Why Japanese Are So Thin According to Science
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
- Why are Japanese people so thin? What do people eat in Japan? While the rest of the world is seeing anywhere from 15 to over 30% of its population severely overweight, Japan has managed to keep that number at just 3.6%. When it comes to health tips, it's better to turn to the country with the longest life expectancy and one of the lowest obesity rates on the planet. If you’re ready to find out how the Japanese manage to stay so effortlessly thin, keep our new video!
In Japan, they usually stick to 3 wholesome meals a day that don’t leave them hungry or dealing with sudden cravings. Those who do snack keep it in small quantities and with a lot of moderation.
Also, the secret to Japan’s success begins with their diet, which is pretty carb-heavy and low in saturated fats. Their main dishes of choice include vegetables, grains, fish, and meat. Dairy products and fruits are consumed in moderation. They tend to stay away from foods with excessive amounts of salt and sugar, like burgers and soda.
TIMESTAMPS:
Diet 0:50
No snacking 1:39
Fast food 2:02
Eating on time 2:58
Exercise for kids 3:44
Portion sizes 4:27
A great public transportation system 5:20
Tea time 6:15
Dinnerware 7:25
Food as an experience 8:09
#japan #japanesediet #japanesefood
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SUMMARY:
- The secret to Japan’s success begins with their diet, which is pretty carb-heavy and low in saturated fats. Their main dishes of choice include vegetables, grains, fish, and meat.
- Just like the rest of the world, a lot of Japanese people have a hectic schedule that doesn’t leave a lot of time or opportunity to prepare a home-cooked meal. In that case, they can turn to their version of fast food, which is usually a lot healthier and resembles home-style cooking.
- Most Japanese people have very regulated meal times. They eat 3 filling meals a day, with breakfast usually happening between 8 and 9am, lunch from 12 to 1pm, and dinner between 6 and 8pm.
- It’s a lot more common for Japanese children to walk or cycle to school. Of course, other countries have a lot of reasons why it might not be efficient or safe for kids to hoof it to class.
- Portion sizes have been on a steep rise in the last 20 years throughout the world. For example, countries like Australia, Canada, Germany, the U.S., and the U.K. have much larger fast food portions than Japan.
- Separate bicycle lanes and plenty of safe areas for pedestrians are common sites in Japan. This allows the Japanese to naturally burn calories as they commute to and from work or school every day.
- Tea, especially the green variety, is the number one beverage in Japan. Green tea has been praised for having a ton of major health benefits, like increasing metabolism, burning fat, fighting anxiety, and reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, to name a few.
- The practice of using chopsticks also helps in weight management, since they make you eat more slowly and in smaller bites. This slow process of eating helps people catch when they’re feeling full and avoid eating too much. The fact that food is served on a bunch of plates also slows down the process.
- The number one way that the Japanese stay thin has to do with removing distractions and being mindful about the process of food consumption. Eating in Japan is treated with respect.
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Um..personal much?
I weigh 120-125 lbs.
I went to Japan and lost 15kgs in 3 months without even trying and I was eating everyday. I think the thing that made me loose weight was the tiny portions and walking everywhere.
I'm getting my ticket to Japan right now!
(edit); I still haven't got my ticket yet :(
thanks for the likes btw
@@cataholix hahaha...
@Christabel Alese 😂😂😂😂😂
@@cataholix can I tag along? 😂
Before i owned a car I lived in New York and Atlanta, I walked and used public transportation for commuting , it was easy to maintain a lower weight then. As soon as I started driving everyplace for transportation I gained 20-30 lbs that I kept for over 20 years until I started to ride a bike for transportation more and more..
Why Japan thin
Answer = they don't allow America culture influence theirs.
Or Brit
😂
Should I be offended?
😂
That’s the long and short of it
World: Why are Japanese people thin???
Sumo wrestlers: chotto matte.
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Hai!
They're talking about the common people. Not everyone is a sumo wrestler in Japan.
@@moon_0207 its a joke
@@moon_0207 calm down Emily
There are actually a lot of greasy fast food options, and a lot of snacks as well (at least when I lived in Japan). However, the portions are smaller and there is a huge difference between Japanese and western "sweets": Japanese traditional sweets are not that sugary, and often made with several types of beans or rice as ingredients :)
The most common example is "adzuki"; a sweet paste of red beans. As for rice, many sweets are made with rice flour or contain rice cake. I found that Japanese often use vegetables for sweet flavors as well. For example taiyaki (a sweet, fish-shaped pastry) often comes with red-bean paste, sweet potato or chestnut filling.
