A dear friend of mine moved to the US from Taiwan in the late 80's when he was a teenager; he said he was skinny like most people in Taiwan and their daily diet consisted of a small bowl or two of rice, lots of vegetables (some sauteed, some boiled, fresh or canned), some meat/fish, or soups with vegetables, some meat/fish, with/without ramen noodles. 15 years later when he went back to Taiwan for a visit in early 2000's, he noticed many young Taiwanese a lot chubbier than he'd ever seen before and that lots of pastry shops, bakeries, and boba drink cafes had sprouted everywhere. From the mid-90's internet boom and onward, people in general have become more sedentary by having their eyes glued to a screen. Couple this with all the sweet treats or highly processed carbs plus the snacking of such carbs and we have a recipe for plumpness.
Everyone blames highly processed carbs but highly processed foods often has a slew of items in it.. often high amounts of fat. Look at chips, or pastries, or pizza... they have just as much highly processed oils or dairy as highly processed carbs.
From the perspective of someone from North America who first visited Taiwan in 2023, the population there by and large is still slim by western standards.
@@AgathaLOutahere Yes, I believe you. The point is that however slim Taiwanese in general may be, my friend noticed right away that the youth from the 70's and 80's were even MORE SLIM than the youth of the 2000's, and they ate rice or noodles daily. So I don't think eating rice is the problem. I'm agreeing with Dr. Berg's point of view that part of the problem just may be the increase in sugary and highly processed carbs consumption. I would imagine Taiwanese people realizing at some point in the last 10 years that they need to cut back on these kinds of foods and be more active.
To clarify the answer to this question. The traditional Chinese diet does include rice for sure, BUT with lots of vegetables, fermented foods, fish and WITHOUT the added junk, sugar (as in soda) and GMO soy oil. So it really depends on what you are adding to the rice and the type. If you only ate brown rice, you would deplete your zinc and other minerals due to phytates and if you only ate white rice, you'll develop Beru Beri (B1 deficiency). On the glycemic index, rice ranges between 50-90 depending on the type of rice (wild, brown to refined white) so you have to look at the whole picture: the type of rice, quantities and what else you are eating with it.
So it's more about junk food and GMO then.. I don't drink sugary beverages, but I do eat a lot of fish, meat, rice, beans, soups, veggies, fruits, avocados and tortillas, blood sugar near perfect, no high blood pressure, resting heart beat around 45-50 BPM. I'm part Mexican native Taruhumara from Chihuahua. I have Cardio for days, maybe it's genetics, who knows.
I’m sorry, but traditionally only people lived on the coast ate lots of fish, but, look at the map, China doesn’t have long long coast line, over 80% or more people actually didn’t have access to sea food at all. Sea food has been luxurious food that regular families in China cannot afford to eat that often.
I figured that rice is okay to eat as long as you are eating enough healthy vegetables to help utilize the sugars in rice instead of storing them as fat, fermented foods and healthy fats also help reduce the negative effects of high glycemic rice. Thank you for the clarification doctor, I always appreciate your helpful information on health.
When I grew up in China in the 80’s, we didn’t have this habit of snacking. We eat three meals a day and that’s it. Breakfast in the morning around 6:30am , lunch at 12 and dinner at 7. And that’s it. if you are hungry in between, just be. not like here in USA, people have to eat something nonstop!
It's the amount of refined carbs that are prevalent in all our food! It makes people constantly hungry, which is so sad :( I've been overweight my whole life bc I could not control my cravings. But finally have committed to keto and it has totally opened my eyes to the carb addiction many of us suffer from! It's actually gross how much sugar is allowed to be added in a single serving size of some stuff
@@ilooser278 I hear you. So the second part of my story is after I moved to USA, I got addicted to all the bread, pizza, crackers and etc. Now I am Americanized - size wise. and losing weight is harder than ever even thought I am constantly reading labels and counting calories. Having a healthy eating habit is more than just having the right knowledge you have. It’s the environment you are in as well. It’s just too hard to stay healthy in this country.
