Talk:Miso

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Miso does not increase blood pressure, it lowers night time blood pressure and is not associated with hypertension - the exact opposite of what is stated under 'Nutrition and health'. Miso increases production of atrial natrieuretic peptide, which increases urinary excretion of sodium.

I don't have time to figure out how to edit the page and add references - someone should delete the statement at least. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.15.175.77 (talk) 13:39, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

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Problems in the "flavor" sections.

Under the heading "A more nuanced breakdown of the flavors is as follows:" the first item does not describe a flavor at all. The second item simply describes the flavor as "peculiar smell". This entire section should be redone. diresnaen (talk) 19:09, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

This sentence in the introduction about miso's nutritional profile and importance is an overstatement which lacks nuance

"Miso is high in protein and rich in minerals, and it played an important nutritional role in feudal Japan."

Compared to the quoted sodium content (3,728 mg per 100 grams, but I've seen even saltier miso), none of the mineral nor protein contents can be of any significance compared to the Recommended Daily Intake levels. I don't know whether miso was much lower in salt during feudal times, but at least going by the 3,728 mg/100 g quote brought here and going by the middle of recommended daily upper intakes for sodium (2,000 mg), if a person were to unreasonably consume all of their sodium solely in the form of miso (so about 53 grams a day) the highest relative mineral intake for them would be magnesium manganese at ~20% of the requirement, and the protein intake would be ~6 grams (barely 1/10th of the recommended minimum for an average adult). And according to academic sources, the average Japanese person consumes about 10 grams of miso per day, not 53.

Nuance is required when making such claims because the context affects the practical meaning. This is similar to how some online sources claim that "Brazil nuts are a good source of protein" due to their 14% protein content, but whoever writes these forgets that one shouldn't eat more than ~5 grams of Brazil nuts a day (just 0.7 g in protein) because of their very high selenium content. ThisNameIsAvailableToo (talk) 08:56, 14 April 2026 (UTC)