Video about Japanese but using chinese music.
Lol
nor bright side is a japanese channel，so this vid must be talking nonsense
Lol 😁
I was wondering if anyone else caught that.
WHAT?
Crazy
Bright sight: no snacking
No one:
Shinchan everytime he goes to supermarket: CHOCO CHIPS CHOCO CHIPS MOM
True🤣😂😂😂 this video is laughable
I'm also feel the same
Musai too 😅
Bright sight: no snacking
No one:
Doraemon everytime he goes to market: DORA CAKEs
I wish Funimation renew the licence for shin chan
I keep slim by watching Japanese anime 24/7 and forgetting when to eat :)
Eating is more important please take care of yourself
"jApAnEsE dO nOt SnAcK"
SHIN CHAN'S CHOCO BEAN- Am I a joke to you?
True 😂😂😂😂
So True 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Imagine growing up in a place where your parents don't tell you you'll be kidnapped and killed if you walk to school on your own . Fabulous.
exactly
i have a hard time imagining countries where that does happen
Im an aussie i understand
I've always wanted to walk to school but never had ugh Frick school vans
Yaaaa, it will a dream land to us
I bet 3.6% are those sumo wrestlers.
Exactly my thoughts too
Rj Rony true but some aren’t sumo wrestlers 🤼♂️. Some are actual people with weight problems & obesity. Not really a good joke
and though their obese, their still healthy!
Lol same thoughts
Soo true
those sumo wrestlers though obese are healthy individuals
These japanese people are the best in the world for me❣ they are so educated about cleaning and also disciplined🇯🇵
And gorgeous.
@RLM Thanks , lots of love from🇯🇵
Yeah. I also think so. They're so polite about eating.
Fr I’ve always wanted to go there , I’m Italian
A G R E E D
Thanks for appreciating our country 🇯🇵🦋✨
I love you guys country 🥰 its very disciplined keep it going ❤
I have a question. Are all the tips in the video 100% true?
@@britishrandomizer7806 yep
@@sushutao7053 ok
You deserve and make people to be more disciplined. I have visited Japan 🇯🇵 and I love it the most than any country
This music is Chinese, not Japanese.
I’m grateful for the information they have given us, but as a Japanese the music just bothered me a little 😅 I am proud of my culture!!!
I noticed the same thing
Haha lol
I get your point but fyi in Japanese traditional music there exists a scale called "Minyo" which is enharmonically equivalent to the minor pentatonic scale, which is the fifth mode of the Chinese pentatonic scale. So yes although Japanese and Chinese music sound vastly different they share many similarities to some degree.
i'm Japanese！ I think this music is not only Chinese,because Japanese tradition was born with Chinese influence.
But………！
i'm glad that you know asian music☺️☺️
(Sorry,i'm not good at English.)
@Infotainment Tube I must say you are the dumbest person ever
"Chopsticks slows down eating"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You have obviously never seen native Japanese people eat.
Yeah but the PORTIONS they put in their mouth are still way SMALLER then portions by usage of folks
@@katarinatill4713 The portions on the plate have nothing to do with the use of chopsticks. As for how much you can get in your mouth at one time using chopsticks, I would ask you to refer to my first comment.
@@1980rlquinn I can only talk about my own experiences.I have been eating with chopsticks at home dir about half a year every day. And I have the impression I eat faster but the single "bites" are smaller. So I feel satisfied and "full" faster. 🙂
@@katarinatill4713 That's cool. ^^ I'm glad you recognize that is your own experience and not universal, and that you can find your own enjoyment from it.
I'm just not up for folks (the video in particular) spreading stereotypes about what Japanese culture "must be like" from half-baked suppositions. The experience of living here and seeing how Japanese people *actually* use their utensils (not to mention how the rest of the culture is compared to most people's small window into it) really exposes how little care click-bait writers take with anything outside the bubble they're targeting.
@@1980rlquinn I have managed to slow down my eating habits because of chopsticks, since i'm so bad at it. Food drops and i have to pick it up again and again. So the results are quite positive, it takes around 30 minutes to finish a meal. I don't wanna be skilled with it like a japanese! I wanna stay clumsy!
I'll add one: beyond a certain age, the Japanese literally have a tax on having too large a waist. Which is honestly a great idea.
Do the rules differ between gender and height?
@@notayoutuber3518 I don't think so
@@notayoutuber3518 they do for men and women.