@@ilooser278 Unfortunately, keto isn't the ultimate solution. You do need carbs, but not just any carbs. You need unprocessed ones, mostly fibers and lower amount of natural sugars such as in fruit, potatoes, beans, rice etc. You don't, however, need any processed ones. Then couple all of this with physical exercise and you have the solution.
I like how "Chinese" seems to be a catch-all for Asians. When comparing traditional foods supposedly eaten in China he mentioned two traditional Japanese foods (natto and miso soup) and one traditional Korean food (kimchi)
You mean like how everyone does with European food? Finnish food is drastically different from Italy or France, England is completely different from the Baltics, Spain is not remotely the same as Lithuanian cuisine. Hell even Belgian food is drastically different from the Dutch and they share a major border.
@@buinator250 He's being disingenuous, and trying to imply racism when there is none. Indian food is also "Asian food" but he certainly wasn't counting them. Russian food, is also Asian food too. He meant "Oriental" or "East Asian". So even in his attempt to correct he was wrong. In a very thinly disguised attempt at calling Berg racist. He's just ignorant of some cultural difference in the cuisine, which is an honest mistake. Nothing more.
@@HauntingSpectre How do you know Steven "wasn't counting" Indian foods or Russian foods as Asian foods? He simply called out three things that shouldn't have been listed on the white board as examples of Chinese foods. Had Dr. Berg written "curry" or something like that on the board, I'm sure Steven would have called it out too. Don't try to put words in Steven's mouth. I appreciate and agree with the knowledge Dr. Berg presents in this video in general, but that doesn't mean he can't be ignorant (not racist) about Asian foods.
That is called skinny fat. The way to fix that is to date a man like me who will help you get into shape. Fortunately for you I’m single and looking for a beautiful Chinese girl and you fit that criteria.
Y'all should blame the trashy western diet. It's awful and it’s slowly but surely killing us and shorten our lives. They introduce all these crappy foods to the markets and except people to discipline themselves and resist the temptation. Obviously, I can but generally speaking, is hard to do.
i speak for myself growing up poor in asia: we ate rice and lots of beans and vegetables and seasonal fruits, but not too much because we were poor and we had to share 1 whole chicken among 12 people in the household; we had meat when there was an occasion like birthdays, death and funerals and birthdays - that's the difference. :) we did not eat GMO food and no artificial oils and junk foods until the 90's? when american fast foods were introduced in the country. Now I observe obesity in children! Now I live in North America, I have to go on "diet" . I realized, I ate better when I was "poor" and had access to non-GMO food real food. In North America, it is so unaffordable to eat healthy!
Thats interesting to read. Whilst in Viet Nam in 2008 i saw people carrying bags of toxic fertilisers around and dipping bare hands into the bags and tossing on crops.. sad stuff
My grandparents grew up in a village, where everyone was slim, they ate veggies from the garden, meat and dairy products, but litteraly no sugar nor processed food.
It's actually not unfforadable at all to eat clean. It's just not as convenient, when you can go get a meal at Mcdonalds. Need time management and commitment.
Parab00n rice is good source of energy, better than fries, if young and active, enjoy it. The problem with rice, it is not filling because it is refined, you keep eating and eating.
I was born and have always been living in Asia. Eating rice is a must everyday, up to three times a day, sometimes even more. But I usually pair it with homemade dishes of veggies, meat with a hell lot of veggies in it, and sometimes fish. Also, I’m a tea enthusiast and prefer fruits for snack. And yeah, I rarely eat junk food. Maybe that’s why I’m struggling to gain weigh instead 🤷🏻♀️
@@pumpkindiamond994 usually I drink tisane (calendula, chrysanthemum, etc), sometimes black teas (regular black tea, earl grey, etc) or green teas (genmaicha, hojicha, etc). I know green teas causes weight loss but it doesn’t feel right to not have them in my tea collection and they’re tasty, so I can only limit my intake like only 1 cup/week
Well said! I watch videos of what I eat in a day of Japanese or South Korean women and they eat TONS of rice in lots of forms and pastas or noodles and they’re all thin. I’m not sure how old they are though, because they don’t show their faces. They could be 20 I guess. But they don’t workout or even walk to shops or work much. I’m jealous sometimes but I’m not afraid of carbs and they don’t make me gain weight or gain fat. But then again I’m not eating fast food, fried foods, sodas, Doritos, sweets, etc.
