to let the ammonia smell dissipate. I then freeze about 3 meals worth in a container and always have it ready to go.
Probably already been explained, but for the benefit of those who read comments by "new", you should eat Natto with some soy sauce, rice, green onions etc. When it is eaten with other food, then the flavour is perfectly fine.
I make a kefir and natto smoothie (along with fruit and peanut butter). I blend the natto in with some coconut water and then add the rest of the ingredients.
Interesting. I'd never heard of it. I watched while eating my kefir/yogurt/strawberry/chia/ginger/cinnamon/flaxseed/Linseed,sunflowerseed,almond(LSA)/Maca powder/ nutritional yeast, combination breakfast. People say I eat weird things too 😐. Kefir has vit K2 apparently.
I eat a good tablespoon every day. I love it.
Awesome! I especially enjoyed Charlie’s reaction! Lolol!🤪👍🤣 Thanks for the info guy... I think I want to try it! 🙏😇
Had had a good giggle when you started eating that stuff. I'll stick to the supplement, but the faces were priceless. And the bacteria strands 😵😵😵
Omg I believe your kid !! He was still brave and didn't throw up .. just looking at the slime is making me uncomfortable
He did a great job, afterwards he thought the whole thing was funny, and he never yakked. He is a good sport!
thank you. i will try natto the first opportunity. in the mean time, i understand the natto powder, made from the dried beans is just as healthy, if not more so (from the concentration).....and somewhat more palatable. i think you're exactly right; the whole food has many more benefits than just the isolated k2 (from a pill, which i currently take, but plan to phase in the natto powder). again thanks.
Don't need a Cardiologist to tell us about Natto, he admited he new NOTHING about it prior to reading about it. Same thing you can do.
I bought the brand you are eating a couple weeks ago. I am using the recipes using rice, avocado, pesto and it is better than eating out if the jar.
Thank you Doctor, I will try it! You’re a funny guy!
Where are you doc? Please come back and do some videos
it's really not bad. it's just a very different texture than what we're used to eat. i just dump it on top of my chilli lol it helps blend in, as long as there are lots of spices
Try it with cilantro and green onions, as well as soy sauce and lime. You also have to mix it.
Natto is delicious.
I could eat it everyday.
I tried making some at home, and it stunk out my kitchen. Now I just buy it from the local Korean grocery store.
It's yummy with Korean kimchi too.
Natto is excellent with a little mustard.
good video! y'all are real sports. I agree, food is medicine.
Eating natto live is not an achievement. This video is one of many reasons American physicians are looked down upon.
I do like your sober explanations without any false, undocumented claims that are be seen on other video’s.greetings from Amsterdam
Thanks for the encouraging comment, that is exactly what I am trying to do!!
What people need to understand is yes Nattokinase does help but you need to drop your bad habits as well. Stop being sedentary, stop eating animal products, stop smoking and stop being so stressed out
Thank you doctor for making this video. I like you and your son too.
My wife discovered that it is tasty with some BBQ sauce added to it!! I like it with the traditional spicy mustard and soy sauce (and rice).
I made som natto two weeks ago. I had bought some small pack about two years ago to try out. The one pack I had left was still viable and so made some from that. The taste is very much like tempeh, another fermented soy food. After a while you don't even notice the dirty sock smell or the taste. It is actually rather bland. I eat about 30 grams a day as a snack.
I tired it for the first time today. It came in a styrofoam package with some mustard and soy sauce. I mixed it all up and served it on top of rice. I don’t think it’s meant to have plain. Lol. I like slimey foods.
Natto is a weird traditional food, not good for kids but they give it anyway ( natto can make taste disorder, promote bleeding,increase heart disease risk… and other problems).
That’s why I don’t give to my children natto ( they are half Japanese)
Natto is always eaten with mustard and dashi sauce, it could be the mustard or dashi that's causing the decrease in cases, did the study concider that?
Your son was is awesome like you
What an all around educational and entertaining video 🎬🙃💖
The younger someone is the greater the gag reflex is for foods that taste off, a natural response. As we get older we learn to accept varying tastes, a learned response.
Awesome. Love it.❤😂
Ha! Excellent.
Also shown to reduce wrinkles! as a added benefit.
So is there anything that has good fibrinigen break down?or something that is similar to a thrombolytic drug? That's natural?
Hi ecom. No. fibrinogen break down is something a person needs if they are having an active stroke or heart attack. When that is happening, they need immediate, reliable effect. While nattokinase is a fibrinolytic, it is not reliable enough to take in the setting of a heart attack or stroke. Best bet for heart attack and stroke is to get to the hospital pronto.
In terms of long term supplementation with a goal of reducing fibrinogen, I don't know of any trials which have proven that anything in this area reduces chance of heart attack or stroke.
I ate it without rice at first and it wasn't easy. But when I have it with rice, it was much better that I could eat it a few times a week.
Natto is very good with a small amount of shoyu, mustard and green onion
Mash it up and use it in savory soups and sauces and it's going to be absolutely amazing. Maangchi and Emmymade has some recipes on it.
Mixing NATTO with a more compatible food such as Chili or any casserole type dish may help with toleration!
I tried to get myself to eat natto years ago, I ate it for almost two weeks straight trying to get used to it on the 13th day I could just not get it down. ( same gag reaction as the young man had! 🤣) I found the pills. Now I am attempting to try it again, medicines from real food is so much better then a pill. I am now going to attempt to make my own. With my instant pot and the recipes I’ve found on utube. ( years ago I even bought the bacteria starter from Amazon, but did not make it) you need to stir it up before you eat it to activate the strands. ❤️ thanks for your video. ( my husband took a video of my reaction to it when I first tried it. I eat weird things to so I figured I could get used to it. Wish me luck this time around. I am eating it for my bone health.
Suggest that you find a legitimate sushi restaurant (many are not operated by Japanese) and try natto. I recommend it with squid, roe, and quail egg. Absent that, find an Asian food store and buy the product imported from Japan. Yes, it is stringy but fresh natto should have a nice nutty flavor.
Thank you for my laugh of the day. I don’t think I want to eat Natto. 😂
Statins only have a 1% benefit, but many doctors push it on patients.
Not sure I have seen where you have opined on Keto/Carnivore diet as a heart health way of life. Apologize if I missed it.
If there are any Japanese or Asian supermarkets near you , Natto is much cheaper than the price you mentioned. My reaction eating Natto is more like Charlie's.
Eat with rice and soy stirring with some spring onion - it tastes much better
Wouldn't it make more sense to do a longer study and look at all cause mortality?
I made black bean natto twice. I may start eating it again for the K2
Thank you. This made me laugh very loud!! lol. im going to definitely try it!
Funny! Like to see more food tasting ... esp. by your son lol.
LOL! Cool vid! I had to "learn" how to like natto. The kid did good (brave dude), but like to anything, there's an art... I think one day, he'd get it... ;) Cheers!
Two percentage points rather than 2 %...big difference.
So true about whole foods vs supplements and medicines. Just not comparable
Brave Soul, good job Charlie😂 I wouldn't have held that in....lol
Love Charlie , such an honest reaction. 🤭😂
Mustard, soy sauce, chopped scallions and a drip of honey ....and yum, yum!!! BTW, I live in Seoul, Korea.
Try Tempeh, it's natto, but in a less slimy form and it's tasty.
your boy is so cute.
My wife is Japanese born and bred. I couldn’t take the smell when she ate Natto. so she changed to an oderless Natto. I still have no desire to try it. I do keep Nattokinase supplements made from the Japanese patented version...just in case.