I didn’t know that 😳
Yeah but people loose there jobs over being a little overweight which is quite cruel and inhumane i life in japan and was required to loos weight now I have an eating disorder now I’m underweight and I’m scared to eat and regain all the weight I had back
i've been in japan and surprisingly i was able to keep my body fit. i walked a lot from one train station to another, i had regular meal schedule, drank a lot of green tea etc. but once i came back to my country, i gained weight 😂
😅it’s okay same thing happened to me
You are from which country
I'm from japan and actually we don't eat sushi that much
Edit: This goofy ahh comment is blowing up
owaki midori I’m from Japan too and for me it’s mostly on special occasions. Like I would go eat sushi maybe like 3 times a year?
Aww really
True
Bright Sight is a scam
Oh wow, really?
TIMESTAMPS:
Diet 0:50
No snacking 1:39
Fast food 2:02
Eating on time 2:58
Exercise for kids 3:44
Portion sizes 4:27
A great public transportation system 5:20
Tea time 6:15
Dinnerware 7:25
Food as an experience 8:09
Nice Video 👍 From America 😊
8:49 Saw that man Many times In News 🙄
I think He is Narada Mudi Japan's Prime Minister 🤔
The time stamps are another reason I love this channel but I still watch it fully through
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@@annabellesteinfeld9241 oh god he is pm of India not Japan 😂
BRIGHT SIDE .......
you- you hearted your own comment? Pfft. 😂😂😂 I love that.
Him: "no fast food"
Me: *sees the McDonald's sign in the high street shot*
I honestly love the Japanese culture, I want to learn more
Weeb
@@framework333 yur right uwu
*5.Portion sizes- They eat small portions*
Japanese Ramen: *AM I A JOKE TO YOU?*
XD YUM
For real tho. I was in Japan in the Ramen Street and ordered a normal ramen portion and it took me half an hour to eat it and still I couldnt finish it whole. In the meanwhile, there was a japanese guy (clearly coming from work, as seen from his clothes) and he also ordered a ramen bowl, which was the same size as mine. I swear he ate that in 5 minutes.
Lol 😂
@@andreearenata yes but it is one thing. A full meal would be the same size of food in total but just in a variety of dishes. And like previously mentioned in the video they eat three times a day. After work is the 3rd which is hours away from lunch. So he was probably considerably hungry
Yum...Raman IMMA BUY SOME
Woww my breakfast time matches their lunch time.
Same lol 🤧
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Same here. We call it fasting! ;)
Me too
Same
Dinnerware...As a Chinese who has been using chopsticks for almost 40 years, I can show you (when I am hungry) how I use my chopsticks to plough through a plate like you Americans shoveling snow in winter.
I like the fact of mindful eating, lot of walking and small portion. Eating slowly help to get fuller with less food and more satisfying because I have time to savor the food. I have incorporated those habits and I'm loosing weight without restriction.
I lived and worked in Japan for years, and this isn't very accurate. Most people I knew barely had time to eat. Also, there is the social pressure of maintain a thin appearance. In fact, most women in my workplace skipped meals nearly every day in order to stay very thin. A lot of the meals were based on rice and noodles (especially lower income people). Much of this information is based on stereotypes from people that have never actually lived there.
I was just laughing at the bullsh!t in this video seriously delusional info..
Yeah this video seems like stereotypes. American style fast food is really popular in Japan.
I couldn't think of a username I kind of agree, there is a Japanese girl that I have been talking to and she keeps telling me and showing pictures of American food she eats.
@@bloodycinephile Popular, but they don't eat it very often.
Mostly it is GENETIC first, then all other Cultural factors contribute to LOW Obesity in the Japanese Population. They eat high glycemic white rice and pasta along with lots of fish; not much of beef or pork, as I understand. Americans eat lots of beef & pork in large portions, with lots of sugar soda & watching sports & junk TV lots of times!! Hence 30% of Americans are in fact obese with BMI >30!!
I was so moved by the video and then i decided to read the comments
Me too
Same😂
Watching at 2 am while snacking peanut butter 😅I should have used chopsticks 😂
Education is very important and really can help make smart choices. I wish I had nutrition and finance classes when I was young.
Who else was actually impressed with this video BEFORE reading the comments that completely destroyed your dream to becoming thin?😁
It really is best to NOT give any attention to the comments. If they entire video was wrong (I currently live in ASIA) would adopting these eating habits along with the other things such as exercise and walking be such a bad thing to do? Americans have been brainwashed so much with the idea "we're #1, we're, #1" we often hate to be challenged on anything about our culture. We LIVE in such denial because NOBODY GONNA TAKE MY BEEF AND POTATOES FROM ME. I have adopted many of the eating habits I see in Asia and it has changed my entire life. So if you are thinking about doing the same IGNORE the delusional comments and go for it!