@James once saved always saved... Good name by the way you know they try to use it for the wrong purpose though "faith without works is dead"James 2 lol 😆... God bless brother preach the gospel 💯
Dr you avoided the rice subject. That is a question I always ask myself and I was eager to see your thoughts on it. If rice is so bad why do so many people eat it without being fat. My wife is Asian and her entire family eats it with every meal and in high quantities(probably 75% percent of their plate is rice). My thought is, the foods that they eat with it are good wholesome foods, basically veggies and meat. Unlike here we have junk food. The trend I see is not the the rice being bad it's the other foods people eat along side it, just like you demonstrated in this video. The Chinese population was skinny until they added the junk food.
Asian people well mannered and traditional in terms of food, Chinese Japanese and Korean have a good balance food when they eat such as some meat, vegetables, fruits and rice. Clarification I'm an Asian but I'm not Chinese, I'm Filipino from Philippines who have a western influenced where we eat like western 😂 such as fatty and oily food (But as Filipino we follow our traditionally well balance serve food in our home so we're not all that unhealthy people) . And we eat a lot of rice and in this small dish, we have few more cups of rice. So Rice is bad when you eat alot you should have it a moderation. Right now I'm in diet no white rice, I'm in brown rice when I go to school but not everyday because of calories intake. As an Asian I love a Rice 😂🥰
Hi Billy. I have a good theory to explain the situation you have mentioned. However I feel less inclined to share this on the internet. If you want, we can setup a Skype call for this. Let me know. All the best.
I visited the US a couple of years ago. My first visit to NY. I was shocked at the food that most people consumed including my brother. And they used plastic and thermocol containers for takeaways. I remember wondering so much research comes out of this country ...how come they don't follow their own advice
@@himanshuverma1260 It is due to greed. Not psychologically inept reasons. It is a cheap, recyclable material. It is a carcinogenic but.... That won't hurt you for another 20-30 years 😑 This is the thoughts behind these processes with food and candy packaging.
Traditional Chinese sweets weren’t sweet at all compared to even fruit. Imagin desserts made with unsweetened red and green beans, that was the type of treat traditional to Chinese
@Lorenzo huh? ? But what i said is true. . People nowdays drink soda almost everyday, including candy and other sweet stuff.. I'm not saying ALL ASIAN. .
tell me about it!!!! there are fatties everywhere sooo fat, they eat sugar with added sugar! makes me so angry when i see little fat kids and everyone says how cute they r!!! will it be cute when they r dead at 5 years old!! argggg
I am 70 years old now. Back in the early seventies I was in the Peace Corps in South India. I lived with a host family in a small village in the Thanjavur District. They were Hindu and strict vegetarians. They had no refrigerator. Everything was cooked and prepared fresh daily. Lots of fresh vegetables and fresh fruit, Etc. I ate rice approximately three times a day and lots of lentils cooked in different sauces and gravies. I look back on that part of my life and for those two years I realize that that is the healthiest I have ever been in my life. I had no sodas or soft drinks although I craved them but nothing like that was available because of no Refrigeration. The only beverages that I had was water tea or coffee. And usually the South Indian tea and coffee is served with sugar and milk. There were not a lot of sweets or junk Foods available. I don't even remember back then finding candy bars in the markets. Of course today that has changed in India also as it has in China with junk food more candy bars Etc. Thank you for your hard work on your channel and bringing all of this good information to us. ... I will be making another trip back to that Village this coming spring. Of course now I am overweight but working on it and trying to eat healthier. Your channel is helping me enormously. Thank you so much. I wished I lived close enough to you for you to be my personal coach. I would let you film me and show the enormous difference that could take place with an old fart like me.
