The Daily Beast: Why Brazil Will Never Be Fat

In an exclusive interview with Chef Murakami, a Japanese Brazilian chef based in Sao Paulo, the secret to Brazil's slender bodies is revealed, and it's more surprising than one might think. The prominence of Japanese cuisine in the World Cup country (Brazil has the largest population of Japanese people outside of Japan) means that the battle of the bulge might just be won.

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