I already knew that it’s nonsense
how did they destroy your dream?
So simple don’t read message at all.
Me
Environment matters.
Exactly n body too etc
Absolutely
Religion matters
You just escaping
Agreed
That Japanese woman drinking the tea and peeking threw the door made me pretty uncomfortable 😆
You mean through
Hi awesome insight into the dietary systems of Japan! Loved it!
As an American who is living in Japan over 13 years now, I find these 10 excuses to be laughable.
The line at McDonald’s every day here would seem to disagree with you regarding them avoiding burgers 😂
Literally 3 McDs and a Burger King within walking distance from my office and all of them have a line a mile long on a daily basis, populated with thin people.
But I do love how you said this is “according to science” but didn’t actually show any science. You just spouted common tropes.
Let me assure you though, eating with chopsticks doesn’t help you not eat as much. In fact if you eat noodles, you’ll eat them faster with chopsticks than without, if you know what you are doing.
Consistently I find that Japanese eat twice as much as I do and they are most often half my weight.
You want to know the real difference?
In reality, it all comes down to sugar. Western foods are chalk full of sugar and westerners tend to gravitate towards these higher sugar foods while Japanese don’t.
But somehow that often gets left out of these videos about why Japanese people are so thin. How do you miss sugar and talk about chopsticks and “being mindful” as if the majority of Japanese aren’t just going into a convenience store and grabbing rice balls and other quick food items like everyone else around the world?
Silly! You make them sound like these mystic philosophers who live on a higher plane of reality when factually they have a higher rate of metabolic syndrome, despite their lower rate of obesity. Look it up.
But again, the real issue is all about sugar sugar sugar.
Yes they will eat ice cream sure, but what they tend not to do is smother it in chocolate sauce or eat a 24 pack of cookies - not only because you simply can’t buy a 24 pack outside of Costco, but because they’ve largely been raised to crave other snack types while westerners have been constantly inundated and conditioned to crave sugars and sugar substitutes.
Look around Japan and you’ll find very little in the way of sugar substitutes as well. There is no Splenda and sugar packets on the table for their teas and when they do eat desert, the portion is massively reduced.
Birthday cakes, for example, are not a 2 ft long rectangular sheet cake with an inch thick icing drawing of Elmo’s face, it’s a 8-10 inch round cake with light icing topped with some kind of berry or fruit.
Yes activity plays some role, but the roll of sugar is 80% of the difference. Riding your bike to work does you no good if you drink Mt Dew all day and binge a box of cookies as an afternoon snack, which many Westerns actually do, and most Japanese would find unappetizing.
Just sayin’
How about actually doing science and not just spouting tropes for once. My gosh.
Kudos!
Intresting
And that was long
Before I read your post, I knew it was sugar.
so why hasn't "japanese don't eat much sugar" become commonly known?
Greg Dahlen commonly known to who? I’d argue it is commonly known. It’s less often talked about however.
Why does this vid keep showing sushi? like show some ramen, tempura, onagiri, miso soup, or gyoza like ffs.
It makes us being hungry 😩 in meantime
I eat all this on the daily xD love japanese food!
Right!!
Add curry to that list of foods
Yeah, for western people fjpanese food is Sushi. Thanks to Pop Culture and Media. For me Sushi is far from the best japanese food.
Very interesting to learn about portion size and variety of choice which is the biggest take away for me. Very similar to an Indian thali meal which is compartmentalised into 4-6 small portions. This leads to the preparation of a very balanced and colourful meal hitting all the nutritional markers and making eating a proper experience 🙏😂
“They tend to avoid foods with excessive amounts of salt and sugar” Teriyaki sauce, miso, and umeboshi: *am i a joke to you*
At least they dont eat liked pigs
They got fish waffles with creamy fillings on the street.
They got fish waffles with creamy fillings on the street.
Quantity matters.
They use it in very small quantities to flavour their food, not in an American Super Size, "drench it all over" eating practice
You did not mention the real #1: Discipline and Self-control.
This is something for sure...and me forgetting about culture, since in America its soda drinks with caffeine and sugar. But I like my coffee/ sometimes tea.!