Hi great story of yours. How are you doing today? I hope you improved on your health. How was your experiences back home? Please let us know soon. Be safe healthy & strong. Thank you.🇨🇦🇭🇺
@@rexluminus9867 thank you for asking. Due to the pandemic I did not return to India as my dreams were planned. There was an international lockdown I did get a refund on my ticket with Qatar airlines. Even to this point today India is not offering any tourist visas. I stayed home tending my organic vegetable garden and sharing baskets of fresh vegetables with seniors in my area that were unable to Garden last year. Spring has arrived here again in East Tennessee and now I'm preparing my garden again. I plan to do a lot of camping and hiking in the Cherokee National Forest in East Tennessee. I live alone with my little dogs I have a wonderful tent and a cot and camping gear And I love to spend time in nature off-grid away from crowds and state park campgrounds. I sometimes go deep into the forest where there is no cell phone service just me my dog's mother nature and the few bears. When I'm in the forest along a rushing stream and waterfalls It seems to rebuild my spirit and feeds my soul. Too bad you weren't close by we would go sit by campfire and talk about the world and what we could do to make it better. Thanks for checking on me. You be safe and have a wonderful summer ahead.
@@ertfgghhhh I don't remember how much rice I ate back then. But it was a good handful every meal. I still eat rice everyday in a meal now. Except today I eat a brown basmati rice because of all the bran and fiber.
Having lived in China, I can confirm that having more than one bowl of rice (150g) during a meal is considered stuffing yourself. Most of the food consists of sauteed or boiled vegetables, eggs and meat.
As a Korean (Almost IDENTICAL genetic makeup as Chinese), I can say everything Dr. Berg says is 100% accurate. My family from my parent's generation are ridiculously thin. My uncle has calves that are thicker than his thighs. Then comes my generation. We have been eating American portions and styles since we grew up. All of my cousins are nearly double the sizes of our parents. We still eat rice and kimchi, but our portions are enough to feed a family of four in Zimbabwe. In addition, we're gulping it down with Dr. Pepper and topping it off with Reeses Chocolate bars. There are so many fat Koreans right now that sometimes I cannot find even one 'skinny' person throughout the entire day. It is becoming such a national concern how fat we are becoming, that even politicians are addressing it. I never thought this would happen in Korea (or China).
Keep getting fat, westerners won't be dating the Chinese and Koreans. They will marrying African, East European and South American women. Obesity is extremely low in these countries.
You are a racist !There is plenty of food in Zimbabwe..Right there is America and in China there are very poor people who can’t even afford a sandwich.But here you are talking about Zimbabwe
This is 💯 true with Vietnamese. I'm Vietnamese and born here in America, when I was growing up all my family was amazed at how fat I was because Vietnamese kids are so thin. Now most of the Vietnamese American kids are fat and grow up over 6ft tall. This is due to the American diet and all the hormones in our chicken, pork and beef. I started Intermittent Fasting 2 years ago, when I was 176 pounds, I lost 31 pounds and 6" off my waist. I'm now 145 lbs with a 28" waist. I cut out all processed carbs, sugars and I only eat One Meal A Day. I owe my success to Dr Berg's videos.
What kind of food do you eat? I eat one meal a day and I'm still overweight because I can't seem to quit the sugar and processed foods for very long because I get migraines and fatigue and irritable.
@@joshuabroten4895 one great way I found to sub sugar was by using either Monk fruit sweetener or Swerve. Can also bake with them. They taste just like sugar with no aftertaste! And neither are bad for you. I love sugary things, too, so I HAD to find an alternative. We eat lots of meat, fresh vegs, strawberries, raspberries, cheese, eggs, cream, yogurt, butter. We never feel ‘deprived’ either. We cut out all white goods(sugar, flour, breads, rice, potatoes) Hub has lost 80 lbs in 6 months, I’ve lost almost 40 lbs. (I know, I know, women lose slower😔) His doc told him to keep up with whatever he was doing and he could get off his BP meds! Yay!(he’s been on them for years) His A1-C(blood sugar) numbers are also down to 5.5 from 6.5.
