Mass media often play things up, but in this particular show, they made up ficticious data, and I think it's very absurd. ← Here is what I heard in California about it: Last week a TV show created an instant rush on natto when it broadcast a report that said that, based on hard data from the U.S., eating natto twice a day would lead to losing 2-3 kg per week. Although natto does have various health benefits such as reducing blood clots and lowering cholesterol, the show's fabrication of actual data was another example of the Japanese media's love of "yarase" or faking on the air to get good ratings. Is "yarase" a common pratice?
