Participants in this study who ate the Med way consumed about 200 calories more per day than the participants who ate a low-fat diet heavy on bread, potatoes, pasta, rice, fruits, vegetables and fish and light on baked goods, nuts, oils and red meat.

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The world even said good morning to a big wave of Japanese tourists by placing miso soup, rice, grilled fish and pickled vegetables on the breakfast menu.

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Flocks of brilliant white egrets settle on the terraces of the rice fields, hungrily watching for fish in the clear waters that trickle through.

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La Guarida staffers showed The Associated Press pictures of the two dining on typical Cuban creole favorites fish, chicken, black beans and rice accompanied by their mothers.

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On a recent afternoon, Jean-Paul Tom, who works in finance, sat upstairs at the Arome deli on Broadway and happily recounted his lunch: fish, chicken, potatoes, sweet plantains, rice, lasagna and a single shrimp.

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