@@joshuabroten4895 if you want to quick sugar coke cigarettes whatever you have to quit cold turkey don't try and find replacements cause that'll easily lead you back.
Same with my childhood but I grew up Mexican American. My father would bring home one candy bar and one soda on Friday and we would share it among 7 people and we were happy with that. When my mom made goat head soup, my parents got the eyeballs we had the rest.
@@nevinkuser9892 its not, here in Vietnam people are getting FATTTTTT and im starting to see it a lot in the younger girls and teen boys really coming out as ballons. In regards to adults its MOSTLY the men due to drinking daily, and the richer you are out here the fatter the women are *Apprently*
@@PJ33333 Sugar IS carbs to begin with. What people in Okinawa eat is fermented food like natto, miso, also seafood, the water comes from pink coral. That water is very beneficial. Chinese might have eaten rice before but due to the lack of food in general did not have conditions to get fat. It does not mean they were very healthy though. We know how thin people get cancer left and right aside from other deadly chronicle deceases. Pasta, rice are pure carbs with zero nutrients. Stop spreading misinformation. Dr Berg is right.
I think you're all missing one thing... yes, the diet has changed for many parts of the world but the major problem is that people are far LESS ACTIVE. Kids nowadays are not running around and playing outside with their friends. They'll finish dinner and then play games all night while downing several cans of pop and a bag of chips. The kids that are not spending time outdoors is also lacking in Vitamin D which will result in other illnesses.
@@mikewhocheeseharry5292 I come from Canada which is the better part of North America😏 and we mostly call it Pop but it's widely interchangeable with soda or soda pop.
I'm 40 from India eats 2 times a day rice for whole life. No obesity whole family practice same diet. Fruits as snacks other than that no sugar, cream,or fats or meat. All are healthy and thin. No life style diseases(including Diabetes). Thank you Dr. For eye opening to this so called "modern world". Still stick to the 80's village diet. You don't need to work in the gyms for hours.
Yeah , we in south india growing up in early 80’s its three times rice breakfast, lunch & dinner . Traditionally coconut oil , coconut flesh in curry’s everyday . Mostly veg diet & fish . A chicken was so rare only while guest arrived . In fruits it was local seasonal produce only like bananas ( all time ) , mango , jackfruits , wild berries , gooseberries, guavas , cashew fruit & nut , ... never heard of diabetes, bp in family elders including grandparents. Today it is bakery products, bread , imported fruits & oils ... and there you go most are on meds .
Just wanted to clarify, Chinese don't have natto or miso. They are Japanese food. Also, growing up in China in the 90s, I think the problem with obesity wasn't really with fried foods (or rice), but the increasing amounts of processed foods, snacks and drinks. When we were little, our snacks were things made from nuts, sticky rice, or dried fruits, beans, etc. I didn't eat a lot of candies, and a lot of candies were made from berries, sesames.... Drinks were like bean or plum soups instead of pepsi or 7up. We had lots of home-made fried food, noodles and buns, and they didn't really affect us much. But I think our lifestyle was a lot more active though. Even for people who had office jobs, they probably biked to work or kids' schools everyday. With lunch breaks, that'll be at least 4 trips in a days. We also walked longer distances and cardio exercises were common. So maybe people nowadays think carbs are bad because our lifestyles have become a lot more sedentary due to various reasons.
Another thing worth mentioning for the Q like: If rice/pasta/bread are so bad why are Chinese/Italians/French thin, it's about how much you eat and how good your metabolism is when processing those types of foods. Eat the correct amount and move.