I lived in Japan for 6 years and I must say that while it’s true that obesity is low there, most of these “reasons” are incorrect or apply to a minority of the population. Great transportation systems apply only to major cities. People snack all the time. They often don’t make time to eat meals all the time (work reasons). Food habits do tend to be healthier and even snacks tend to be healthier. Food portions are definitely smaller and young people are extremely active. Food also, as mentioned in the video, does tend to be treated as an experience, so one tends to notice well what is eaten, how much is eaten, and food is enjoyed more in terms of taste. Fruits are ridiculously expensive so making smoothies or eating tons of fruits is not very common. Food does also tend to be more local and fresh, which makes it healthier. Unmentioned is also the amount of societal pressure that there is to be in shape and not look in any way that attracts attention. People are very weight conscientious as well, which means that they comment on each other’s weight very often. They have no trouble telling each other whether they’ve gained or lost weight.
U don't need a scale if you have an Asian friend. First thing mine do is comment if I gained or lost weight lol.
Japan is an authoritarian conformist's dream.
Most people are privately miserable. 😪😔
@@uptome4399 thats kinda cool but scary
not reading allat 🤣
Wow this video was so informative and helpful. I might try to adopt a few of these
An excellent video!!! Thank you
Gosh! I feel so guilty just watching this. I seriously need to make a change in my eating habits.
Me too
never is too late go forward
r u still the same?
Japan has some high quality food
The Life Formula Big Facts
I love rice and kimchi.
@@sayuriando3379 Kimchi is Korean not Japanese
@@jamesbroderick3394 i know.
Thank you for this video. I learnt alot.
Great info. Thanks. Truly a motivation.
I swear to god I thought the title was “Why Japanese noodles are so thin according to science”. Then I saw the pic and I thought it was the amount of time the noodles are left soaking in the broth, causing it to thicken up in the rest of the world and I’m like whaaaaa....??
Wakiki Demore now i’m super relieved! Thought i was the only one
😂
SAME
I thought I was the only one..
Wakiki Demore Hahaha...meeee too!
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UnicornGamer lol you diserve more likes
LOL....😂😂😝
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They are purposefully obese just like Mr Olympia atheletes have huge body..
They were in 3.6%
Japan is not only a country it's a brand !! ❤️
Their electronics and cars are great! 🤗
@@MH-be6hr do the cars fly ?!
Great video, thank you!
They are pressured to be thin!! Some teenagers are skipping a lot of meals just to look thin. Some companies weigh you, you have to maintain a certain weight. I guess the world doesn't know this.
I think they should do this in the West too! Obeised people( like alcoholics or smokers) cost the health system a lot!
@@katarinatill4713 In my country a nurse is weighing the children at school, if the weight is not ok, too less or too much, you get an appointment with the school doctor and they follow the weight on a regular base. If a child is really having an unhealthy weight and the parents are not able or willing to change that, the child protection service is going to be involved because it is concidered as child neglection. I know a case that 3 children were taken away from the parents because of obesety after trying to correct the parents on different ways.
@@lienbijs1205 wow that sounds really Interesting. Harsh but maybe good For the Kids ? 🐹
@@lienbijs1205 which country
@@RizwanAnsari-el6gg the Netherlands
You forgot to mention one very important factor: self control. In the western world nowadays, freedom is the No.1 concern, "I can be what I want to be, I do what I want to do" is the culture and is being praised for. So when it comes to eating, that "freedom" is also part of it, lot of people just eat what they like. But in Japan and some other Asian countries, society comes before individual, people were taught to obey the rules and meet the expectations of others, not to act out of places, so the self control level is very high, they will eat what they suppose to eat, they will eat what others eat.
This is a very interesting thought 🤔
First what freedom? Freedom of preselected choices? In Japan they are not lying about it. Being upfront is better than living in a fantasy
Freedom of ordering KFC family pack as dinner for yourself and not caring that you weight 300 lbs.
redpanda416
Yes you have right
👍👍👍👍
It is very important too
What an amazing point much respect for bringing this up, something we haven’t paid attention to, very important!
Thank you for sharing. Love ❤️
Has anyone seen their 7-11's? SO much healthier than ours.
I, as a Japanese woman, feel like this vid was made by someone who’s clearly not familiar with what Japan is really like and most of these reasons are bs.
spongeks Can you please write your opinion on this? Some tips or what people actually do about this ''beign thin'' subject.
Ljiljana Prazic people understand the reason is genetic very little to do with food
Is there anything about the points made that are close to being remotely honest. If you could explain as i would like to know. Regarding food and lifestyle. Thank you in advance.
spongeks true I am half Japanese I live in Tokyo but he really probably tried his best to research
That's usually the case get the information wrong on culture but I guess they tried . I'm a slim women but I'm a health freak. No meat all herbal and fruit vegetables.
