Check your Kinkatsu Level here!Kinkatsu Level Check!
Some people consciously adopt kinkatsu, and some may already be doing it without realizing. The checkpoints below will help you to determine your kinkatsu level.
Kinkatsu Level Check
* Choose either “Yes” or “No” for the checkpoints below and add up your total score.
① I often eat bunashimeji, maitake, or eryngii mushrooms.
Yes 1 point
No 0 points
② I eat yogurt or natural cheese every day.
Yes 1 point
No 0 points
③ I consume fermented foods/ingredients such as natto, miso, shiokoji, or vinegar every day.
Yes 1 point
No 0 points
④ I eat pulse, root vegetables, seaweed or fruit every day.
Yes 1 point
No 0 points
⑤ I often eat out or buy pre-made lunchboxes.
Yes 0 points
No 1 point
⑥ I tend to suffer from constipation or diarrhea.
Yes 0 points
No 1 points
⑦ I often suffer from skin eruptions or get rough skin.
Yes 0 points
No 1 point
⑧ I’m concerned about blood pressure or blood sugar levels.
Yes 0 points
No 1 point
⑨ My mealtimes tend to be irregular.
Yes 0 points
No 1 point
⑩ I haven’t gotten enough exercise recently.
Yes 0 points
No 1 point
Your Kinkatsu Level
0 - 3 points
Also including people who selected “No” for all checkpoints ①, ②, and ③.
Kinkatsu Beginner
For those who are planning to begin kinkatsu from now on, start off with the easy things! Whether you’re aiming for good health or are concerned about your day-to-day physical condition, let’s begin with the simple things and form some good habits!
4 - 7 points
Also including people who selected “Yes” for one or more of the checkpoints ①, ②, or ③.
Kinkatsu Practitioner
You are consciously making an effort at kinkatsu. Let’s use even more kinkatsu ingredients in cooking, and make kinkatsu a bigger part of your lifestyle!
Keeping up with the “Practical Kinkatsu Program” every day is important!
Our intestinal environment changes daily according to influences from meal content, lack of exercise, stress, etc. When our intestinal environment worsens, our bowels begin to function poorly. This results not only in constipation and diarrhea, preventing efficient digestion absorption, but also invites a lack in stamina and decreased immune function, causing a succession of health and beauty issues such as waste product accumulation, rough skin, and fatigue smell. Constipation, particularly prevalent in women, is one of the easiest to recognize indications of poor intestinal condition, therefore we should aim to avoid it to help ensure overall intestinal health. No matter how many mushrooms we eat, the bacterium we consume will soon be excreted, further emphasizing the importance of daily continuation of the “Practical Kinkatsu Program”.
Dr. Kyoko Honda
Profile
Doctor & Dietitian. Graduated Jissen Women’s University, Faculty of Home Economics, Department of Food Science. Worked as a researcher at Waseda University, School of Education, Department of Physical Education/Physiology. Acquired her doctorate of medicine at Tokyo Medical University. Health ambassador for the national movement “New Health Frontier Strategy”. Provides nutrition coaching to athletes and works as a lecturer at the Nippon Sport Science University School of Childhood Sport Education. Current board member of the Japan Food Education Association (NPO). Has published several literary works, such as “Shinia no Rakuraku Gohan (easy everyday meals for seniors)” (NHK publication), “Boke Boshi Gohan (meals to aid the prevention of dementia)” (Shufunotomosha). Often provides advice and recipe ideas related to health and nutrition on television and in magazines.