Also, the French and Italians use high quality, unfortified/unenriched, flour in their carb goodies. Makes it easier to digest and more usable by the body. Almost 95 percent of the white flour in the United States is enriched with iron and four of the B vitamins: thiamin, niacin, riboflavin and folic acid. By contrast, fortified flour may contain folic acid in amounts that exceed those present in whole-wheat flour. Calcium, a nutrient that is not naturally present in wheat kernels or whole-wheat flour, is another nutrient that may be present in fortified flour. There has been correlative studies done about the link between enriched/fortified flour and obesity.
Exactly!!! I asked about it too! I mean rice does spike insulin levels more than most unrefined carbs so, I'm thinking having other whole, unprocessed foods helps the body get through it for those that eat rice. And they may not eat huge portions of rice anyway. I did see where Sumo wrestlers eat huge portions of rice to gain weight as quickly as possible. The more you know...
I can swear by my own experience. Drop carbs. I only had meat and veggied for a week. Already feeling difference. When I dropped sugar my body was like on rehab. It was craving it, I was feeling dizzy. It was horrible I thought I'm gonna pass out. That's how strong sugar is. It's crazy.
The same thing is happening in Africa. I grew up eating rice, beans, and cabbage every day from Monday to Sunday and some meat here and there. We were always thin and had a lot of energy. But now? A lot of people/kids are really overweight because kids don’t play outside anymore as much, adults drive a lot and work sitting down, and french fries and fried meats are readily available and cheaper than it was when I was younger (about 10 years ago).
@@magnaesca165 There is haha some places. Just like not everyone in America is obeise and ignorant, not everyone or every country is poor and malnourished, ya kno? hehe
"If rice is so bad, why are the chinese so thin?" *completely avoids the question and doesn't explain why the chinese were thin BEFORE the introduction of junk food.
@@neemapaxima6116 he never said rice is not fattening, he's telling us that the Chinese are not thin no more because of American influence with fast food industries and sodas...pretty much, the stereotype is that all Chinese are thin... But in reality most aren't anymore plus the food that Chinese restaurant make for us is not the genuine Chinese food that the past culture use to eat..
@@neemapaxima6116 because in reality, they truly didn't eat as much rice as we think, that part is at the 50 second mark of what they truly ate in the past
@@sizzling1453 yup, didn't the guy just said that natto and kimchi is Chinese so yeah of course they don't eat them. Kimchi, maybe there's some sort of pickled cabbage in China but definitely not natto
So, basically you are saying they're fat now for consuming western foods/junk foods. But you didn't answer why they were always thin while consuming rice
Dr. Berg explains how bad is fried food, soft drinks, etc. but he doesn't give any logical explanation 'why rice is bad. Chinese always ate rice in pre-MacDonalds era and they were lean, so rice didn't cause obesety. Same is true about Italians and pasta.
How do that even remotely answer the question? Prior to the introduction of western foods the Chinese did eat alot of rice and were not overweight so...
I went back to Hong Kong 2 years ago and our chubby relatives were ordering Starbucks mocha frappe. When they asked us what we want, we said just black coffee and they were surprised. Those alone is a 400 calorie difference. A month of drinking frappe instead of black coffee is approximately 3 pounds, of pure fat.
I don't think this video ever addressed the question of why is rice so bad if the Chinese are so thin. He just mentioned everything else they eat that's causing obesity.
in the countries in Asia that eat rice regularly, they are thin because of portions. When I lived in Japan, they would eat a small bowl along with soup and fish. They weren't snackers, and I rarely saw them eat sweets like we do in the States. The problem isn't carbs; the "problem" is sugar, portions, and frequency.
No problem with reasonable intake of natural cane sugar. The real problem is CORNSYRUP IN EVERYTHING, FIZZY DRINKS, CONFECTIONARY, BISCUITS, SHOP BOUGHT CAKES, SAUCES LIKE KETCHUP, MAYONAISE etc.
@@levicodm1961 your brain needs sugar and carbs or you will end up a docile creature that doesn't question your master which is where they are leading people with mass propaganda etc.
