noun
rice-based diet; rice-centered diet
Refers to a dietary pattern where rice is the staple food, often contrasted with a bread-based or Western diet.
日本の伝統的な米食文化は健康に良いと言われている。
Japan's traditional rice-based dietary culture is said to be healthy.
最近はパン食が増えて、米食が減って
Recently, bread consumption has increased and rice consumption has decreased.