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[Immunity UP information] Body Fuji who lives in the present age ②

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Recently, the new coronavirus has taken the world by storm.
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We will introduce excerpts from past musubi magazines and books published by Seishoku Publishing.
The 19th installment will introduce the special feature "Fuji Fuji who lives in the present age" from "Musubi Magazine December 4 issue". (all XNUMX times).
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Major cerebral hemorrhage occurred only in the high-salt group
 Furthermore, when rats with stroke were dissected, there was a difference in the state of cerebral hemorrhage between the high-salt group and the miso group.
In the high-salt group, large hemorrhagic spots were clearly visible with the naked eye, while in the low-salt and miso groups, no major hemorrhagic spots were observed.
However, small bleeding that could be barely seen under a microscope was more common in the miso group than in the low-salt group, and even more in the high-salt group.
“The blood vessels in the brain are slightly clogged in the miso group, but it can be said that the high-salt group has more clogged blood vessels,” says Watanabe.

Miso also suppresses the harmful effects of salt on the kidneys
 The kidneys are most susceptible to salt damage.
 The kidney contains clusters of capillaries called glomeruli.In the high-salt group, the glomerulus, which is an important part of filtering blood to make urine, almost disappeared.In addition, the walls of the arteries were considerably thickened, causing serious damage to the kidneys.
Abnormalities such as protein deposition in the renal cortex were also observed in the miso group, but they were as mild as in the low-salt group.
 Mr. Watanabe says, "I learned that miso is properly suppressing brain damage and kidney damage (due to salt)."

Salt insensitivity common among Japanese people
 The SHRSP rats used in the experiment are special rats that are made susceptible to cerebral apoplexy as blood pressure rises by crossing several generations of rats that spontaneously develop hypertension.
 People tend to think that the more salt they eat, the higher their blood pressure, but this is not necessarily the case.
 There are salt-sensitive people whose blood pressure rises immediately after consuming salt, and salt-insensitive people whose blood pressure does not rise no matter how much salt they consume.
 According to Mr. Watanabe, the ratio is that "one-third of Japanese people are sensitive and two-thirds are non-sensitive."
 People who eat salt and get their blood pressure up are a minority.
 "It doesn't make much sense to tell non-sensitive people (who make up the majority), 'Let's cut back on salt intake.' ' is a bit strange."
 Along with pickles and soy sauce, miso has been regarded as the “main culprit” of high blood pressure by nutritionists who promote salt reduction campaigns. appeal to each other.

[Immune power up information]To Shindofuji ③ who lives in the present age
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Watanabe Atsumitsu
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1940.He graduated from the Faculty of Science at Kumamoto University and completed the doctoral course at the Graduate School of Science at Kyushu University.He is a Doctor of Science and a Doctor of Medicine. In 1973, he became a professor at the Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine after working as an assistant and associate professor in 1996.During that time, he worked mainly in radiation biology at the University of Wisconsin in the United States and at the Paterson Institute in the United Kingdom.
Specializing in experimental pathology and radiation biology, he has been interested in stem cells and has been researching for many years how cancer develops, progresses, and how it can be prevented.Meanwhile, in 1980, he began full-scale research on the efficacy of miso based on animal experiments.He has published many papers and lectures on both themes.