The title of the video is a rhetorical question because it is false. The people aren't as fit as they used to be. It's not from the rice. It's because of the lower intake of natural foods and higher intake of sugar and processed foods.
@@Mavrik9000 yeah but he didn't tackle the rice issue. Because the original question was if rice is bad how come Chinese people are thin. Answering with saying they are not thin because of other things they eat is basically ignoring the question. We know other things can affect weight. The question was about rice, a food he recommends against eating.
Kimchi is not japanese. It is korean but some japanese companies make and export kimchi too along with korean companies. I just want my favorite TH-cam doc has correct information.
Whether it's Asian or European, obesity is catching up in every corner of the world. Most people are eating out more often, it's a lifestyle now. But I choose too cook everyday for my family
Cooking your own food is the only way to avoid being fat. Restaurant food often have no fiber, excess sugar and ingredients to increase hunger like certain spices and excess salt. My food cooked at home is filling, food at restaurants leaves me hungry.
Actually I eat burgers and consume sodas a few times a week and I am still fit, and have somewhat visible abs. Maybe around 15% body fat. So yeah, its all about moderation. Chinese are richer now that they were in the 90s. So they probably consume waaaaaaaay more rice now per capita than they did priorly. You can definitely get fat on too much rice alone.
I am from Kerala, India, and we consume rice everyday and no issues with obesity. Rice is not the culprit, it's other things which are high in sugar...
I am from India and I have been eating rice and ragi from my childhood days for almost 30 years. I am 33 now. Height is 5'9 and weights only 60 Kgs. In school and college I was bullied for being thin. Even now I look thin. My mother also ate rice for last 64 years. Her fasting blood sugar is 82 and no obesity. But she ate only 2 meals a day for almost 35 years of her life.
I’m third generation Filipino American and we love our rice! I’m thankful for my grandparents on my dad’s side. They grew their own vegetables and fruits, barely ate out, raised their own chickens and even would buy a whole farm raised cow because we were such a huge household. Today, my diet is still mainly plant based. I really like your videos, I find them so informative. It truly encourages me to take care of my health.
He didn't answer the actual question. My Asawa didn't gain weight until she moved to the States and the junk food. Why is rice bad if those who eat it stay thin?, was the question. I'm not satisfied with his answer to a question nobody asked
@@ratsalad5054 now it's our time to analyze his explanation,. therefore, rice isn't really that bad, if eaten in moderation, it's what you eat together with rice is the issue.. but if you eat mostly rice and less veggie or meat or fish, then you're doing it wrong...
In Japan, they eat rice at every meal. Most people are still thin these days. From the explanation, it seems rice is not that bad, as long as one doesn't eat too much sugar and fried (fast) food.
People in the US keep stacking food once a week in their house. When they're bored, they take a snack from the cabinets and fridge. In China, they go to the market or grocery almost everyday and barely stack in the fridge because they'd rather eat fresh food and not frozen. Everything is fresh. You won't see "Fresh Frozen Food" like in the US. There's no such thing as fresh frozen food. It's either fresh or frozen.
When rice is combined with a lot of meat, that's where the problem lies. It's possible that these people are eating more fish and vegetables with their rice than pork and beef. You have to make a choice, more meat and vegetables or more rice and vegetables but you can't have a ton of rice and a ton of meat together. It increases blood sugar much more than rice on its own.
@@jankababy1 he did answer, its not so much the rice but the foods eaten w rice, fermented foods being the main factor -so many benefits for your body, so its like eating something meh.. questionable w magic lol the good outweighs the bad when looking at the whole diet, in general ofc
The guy that does my nails is Vietnamese and looks 55 or younger but is 63. And his mom back in Vietnam was 90 and swinging from the trees to show off to her grandkids lol. I was watching a Canadian vlogger who lives in Switzerland and complained there were no fast food places, and I said that that's why there are healthier, less obese people there.
