If you noticed one thing missing from the samurai diet, you're right. Samurai didn't eat a lot of meat. Medium writes that Buddhism and Shintoism, two religions practiced in ancient Japan, considered meat unclean, and encouraged followers to eat things like vegetables or fish. Also, meat was a luxury item, so even if they wanted to flout rules, they'd have to be one of the few samurai with money to spare.
Vegetarianism was something the samurai had in common with ninjas. Atlas Obscura says both classes preferred eating what was most readily available, though ninjas also claimed a diet of mostly vegetables made them more agile.
The samurai diet has since been adapted in modern times. Reuters reports Japanese authorities in the city of Ise told its police officers to slim down by following a samurai diet. A restaurant serving traditional samurai cuisine also managed to earn Michelin stars, per Bloomberg. When you think about it, samurai were not just fierce warriors protecting feudal Japan; they were also the original clean-eating influencers.
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