Hideki Kiriyama is a popular person in Japan. He has accumulated a lot of fans by sharing his weight loss experience, and many people are eager to imitate his weight loss method. It is reported that Hideki Kiriyama was diagnosed with diabetes when he was in his 50s. He did not receive formal treatment, but controlled his blood sugar by “don’t eat carbohydrates, try to eat protein” .

Three weeks later, he lost 20kg and appeared to have no side effects. As a result, he completely let go of his guard, and the more he lost weight, the more addicted he became. He even published books and held conferences, preaching“If you don’t eat staple food for a week, you will lose 6 kilograms”< /strong>‘s theory. As a result, 6 years later, Hideki Kiriyama, who was in his 60s, died of a heart attack.

Although it is impossible to judge whether it is the death caused by the sugar restriction method to lose weight, many doctors believe that the weight loss method of Kiriyama Hidekiwill Increasing cardiovascular burden, leading to metabolic imbalance, increasing the risk of arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.

1. What happens to the body after eating only vegetables and not rice?

In fact, the method of not eating staple food to lose weight has been around for a long time. In the 1950s and 1960s, there were several weight loss methods that claimed that restricting the intake of high-carbohydrate foods and liberally eating foods rich in protein and fat would lead to weight loss.

These weight loss methods that do not eat staple food have indeed made a rapid weight loss in a short period of time, so they have been sought after by many people. However, things are not so simple.

Studies soon found that the rapid weight loss caused by skipping staple foods is simply due toimbalance of water balance in the body< /strong>. At the same time of rapid weight loss, will also face health crises, such as increased risk of osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, etc. burden on the liver and kidneys.

Including the later popular modified version of the low-carb diet, there is also a risk of rapid rebound strong>.

Abstaining from staple food is actually unbearable in the long run and affects health.

On the one hand, I don’t eat the staple food, but the stomach always needs food to fill. If the intake of fish, meat, eggs, etc. is increased, will become high A high-protein and high-fat diet can easily lead to a series of health problems such as high uric acid, osteoporosis, kidney stones, and diabetes.

If you only eat low carbohydrates such as vegetables and fruits, if this continues, the stomach will be in a state of hunger for a long time, and it is easy to appear malnutrition, Vitamin and mineral deficiencies.

Second, not eating staple food, eating too much, or eating less can affect your lifespan

Not eating staple food is not good for health, and eating too much staple food is not good for health. A study published in the journal The Lancet Public Health found that eating too much or too little carbohydrates can shorten lifespan.

Analyzing data from 430,000 people from different countries in North America, Europe and Asia, researchers found that people with low and high carbohydrate intake were significantly more Life expectancy is shorter than that of humans. After age 50, people with moderate carbohydrate intake had an average expected survival of 33 years, If you reduce your intake, you will shorten your lifespan by 4 years; if you increase your intake, you will shorten your lifespan by 1 year.

In addition, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) According to a study in , staple food intake requirements vary by age. The researchers analyzed 1961-2016 data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and 1,879 mortality data from 103 countries and regions, and found the following findings:

1. For people under the age of 20, the proportions of carbohydrates, fats and proteins were 42%, 42%, 42% and 42% respectively. 16%, the lowest mortality rate;

2. For people over 20 years of ageFor example, gradually increase the proportion of carbohydrates, gradually reduce the proportion of fat, the proportion of protein remains unchanged, and the mortality rate is the lowest;

3. For For men over 60 and women over 70, the proportions of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins are 67%, 22%, and 11%, respectively. %, the mortality rate is the lowest.

Third, eat rice with these 4 types of food, be careful The more you eat, the fatter you get

It should be noted that if you eat rice together with these 4 types of food, you may get fatter if you don’t pay attention to control.

1. Potatoes, mung beans, kidney beans, lentils, peas

Carbohydrates in potatoes The content is very high at 15.3%. However, what many people do not know is that common beans, such as mung beans, kidney beans, lentils, peas, etc., are even higher in carbohydrates than potatoes, reaching 55%-65%. The carbohydrate content of rice itself is only about 77%. Eating these beans while eating rice is equivalent to eating two servings of rice.

2. Chestnut, Lotus Seed, Ginkgo, Gorgon Rice

Chestnut, Lotus Seed, Ginkgo , Gorgon rice, etc., although the fat content is not high, but they are full of calories, and the carbohydrate content is more than 40%.

3. Sweet potato, purple potato, yam, taro

Many people like to add purple potatoes and sweet potatoes when cooking rice. In fact, sweet potatoes, purple potatoes, yam, taro and other foods are not low in carbohydrates. They are all over 10%, so you should reduce your rice intake when eating them to avoid excess calories.

4. Lily, Horseshoe, Water chestnut, Daylily

Lily, Horseshoe, Water chestnut , day lily, etc. are all healthy-looking foods, but the carbohydrate content is also more than 10%. When eating with rice, you must know how to control it.

Fourth, eat the staple food like this, control sugar and weight

Zeng Qingshan, the chief physician of the Clinical Nutrition Department of the Third Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, said that the order of eating is very important. Some studies have found that if in the order of vegetables→meat dishes→staple food strong>, it can reduce the postprandial blood sugar level of patients with type 2 diabetes and non-diabetic patients in the long run, help to stabilize blood sugar, and avoid excessive blood sugar fluctuations.

In addition, Dr. Zeng also reminded that the combination of three meals a day should be scientific and reasonable and nutritionally balanced.

Breakfast focuses on nutrition to ensure protein and vitamin intake; Lunch should be comprehensive, which can provide various nutrients; dinner should be light, choose less fat, Easy-to-digest, low-salt foods should not be too full.

At the same time, the three meals in the morning, noon and evening should be distributed according to the food intake. The recommended ratio is 3:4:3. The time between meals should be appropriate, 4-5 hours is more appropriate.

Eating is a major event in life. After reading this article, do you know how to eat healthy? Finally, I would like to remind everyone that staple food is very important, and don’t eat staple food for a long time in order to lose weight! Of course, you must also learn to control the intake of staple foods, so as not to cause excess energy.

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