EBM Online Tutorial

The University of NC and Duke University have sponsored an online EBM tutorial. Access is at the following URL. Just paste into your browser then follow the controls at the right.

http://www.japanmed.com/resident/

Natto!

Natto beans are an amazing health food. Introduced in the Yayoi period (over 2300 years ago) they are now known to be beneficial for heart disease and have significant antibiotic effects!

1. Nattokinase is an enzyme discovered in 1990 by
Dr. Hiroyuki Sumi .

"This is a powerful dissolver of blood clots and fibrin in the arteries. To give you some idea of how powerful Nattokinase is, drug companies sell the enzyme urokinase to dissolve clots and present it in a product that sells for about JPY20,000 per dose. It lasts for just 30 minutes in the body after ingestion. 100gm of Natto on the other hand can be bought from the supermarket for a paltry JPY100, it is just as efficacious, and yet it remains effective in the body for around 8 hours."

2. Natto apparently also protects us
against salmonella and other enteric pathogens.

"Some readers may recall the June 1993 Tajimi City, Gifu schools mass poisoning of 2,700 students with E-coli O-157 virus, caused by contaminated school lunches. It was a big scandal at the time, with lots of finger pointing about what/who caused it.
A study was done later on the students who were affected versus those who were not, and the researchers found that those kids who ate Natto at least 1-3 times a week had a far lower incidence of infection by E-coli than those who ate none." quoted items from Terrie's Take

Wow! How can something that smells so bad be so good?

DG

For more information do a google search for "Terrie's take natto" June 2 issue.

Dr. O'Rourke

Ken arrived a day late at Narita Airport due to a delayed departure from Charlotte, NC on Friday. He was not quarantined but he enjoyed the Narita Hilton Hotel. He is looking forward to his time at Kameda Medical Center. Enjoy!

DG