pellicle
Professional Dingbat, Guru and Merkintologist
Hi
It happens that someone I'm helping with INR (waves to @Bionic Orange) had an encounter with Natto.
Natto is a rotting mess of stinking slimy soya beans which has somehow developed a following in Japan (probably because they were starving at the time) and is actually very high in Vitamin K2
Various sources list its content as high, for example:
Personally I find that fresh high quality natto smells remarkably like what babies leave in nappies. That its a slimy mess that stinks makes it pretty easy to avoid in my book.
I did a quick search on Natto here and found an old post from 2005:
https://www.valvereplacement.org/threads/do-you-know-about-natto.10946/
To the uninitiated Natto looks like this
Someone who's obviously trying too hard to cover it up with all the seasonings and mustard
So if the smell and the slime didn't put you off it, then I propose just avoiding it. Just like grapefruit its something to be avoided with the keenness of not stepping in something which should have been picked up by the dog owner.
Hope this helps someone else.
It happens that someone I'm helping with INR (waves to @Bionic Orange) had an encounter with Natto.
Natto is a rotting mess of stinking slimy soya beans which has somehow developed a following in Japan (probably because they were starving at the time) and is actually very high in Vitamin K2
Various sources list its content as high, for example:
- A study by the vitamin K research group at the University of Maastricht, in The Netherlands, found 1000 mcg per 100 grams (or about 3.5 oz) of vitamin K2 in natto.
- Natto is a Japanese (although I'm sure Koreans also claim it for their own) "food" made from fermented soybeans. It's high in many nutrients that promote good gut health and is the richest source of vitamin K2 available. One tablespoon of Natto contains 150 micrograms of vitamin K2, about twice the recommended intake.
Personally I find that fresh high quality natto smells remarkably like what babies leave in nappies. That its a slimy mess that stinks makes it pretty easy to avoid in my book.
I did a quick search on Natto here and found an old post from 2005:
https://www.valvereplacement.org/threads/do-you-know-about-natto.10946/
To the uninitiated Natto looks like this
Someone who's obviously trying too hard to cover it up with all the seasonings and mustard
So if the smell and the slime didn't put you off it, then I propose just avoiding it. Just like grapefruit its something to be avoided with the keenness of not stepping in something which should have been picked up by the dog owner.
Hope this helps someone else.