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I am VDR Taq positive and from what I gathered as long as you check your vitamin D levels from time to time and supplement accordingly it shouldn't be an issue. Also there are co-factors for sulfation of vitamin D like zinc, B6, DAO, lysine so you need to check those too. It becomes more complex when, like me, you also have mutations that makes B6 and zinc less abundant.

If it was sustainable, I would applaud. But the reality is that young people don't want to take over the farms and rural population decreases rapidly. Even with incentives, new people don't want to take over farms because investment needed to modernize them is too important.

I lived in many European countries and all are cheaper. Same for the US. Canada might be an exception but the time I spent there (Vancouver), produce was cheaper than Japan (I live in Osaka).

Agriculture in Japan is very under-developed. You add the import restrictions and it leads to produce being twice as expensive (if not more) than most western countries. It also means lack of variety. And organic products are rare. Shortages are a thing bound to happen.

I was hoping for TPP to be accepted, but now I am just going to leave the country.

Stress makes you lost tons of vitamins and minerals. Eating whole foods as opposed to processed foods is important, but I agree reducing stress and exercising is more important.

Cholesterol isn't bad, it's in fact very important for the production of testosterone among other things. The problem comes from the inability to use it because the body isn't healthy. Polyunsaturated fats will produce bad byproducts when it breaks down and over time makes the body sick.

We crucially lack magnesium and potassium in our diet. There are tons of studies showing the benefits of magnesium against heart disease. And it's not just the heart, cholesterol can obstruct the liver and a sick liver will cause a whole lot of problems.

It's not really a fair comparison because Osaka has twice the area of Paris. My ward has the same density than Paris.

I've lived in Paris where it is the same, or even worse because there are historic buildings everywhere. Now I live in Japan where it is the polar opposite. I live in a very dense area of Osaka in a building built in 2013 for the same price than my way smaller and very old place in Paris. If only Europe and North America could be like that...

You can use JSX instead of string templates. This way you can get type safety.

I am currently using Elm on an app and had no difficulties creating a select list like the one in the article.

I use Elm more as a way to write components on a server rendered page and it works for great this way! The eco-system is too small to think about creating complex SPA at this point but I really like the language and hope it matures well.

Mexican food anywhere in Japan is pitiful and only slightly less worse in Tokyo. Living in Osaka, I clearly see a lack of diversity. I'm French, lived in Paris and travels a lot but I agree with the article, I have been to some French and Italian restaurants (run only by Japanese) that offer the best value worldwide.

You're clearly not biased about Naritake. I've went to Ramen places all over Japan and Naritake is just so awesome!

I live in Osaka and it is an amazing place! I go to Tokyo a few times a year and it's clearly inferior. People here are really crazy about food.