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	Natto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Natto is also commonly used in other foods, such as natto sushi, natto toast, in miso soup, salad, as an ingredient in okonomiyaki, or even with spaghetti or as fried natto.
		Furthermore, natto is said to improve digestion, reduce the effects of aging, and to prevent obesity, although this seems to be based only on an analysis of the chemicals contained in natto, and not on any medical study.
		Natto is also sometimes used as an ingredient of pet food, and it is claimed that this improves the health of the pets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Natto (1701 words)

	Natto Herb Monograph - Flora Health Herb Encyclopedia
		Natto, a vegetable cheese-like food, is a safe and natural traditional Japanese food made from fermented soybeans, Glycine max (L.) Merrill [Fam.
		Traditionally, natto was also used as a folk medicine for heart and vascular diseases, fatigue and beriberi.
		Natto is considered a safe traditional food when eaten in moderate amounts according to traditional use.
	www.florahealth.com /flora/home/USA/healthinformation/encyclopedias/Natto.asp (1406 words)

	Natto: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Natto is most commonly eaten at breakfast on top of rice[Click link for more facts about this topic] or bread[For more info, click on this link], EHandler: no quick summary.
		Today's mass-produced frozen natto is usually sold in small polystyrene[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] containers.
		Natto is also sometimes used as an ingredient of pet[Click link for more facts about this topic] food, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/na/natto.htm (3689 words)

	Natto: Harvest Protein Unequalled
		natto is actually better at overcoming and replacing harmful bacteria that invade the body and cause disease.
		As a vegetarian replacement for meat, natto is a leading contender, because it provides a higher quality and quantity of proteins and amino acids for everyone, including laborers, athletes and anyone requiring high intake levels of high-quality protein, in a readily-assimilable form.
		The ability of natto to satisfy the most demanding nutritional requirements is well-demonstrated by its ability to sustain Japanese farmers who toil long hours every day to grow rice by traditional, labor-intensive methods.
	www.macrobiotic.org /Natto2.htm (1101 words)

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		Natto is soybeans fermented by bacteria, tempeh is fermented by fungus.
		Natto is one of the few and may be one of the best dietary sources of vitamin K-2.
		Subjects took Natto at a lunch for 1 y, and the stiffness index by quantitative ultrasound and bone turnover markers were assessed at baseline, 6 mo and 1 y.
	www.denvernaturopathic.com /news/natto.html (3397 words)

	Metropolis - Big in Japan: Natto
		Natto is steamed soybeans that are fermented, sometimes in rice straw, until the beans have acquired their notorious nutty flavor, disturbing aroma and sticky slipperiness, held together like a spider web by gossamer-like threads.
		Natto is a fairly recent arrival on the Japanese food scene, having been around only since the later part of the Edo Period (1600-1868).
		Most often eaten for breakfast with rice and a raw egg, natto also pops up in miso soup, salads, with tofu, stuffed in omelets, served as a dip, even deep-fried as tempura, making it one of the most adaptable foods on the planet.
	metropolis.japantoday.com /biginjapanarchive299/267/biginjapaninc.htm (519 words)

	The Natto Story: A Niche Market in Japan for Canadian Small-Seeded Soybean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Natto is an acquired taste for North Americans, but is highly prized in Japan for its health promoting and nutritional qualities.
		Natto soybean seeds are less than one-half the weight or size of regular oilseed soybean seeds (Fig.
		The fermentation process for natto is less than 24 hours at approximately 40@C. During this time, Bacillus natto utilizes the soluble sugars found in soybean and the bacterial growth results in the production of a viscous substance, a polymer combining protein and sugar molecules.
	sci.agr.ca /ecorc/infotec/natto_e.htm (1474 words)

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		Natto has been a traditional Japanese food for more than 1,000 years: Ancient Samurai consumed natto on a daily basis and even fed it to their horses to increase their speed and strength.
		Natto has attracted attention as a food that helps to prevent senile dementia, which is one type of thrombosis, because nattokinase lyses thrombus for a very long time when eaten directly instead of taken by injection.
		Natto is compatible with the bacteria in the Japanese body, and conversely, Japanese people seem to need the bacterium from Bacillus natto in order to keep their digestive system in good condition.
	www.mercola.com /2005/may/17/aspirin_heart.htm (2393 words)