Take food as an experience. This will make you mindful of eating and also grateful.
Big one!
BEAUITFUL ! HELPS out ALOT.
Awesome stuff
3 whole meals a day
Every school anime ever (kids running with toast in their mouth): AM I A JOKE TO YOU?
*That was the toast talking.
8:50 I choked on my water when i saw the prime minister of MY country eating sushi 😂
When I saw this comment I legit didn’t expect Modi to do that
😂😂
😂😂
Never expected modi
Never expected Pm modi
Great video, this does not only apply to Japanese. It applies to anyone who want to stay healthy and fit. Overall its not about just food. People go through various changes be it hormonal, genetics or anything to do with your diet and overall gut health. Yes there are tips and tricks which can definitely help anyone and everyone.
Happy holidays and thank you!
これはひどい。I can't stand this video. The contents are plausible but manipulating so many ways. As a Japanese man, born and raised in Tokyo I will tell you the truth. Well, I'm not a scientist but I will tell you what I think of this subject.
1. Genetic
2. Diet
3. Society
Genetic: Japanese are genetically thin. No question about it. So are Korean and Chinese.
Diet: I only could have sushi a few times in year when I was a kid. I saw way more sushi in this video than I could have as a child in Japan. I believe it is all about nutrient balance. Also, unsweetened beverages consumption is high. I like sugar drinks but generally drink unsweetened tea more than soda just because I crave for it. I still remember that tea was served as a drink at every lunch in a kindergarten.
Society: Someone says here that JPN people don't have a car and walk more instead. That applies to ones in Tokyo but not to people outside of city. A lot of people use car everyday for commute or shopping as the same reason as in America. We are homogeneous and resemblance matters. If you are Japanese and your friends or family noticed that you gained a few pounds, they will tell you that as saying hello. Not to give a hard feeling, it is just a part of intimacy or friendliness. If you don't wanna hear anything like that, you watch calorie intake.
To be fair, despite the other stuff this person got wrong, it was mentioned that the situation is different in the city and more rural areas. Unfortunately, the impression from the video would come across as if there weren't so many out in those areas where you MUST have a car to get places.
I'm not convinced on genetics, because the whole world (all races/ethnic groups) used to be pretty thin. The high obesity rates we're seeing across the globe are a very recent phenomenon.
I can't stand this video either. A non-Japanese who lacks proper knowledge of Japanese culture is trying to tell the world why Japanese people are slim. I am not convinced.
そうですね。I am a half Japanese person living in Japan, it doesn’t seem completely there.
この人の言うことはあっている。(99％ ぐらいね）。99％ ぐらいって言ったからおころないでください。
I'm japanese and want to tell one thing about this video.
The bgm is totally Chinese, not Japanese. lol
What is bgm
Bgm=background music
I'm an Indian and I could still figure that out LOL!
I am Filipino and I have noticed that too. I can tell the difference between Japanese, Koreans and Chinese.
Hahaha
this helped me thanks
Great video sir
When they said "chopsticks makes u eat slower"
You should see me eat sometime
And where do I watch you eat? 🤨
need to watch dragonball z eat...
That only applies to newbie chop stick users
Should be allowed to grab small portions allowing you to chew your food.
@AnySoo Chaann so was their comment. r/whooosh 🤦♀️
We japanese actually don’t eat that healthy though. We love greasy ramen and Starbucks drinks that are super sweet.
Yall eat more fish and dont overeat bad foods like most Americans
Ryan Martinez Being assuming also isn’t good for the health. Are you overweight?
Emi True, we’re thin bc of the Japanese culture we have. Even if we don’t eat too healthy :’D
I'm Chinese and I can say the same lol. We do love a bit of grease and sweets but we know when to stop
I’m chinese and I love rabbits :3
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I went to Japan in Oct2019 for 2 weeks - I figured i was gona gain some weight cuz i love rice but have been on Keto diet since June of that year - but instead i lost weight cuz of all the walking i did while i was there ... woohoo!!!
That's healthy and wise not thin
*No snacking*
Me: snacking*
Brain: just. carry. on.
Me: still snacking*
I agrie
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*I need to use chopsticks when im eating burgers and fries.*
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I use chopsticks for soup
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Great healthy food choices.
Love 😍 their 🍵 too. 😁
Walking to and from work/school is approximately 1 hour and this is a hidden way to control your body weight. I like it!
Back in the day where i'm still in ellemetery school where i'm usually walk around 9 minutes from my home to my school
And that 3.6 % are sumo wrestlers 😅
sumo is not overweight, they actually follow strict diet and heavy training.
