Yuzurihara Japan's longevity tied to potatoes/root plants

[Westside PUFAs]

A village 2 hours outside of Tokyo. High starch, high fiber. No butter or coconut oil added to the potato. No endotoxemia.

The sticky white potato called "satoimo" is a type of taro-potato hybrid, and the jelly-starch is "konjac" root.

Satoimo has been propagated in Southeast Asia since the late Jōmon period (14,000–4,000 BC)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOpsOnei6wU

Konjac root looks pretty crazy:

full video: https://goo.gl/UUdQFE

 

[Nicholas]

RAY PEAT WRONG AGAIN! : ) just kidding. there seems to be a potato revival going on in these parts. i celebrated by eating potatoes and parsnips for lunch.

 

[lexis]

how do they cook the potatoes?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16557609