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Forget about genki drinks and collagen-enhanced pasta dishes. The latest food obsession to hit Tokyo is a pastry that can make you smarter. In collaboration with the TBS show "Mr Brain," in which Smap member Takuya Kimura plays a brilliant, crime-solving neurosurgeon, Yamazaki Baking Co has released the Mr Brain Brain Training Bread.
The sickly-sweet snack is filled with enough shio-caramel, chocolate and whipped cream to induce the sugar high of a lifetime. But what really sets this confection apart is the secret ingredient—DHA, aka docosahexaenoic acid, better known as an omega-3 essential fatty acid said to promote brain activity and function.
For just 128 yen at your local convenience store, you too can be as smart as Kimutaku. (Metropolis)
© Japan Today
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Sarge
I may actually try this.
Pukey2
Well if you eat that cr*p, then you are as smart as this tarento. Induce a sugar high? Bring on the diabetes, I say.
IchyaWarFare
Aiming high are you?
jeancolmar
"Hey, this stuff tastes like sweetened dog drool!"
"See, you're smarter already."
saborichan
He's no ordninary talento, he's a member of one of Japan's most successful and longest running boy bands. And despite the fact that they've been at it 15 years or so, you'll still be hard pressed to find a student who doesn't know Kimutaku.
timeon
"you can be as smart as Kimutaku"
no thanks
SpanishEyez37
Kimutaku is so ridiculously hot,smart or not. He's been smart enough to stay out of trouble and not get caught naked in a park...hear that Kusanagi-kun?
terebiko
I ate one of those, and it wasn't bad. Can't say it helped my brain, but it did give me a sugar high. I've also been busy chewing that gum and exhaling, waiting for Kimu Taku to appear and attract women to me. That hasn't worked out either. People look at me funny too.
30061015
Eat fish.
sf2k
Fish is the mainstay of the Japanese diet and already contains EPA, which the body naturally changes into DHA. However the body only makes it in low quantities. Those with ADHD or concentration problems are unable to make enough DHA and suppliments are useful. THus a DHA suppliment alone would be better, not the pastry and sugar!
Actually Japanese food is already great for the mind and body. If salt was reduced from the diet, Japanese would live even longer!
Oh, but the waters are running out of fish due to overfishing. Tuna from Italy etc. Sorry, wouldn't want to talk about something serious or do anything about it...
sharky1
Salesman: I've got some get smart pills. Just take them and you get smarter right away! Here, try a free sample.
Customer: I don't feel any smarter...
Salesman: Here, try another one for free...
Customer: This tastes like rabbit excrement...
Salesman: See...you are getting smarter already!
Sarge
SpanishEyez: "He's been smart enough to stay out of trouble"
Exactly, exactly!
LoveUSA
and hopefully as handsome, Sarge
Sarge
Pukey: "Well if you eat that cr*p"
You haven't tried it, have you?
seesaw
Sarge: as a matter of curiosity I may actually try it too..:) Let's compare notes sometime!...:)
LoveUSA
yes, and please show pictures before and after
Sarge
seesaw - I checked several conbinis and none of them have it. The Lawson dude told me they had it, but due to it being "oishikunai" they've stopped sellin it. Oh, well.
presto345
The latest food sham . . .
Sarge
I found one, bought it and tried it. No further comment at this time.
Sarge
OK., I've sufficiently recovered enough to say that I recommend bananas over Yamazaki's Mr. Brain.
GAYMAN
keep it down monkey