Hahaha
woooosh
vn01208503 they are still overweight tho.
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They value nutrition, food etiquette and I want to visit Japan. 💕
Realy intrestong.I like it.Ima subscribe and like.🙃🙃🙃
I gained 15 kilos in Japan over 10 years. Let me share how that happened:
1. Japanese foods are delicious
2. Japanese Chocolates are delicious
3. Skipping breakfast
4. No regular pattern in eating
5. Japanese foods are salty ( omisoshiru and Tsukemono) and sweet ( even curries are sweet).
6. Portion size is small so you end up trying several kinds of foods. Like eating gyoza and karaage with ramen. Setto menu is popular.
7. Snacking a lot between meals.
8. No walking (use bicycle instead of walking even at short distances)
9. Work Stress and binge eating.
10. Drinking often with colleagues.
11. No need to climb stairs... everywhere you find escalators and elevators.
Japanese are thin because they control their portion sizes. I see most Japanese take too long to chew the obento which is the home made lunch which is very small in size. Some even skip dinner. Most of them control their food with diet than exercise. So if you are in Japan and control your diet and exercise you will stay thin otherwise you will gain coz it’s quite convenient living in Japan with delicious foods.
I can relate.
I laughed alot 🤣
15 kilos in 10 years doesn't sound much.
heard of other people gaining weight in Japan though, doubt healthy food choices has much to do with low weight gains.
food looks amazing in Japanese fiction, how anyone possibly refrain from eating.
@@smievil yeah i gained 15kg in 2 years
It's pretty obvious that you didn't follow the tradition hahaha...because if you did. You'll surely lose weight within months like the real traditional Japanese does.
Well I am half Japanese and have lives in Japan for about half of my life and I’m not sure I agree with all of this. There is a very tight rate of heart attacks in Japan as they eat a lot of foods contain high salt content eg. Food with soya sauce. However I do agree that people are more active and eat in lesser portions. (Can I Also point out that we don’t eat that much sushi. This video makes it seem like were made of it)
mairu lee “made of it” 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣 That made me laugh!
I was wondering the same thing. I'm not Japanese, but I do like to cook from a large collection of Japanese recipes and I've noticed that they do tend to have a lot of sodium and sugar. So, the first point #10 seems incorrect to me. Meals are varied and so have smaller portions, which I'm sure is a factor here.
It comes down to the DNA. I am 100% Japanese and I just don’t want to eat snacks between meals. Plus I think Japanese people’s stomachs are smaller than other races. They can stay slim but fatty livers and high in salt foods cause different kinds of problems.
Ben Nakajima that is a good point. Salty foods and fatty foods are two very different problems.
Ben Nakajima though obviously it’s impossible to base this all upon DNA as there are a variation of people even if they are all Japanese. I can definitely say that some people do snack and have bad eating habits who are Japanese.
In Malaysia, walking 30 minutes to reach office.
Friends: " are you crazy? "
I'm definitely going to try the one about not scrolling on social media and enjoying it. Then I might enjoy the food and social media more than I am now. I can really experience both doing them one ay a time.
With all due respect, the background music sounds closer to Chinese. ^_^"
It is
Thank you! It is Chinese instruments. Bright side you need to know the difference, all Asian cultures are different. You can't just type "oriental music" and think all are the same.
Thanks for saying it!
I know some music can be ambiguous. But this is just unmistakably Chinese.
And I remember they did this in 1 or 2 other videos too. Bright side just isn't very bright...
True
That’s a lie. I live there for many years and Japanese people eat lots of fry, frozen food And fast food. Almost all food are sweet and have carbs. The secret is in the portions and exercise
hotzabra so true. we eat tons of chemicals which are in Bento box in Famima!
I wouldn't say sweet thought... Food is way less sweet compared to the West. Desserts almost always seem under sweet too haha
Yes. I was laughing throughout this video. Yes, some people do follow the regime of eating 3 meals, at the same time everyday and avoid snacking. Mostly elderly people. My father in law does this. But I know SO many people who eat whenever and even at unhealthy times of the day. Salary men who go bar hopping and end up eating ramen and Tonkatsu at 3am. So many people smoke and drink and buy a ton of snacks and veg out in front of the TV after work. My brother in law never exercises, drives to and from work, eats whenever and whatever he wants, buys an entire bag full of snacks and chu-hi from the 7-11 and eats out at restaurants almost everyday. He's as skinny as a rail! It's no secret how the Japanese stay thin, its genetics!