	NattoKinase
		Natto is a fermented cheese-like food that has been used in Japan for over 1000 years for its popular taste and as a folk remedy for heart and vascular diseases.
		Natto is produced by a fermentation process by adding Bacillus natto, a benefical bacteria, to boiled soybeans.
		The tests indicated that the natto generated a heightened ability to dissolve blood clots: On average, the volunteers' ELT (a measure of how long it takes to dissolve a blood clot) dropped by 48 percent within two hours of treatment, and volunteers retained an enhanced ability to dissolve blood clots for 2 to 8 hours.
	www.life-enthusiast.com /enzyme/nattokinase.htm (3468 words)

	CD Baby: NATTO QUARTET: Headlands - from evor
		Natto is a very sticky fermented bean dish that Japanese people occasionally serve to test Westerners's taste for their traditional cuisine.
		Subsequently, traditions resonate in Natto Quartet's music instead of being referenced, and their varied, pungent flavours are never reduced to a muddle.
		Trio Natto was formed in 2000 and have performed throughout the Bay Area and Japan.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/nattoquartet/from/evor (1618 words)

	Ties Talk Archive - Natto Thread
		I never thought that natto was anything unusual until hakujin friends came over and took a whiff of it.
		Natto was usually in a packet or tupperware container in our fridge.
		Natto makes an excellent bachelor's meal, as all you have to do is pour a little shoyu on the natto (chopped onions, etc. are optional) right in the container, mix it and pour it over hot or cold gohan.
	members.tripod.com /runker_room/tiestalk/natto.htm (458 words)

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		Natto is a Japanese original and traditional food.
		Natto is a fermented food made of soybeans and is rich in vegetable protein.
		Also natto has sticky paste on its surface, and once it is stirred, the sticky paste increases its volume and becomes more sticky.
	www.ynest.com /nattoeng.htm (976 words)

	Natto: The Newest Soy
		Natto is a fermented soy food produced by adding the bacteria Bacillus natto to lightly cooked soybeans.
		Natto packs a punch of genistein, the isoflavone to which soy's anti-cancer benefits are largely attributed.
		Natto is available in a wide range of varieties and flavors, including some manufactured domestically.
	www.newhope.com /nutritionsciencenews/NSN_backs/Apr_00/natto.cfm (801 words)

	Japanese Food: Natto
		Natto is a foul-smelling sticky web of fermented soybeans typically served with a Japanese breakfast.
		I had never heard of Natto before I studied Japanese, and I ate at a lot of Japanese restaurants in the United States.
		I first tried natto at a Tokyo Denny's, after staying up all night at Gas Panic and being headbutted by some yayhoo.
	www.links.net /vita/trip/japan/food/natto (534 words)

	History of Natto and Its Relatives
		Natto is unique to Japan, where it is usually served for breakfast mixed with shoyu (natural soy sauce), mustard, and sometimes minced leeks, generally on top of or mixed in with hot rice.
		Natto is one of the few soyfoods which has always been called by its native name in every European language, probably because it is so unusual that no equivalent could be found.
		Natto was prized as an instant food among busy Tokyoites, instant also in the sense that they could eat it in an instant or on the run and still not get indigestion afterwards.
	www.fengshuitours.com /SFC/Fsoyfoods451.asp (5057 words)

	NATTO SOYBEANS - UPDATED FOR 2003
		Natto soybeans are small (maximum of 5.5 mm diameter), clear hilum soybeans with thin seed coats and high carbohydrate content.
		Natto is reported to have higher levels of isoflavone than either soymilk or tofu.
		Natto is traditionally served as a topping for rice and is preferred in only certain regions of Japan.
	web.aces.uiuc.edu /value/factsheets/soy/fact-natto-soy.htm (1220 words)

