The Ninja Diet?

[John Lindsey]

On Sat, 09 Nov 1996 09:30:21 -0800, Craneman <cran...@comland.com>
wrote:

>Curious question from the new ninjutsu student...
>
> I have heard alot about what is called "A ninja diet"
> which consists of stuff like tofu, lots of vegatables,
> etc... you know "health food" <smile> Is this really a good
> practice? I love my double cheeseburgers like any other
> human being.. but I do have to mind my health too.
>
> Any suggestions on diet and ninjutsu would be helpful.

There is no formal diet, but general guidelines. Your diet should not
be so restrictive that if you had to eat a hamburger, it would not
make you sick.

When we consider evolution, our genetic code has not caught up with
our present lifestyles. Thus, our body is still designed for the
"cave man" style diet in many ways.

Try to eat unprocessed foods in their natural state if possible.

Brown rice in peaceful times (for health) and white rice in times of
war (for energy).

Freeze dried tofu was used by Takeda Shingen to give his soldiers
lightweight combat rations.

As for ninja food (ninja shoku), there were at least four "field
rations" that were designed to be light weight and not requiring fire
to prepare for eating. These were known as: hyorogan, kika atsugan,
enmeigan, and suikatsugan. Kika atsugan took three years to prepare!

Here is the recipe for hyorogan:

100 g wheat powder
100 g rice cake powder (mochi)
33 g garlic powder

Simmer in honey and sake until it thickens to a goo. Form the goo
into small balls and let them dry.
John Lindsey

Genbukan Ganseki Dojo
Houston Texas
Dojo web site: http://www.neosoft.com/~jlindsey

[Craneman]

[dmo...@erinet.com]

Well...It depends on how much you excercise :) If you run,or train a
lot, or have a physically demanding job go ahead and eat the Big Mac. :)
If you are REALLY training hard just eating low fat foods won't take
care of the needed nutrients.

[Edd Hardman]

In article <3284BF...@comland.com>, Craneman <cran...@comland.com>

wrote:
>
> Curious question from the new ninjutsu student...
>
> I have heard alot about what is called "A ninja diet"
> which consists of stuff like tofu, lots of vegatables,
> etc... you know "health food" <smile> Is this really a good
> practice? I love my double cheeseburgers like any other
> human being.. but I do have to mind my health too.
>
> Any suggestions on diet and ninjutsu would be helpful.
>
>

I seem to recall Hatsumi talking about the importance of a good pint of
Guiness in a ninja diet. :-)

--Edd

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[Robert Agar-Hutton]

In article <3284b0fe...@news.neosoft.com>, John Lindsey
<jlin...@sam.neosoft.com> writes

Hi John (and All),

>Here is the recipe for hyorogan:
>
>100 g wheat powder
>100 g rice cake powder (mochi)
>33 g garlic powder
>
>Simmer in honey and sake until it thickens to a goo. Form the goo
>into small balls and let them dry.

You don't eat them, you throw them at the enemy!!!!

Yours

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[Hissho=Certain Victory]

dmo...@erinet.com wrote:
: Well...It depends on how much you excercise :) If you run,or train a

: lot, or have a physically demanding job go ahead and eat the Big Mac. :)
: If you are REALLY training hard just eating low fat foods won't take
: care of the needed nutrients.

Let's keep in mind that the request was for a special "ninja" diet.
There is a difference between common-sense eating and what the "ninja"
ate. John's post was a good one with references to a historical
document!

Hissho

[chin...@aol.com]

>Here is the recipe for hyorogan:
>
>100 g wheat powder
>100 g rice cake powder (mochi)
>33 g garlic powder
>
>Simmer in honey and sake until it thickens to a goo. Form the goo
>into small balls and let them dry.

>You don't eat them, you throw them at the enemy!!!!

But, where do you put the fuse? :)

Keith