Why rice?

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The Japanese eat as much rice as we do, but they have some of the longest lifespans of people on the planet... and the highest suicide rates din nga lang...

Japan's high life expectancy i think has a lot to do with high standard of living

aside from healthy diet (fresh food, veggies, fish)

malinis sila... clean healthy habits

Japanese gov't investment in health education decades ago paid off

they created a health & hygiene-conscious culture

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high suicide rate naman i think it's coz wala sila judeo-christian background na magpipigil sa kanila (that if you kill yourself you're going to hell)