	Natto Project
		i always imagine her to be knitting, but she isn't." with this description in mind, chad bought natto with green and white packaging, the picture of a bowl of natto with scallions, and a little hello-kitty type figure in the top left hand corner...
		we made a big bowl of natto over rice with finely chopped scallions and shizo leaf, grated daikon radish, tsuyu (from a newly purchased bottle), and mustard (from the little packets that come with the natto).
		This follows on an interesting thread started by Morgan, in which she informed us that the packets in most natto boxes are not soy sauce, as we had believed, but rather tsuyu.
	thenattoproject.com /2006_05_01_archive.html (1512 words)

	tremble: in effect, ineffectually.
		Natto is - in its most simple definition - a form of fermented soybeans.
		Natto is a natural blood thinner and has been linked informally to the prevention of heart disease, intestinal disorders, strokes, senility, cancer, and osteoporosis.
		I saw "MAGURO NATTO" on the menu - a combination of natto and raw tuna - and thought this would be a great introduction to the dish that had alluded me for reasons of momentary self-preservation.
	www.tremble.com /scribblins/meet020919.html (1439 words)

	Natto-Z - Nattokinase
		Nattokinase is an enzyme derived from boiled soybeans and Bacillus natto.
		Sumi found that the sticky part of natto, commonly called "threads", exhibited a strong fibrinolytic ("blood clot dissolving") activity.
		The tests indicated that the natto generated a heightened ability to dissolve blood clots.
	www.esupplementsplus.com /natto-z.htm (497 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> natto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A third source calls the origin of natto fairly recent from the Edo period (1603 to 1867).{{fact}}
		Some sources also claim that natto has a cholesterol-lowering effect.{{fact}}
		At the time Iron Chef was in production, Morimoto was the head chef of Nobu in New York City — he commuted between New York and Tokyo — but has since opened his own restaurant, Morimoto's, in Philadelphia and is reportedly in the process of opening a second restaurant.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/natto (1695 words)

	Breakfast in Japan - My life with Natto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One think we agreed about: The most disgusting Japanese food, to a westerner, that we had ever run across was Natto, which is seemingly made from soybeans which have been allowed to go bad, which are then covered in mucus (and, to be authenticaly Japanese, mold, as I learned).
		But after eating the natto, let me assure you: I was as awake as if I had drunk two strong espressos.
		I also later learned that natto is made by innoculating soybeans and water with a special bacillus, (traditionlly by covering an open vessel with straw) and leaving them in a warm place, like next to a brick oven or kiln, for about a week.
	scifi.squawk.com /natto.html (601 words)

	Sushi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An oval, hand-formed clump of sushi rice (similar to that of nigiri-zushi) is wrapped around its perimeter with a strip of nori, to form a vessel that is filled with some ingredient, for example, roe, natto, or less conventionally, macaroni salad.
		Oysters, however, are not put in sushi; the taste is not thought to go well with the rice.
		Pickled daikon radish (takuan) in shinko maki, various pickled vegetables (tsukemono), fermented soybeans (natto) in nattō maki, avocado in California rolls, cucumber in kappa maki, asparagus, yam, tofu, pickled ume (umeboshi), gourd (kampyō), burdock (gobo), and sweet corn mixed with mayonnaise.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sushi (1855 words)

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		Often compared to cheese because of its pungent aroma, natto is steamed soybeans that are fermented until they acquire their "nutty" flavor.
		Natto has slippery-sticky paste on its surface, and once stirred, the slippery paste increases in volume forming spider web-like threads.
		Natto is produced by a fermentation process by adding Bacillus natto, beneficial bacteria, to boiled soybeans.
	www.mercola.com /forms/cardioessentials.htm (2169 words)

	Bento.com recipes - Homemade natto (fermented soybeans)
		The starter culture must be obtained from store-bought natto, unless you have other sources such as rice straw.
		Open the lid of the pressure cooker, peel back the cloth cover to one end of the basket, and using the tablespoon, quickly mix in about two spoonfuls of natto starter with the beans.
		The natto will be ready in between 24 and 48 hours, depending on the temperature of the heating pad.
	www.bento.com /tr-natt.html (340 words)

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