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I eat bagelbagel several times a week. That sight says the soya beans are from China. Well that’s probably better than radioactive beans but wonder if China uses GMO farming.

see this thread for some updated safer places to eat

http://www.alttokyo.com/groups/places-to-eat-204127219/forum/topic/safeer-radiation-free-food-restaurants-in-tokyo-list/

Looks like buying from the Yokota airbase is safest place to get food – assuming you have a friend at the base. Pre quake stocks have been snapped up by their commissaries. They have been scrutinizing far more than the normal Japanese “supa”. “Yosuba Milk, located in Hokkaido prefecture, is sending commissaries about 50 percent [...]

Contaminated beef Radiation fears mounted in Japan on Wednesday after news that contaminated beef from a farm just outside the Fukushima nuclear no-go zone has been shipped across the country and probably eaten. Meat from 11 cows at the farm was found at the weekend to be contaminated with up to six times the legal [...]

This is an up to date (July) result of govt tests on food from different prefectures around Japan. You can see spinach and tea is still a concern with positives showing up in tests.

http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/topics/2011eq/dl/03July2011_Sum_up.pdf

I found this article about random testing of spinach bought at Tokyo market. http://www.ncc.go.jp/jp/information/sokutei_02.html#02 It is basically all positive saying that no radiation found from a random sample but did not say what areas the produce were from or producers. Kind of suspiciously over positive article. Would prefer if they could be…[Read more]

What about nori contamination?? I was shocked to read the Greenpeace article, now am looking to buy and stock up on seaweed manufactured before March. Greenpeace says high radiation in Japan seaweed Environmental activist group Greenpeace said Thursday it had detected radiation far above legal limits in seaweed samples taken from the ocean off…[Read more]

In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster it is crucial to understand the protective nature of foods in order to protect yourself and your family against radiation exposure. Research on food based radiation xposure after the Chernobyl disaster can give us insight on what foods can reduce radiation exposure from our diet. [...]

lentildude, Tokyu hands sells natto bacteria in the kitchen section. You can make your own natto in your apartment but would be stinky

Looks like they now found contamination in Shitake mushrooms too!!

Ibaraki Natto;

Being vegetarian and living off natto, its a real problem not seeing any natto on the shelves but apparently the best natto comes from Ibaraki. If anyone knows an alternative natto source confirmed nowhere near Ibaraki please post. thnx

Spinach is on my menu, nobby, for the simple reason that there is almost no chance of you finding any of the contaminated variety on sale anywhere. You are about 1,000 times more likely to get food poisoning from eating dodgy shrimp or yesterday’s curry than you are to suffer any health problems from eating [...]

Eat more greens Azabu-Juban 2-2-5. Great vegetarian food!
The grain salad is the best!