When I lived in England, I drank black tea every day and lost about 20 lbs easily. Back in the States I reverted to drinking coffee, which messes with one's metabolism and gained the weight back.
Black coffee is healthy, but it's the instant creamers and sugars added that cause the problem.
Yeah, it's definitely not the coffee on its own, it would probably be the calories from milk, sugar, creamer etc.
as P F mentioned.
This inspires me
In other words, the Japanese are conditioned from childhood to honour the feeling of being full and to never go beyond that, placing great value in listening to their body and respecting that full feeling the second it firsts pops up by stopping eating immediately. Imagine how the world's obesity epidemic would change if we all learned to do that!
True, my husband did the same. And he is a Swiss 🫕:)
Instead of being told to eat everything on your plate
Japan is such a disciplined and awesome country. I like the lifestyle of their people.
Ikr?
Not really Japan has its dark side extremely racist too
Hugh Tahoob agree
@@hugh2hoob668 every country have racism (and really bad one at that)
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Not to mention their culture is taught to not be socially rude or up front Europeans and Americans have it right be rude upfront least let them know how you feel
Must follow this
Thanks for putting out all important points. I have also made a list for living long like japanees.
Self- control and not giving excuses for over- eating!! The Japanese have discipline.
Yes,most descipline people in the world..
Some of their discipline comes from not eating sugar
"chopsticks make you eat more slowly"
Hahahahaha
Hahahahahahahahahaaha XD
I laughed too. Im in the USA and taught myself how to eat using chopsticks (been eating with them for over a year) and I can eat my lunch in 10-15 mins at work (30 min lunch)...lol you only take smaller bites, not eat more slowly. Slowly trying to put my chopsticks down between bites.
lol. That's funny. They forgot Asians are rather skilled with chopsticks (not saying all are like Asians not from Asia).
@@chelseaoates610 compare chopsticks to a spoon, you are going to eat way more with a spoon than chopsticks
also it does depend on the person and self discipline
If this is true...I might be the problem lol 😆😂
Awesome!
Education on food, nutrition and calories👍
Almost all of the Japanese people/people who live in Japan have said that this whole video is false. Wondering where you got your information from
@Aaren Sackey They're basing it on the so-called American diet. They don't ask Japanese people, and they make up stuff.
I believe it's in compression to the rest of the world but not too them. So yes we are far not me but....
Wow, almost ALL of the 129 million people who live in Japan said that? And YOU ask WHERE do they get their information? LOL. HA! I think we need to ask YOU WHERE ON EARTH did you get your information or figues, stating that; "Almost all of the Japanese people/people who live in Japan have said that this whole video is false." (ROTF) I actually live in Asia and although this video may contain a bit of exaggeration I would say that about 85 if not 90% of it is quite accurate.
You are super right
@@firstmillionmotivation I was thinking the same thing, did they watch the video in english and disagree? hehe yes americans love to eat at all times, i call it eating for fun, after a big meal while driving i started to eat again, my wife said why she was confused i replied in america we eat for fun!
I feel like this video is full of assumptions from only watching Anime and not research.
I think that anime diet is not as good as real japanese people diet
I live in Tokyo, i can say honestly that this is pretty accurate. And all the 7/11 here in Japan serves so much good food.
@@samuelraditya7921 anime diet it how much 30 hungry ppl eat omg where desert i am not full yet and i also grow stronger didnt secrafice my muscle
There are lots of misconceptions about Japan in popular media. This video buys into those misconceptions.
@@zeusdarkgod7727 What? Have you been in a 7/11 recently? I'm not sure what your idea of "good food" is but deep fried chicken, curry bread, Tv Dinners, candy, Onigiri and Ice creams are not what I would call good food.
When they say Japanese are so thin, do they know about Sumo wrestlers?
pretty sure sumo wrestlers are still on a “diet”, they’re bigger but healthy because they have to fight... or something like that?
That explains why over here in Texas are alot of people who are diabetic and have a lot of gyms over here is a really big difference than in Japan and everyone and their daily routine sounds so healthy and interesting
I like that locals and long term expats are correcting the absolute BS in this video.
Japanese people are so skinny because they walk everywhere to go to work And do grocery shopping.
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They are very poor so use bicycles.
Same has been said of Americans before car ownership was common. We didn’t eat anything like the Japanese, but people had to walk or bike most everywhere. Did wonders for staving off obesity and cardiovascular disease.
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*watches this while eating pancakes* Wow I should really try some of these
I agree, since I am in Japan, I can see many changes in my eating habits and balance, cz they eat healthy foods, appreciate it ❤