You are right! I am Chinese. In 30 years, 40 years ago, there were not so many obese people. At that time, the food was simple and natural. There were not so many sugary drinks and no genetically modified food. It’s totally different now, there are more and more obese people, and more and more people with diabetes.
Lol I’m not Chinese, never been to China and I know 40 years ago there were more slim Chinese folks. More bicycles too. 😂 All jokes asides, it’s all about having iron will. I live in the USA and I eat pretty clean but it takes a lot of discipline. Don’t be average, it sucks. :)
I doubt. I don't think it's because of Amercan food. You can be super fat if you stick to Chinese food as well. I think the main reason for slim is poverty and limit access to food.
Lol I eat rice in moderation, work out and am good. Eat your rice, especially white. I eat vegetables, no processed food, no sodas, no sugar only from fruits. Lol and all my numbers come back good. Yes! Eat rice.
I am Chinese, I mostly cook my own meals. My experience is : yes, we eat rice, 50% rice plus 25% meal and 25% veggies. then you won't be fat if you don't eat other junk food. But if you eat less rice, like 25% rice, 50% veggie and 25% meat? you become slimmer. I have tried that.
I had been living with Chinese families for over 5 years and what i learn to keep fit is avoid junk food as much as you can, limit snacking and eat vegetables as much as possible.
Guys it's not about rice it's about the portion. The Westerners eat "huge" portion. I've been living in the States since I was a child but I still cannot get used to the big portion here. We are Chinese Americans and my entire family is thin. We eat small portions and only drink water and tea.
This comment needs to be among the top ones. Here in India, people have this false belief that only junk food is bad. And then they eat a large portion of healthy foods like rice, chappatis, fruits, idlis, etc and wonder why they got fat and blame genetics. 😑 Smaller portions and moderate exercise is the key to being healthy.
Man, I have to disagree with you on this. I lived in China my whole life and I have been studying in US for the last 4 yrs. I came back to China this summer and I'm telling you Chinese are skinny af. Those girls in their 20s literally look like snow flakes. You are definitely right in regard to the trend, but it is really shocking how skinny both Chinese and the standard of beauty here is
I'm from the Philippines and we Filipinos eats alot of Rice. we burn hundreds of calories every day because we walk everyday to the stores, up and down hills, we walk miles to the highway to catch the transportation, we walk a mile to get drinking water up and down hills, we drink water every day, we eat mostly vegetables and fish, we're morning people, we walk many miles everyday to visits neighbors and chat because in the Philippines were no stranger to each other.breakfast,lunch and dinner are the only time we only eat real food because that's the only essential we spent on and nothing else. The more we move the more we lose calories
"If rice is so bad, why are the Chinese so thin?" I didn't hear you say anything about rice being bad and why they're thin. Instead you talked about how bad the American fat and sugar diet is and how it's causing them to be fat... So is rice good for us then?
Starch + fat will not necessarily lead to obesity. If your metabolism and calorie expenditure equals or exceeds your caloric intake then you won't put on weight. Two caveats; some people are more compatible with high carb foods than others, so your own personal experience is a sample size of one and insignificant, and secondly, if your caloric intake exceeds your expenditure, carbs + fat will lead to obesity faster than any other diet composition. Also, health issues take years to manifest, so your current health is irrelevant. I could go on about the latest study results or the arsenic content of rice, but at the end of the day it simply doesn't make any sense as a whole food as the energy content of rice far exceeds the vitamin, mineral, and protein content.
CircleOfSorrow calorie in and calorie out is myth and stachy veg. like potato will end high blood pressure and will make problem in nervous or heart and more and more healthy diet is fat+protien +leafy green + seeds + nuts and if you are athlete take chikpea is low glycemic index raise blood sugar is really dengour for long time
In Bangladesh our staple food is rice with fish and vegetables. We eat rice 2 times, in rural areas people consume 3 times rice as meals . The people of Bangladesh especially of the villages are so thin and fit despite having rice as a major meal. The condition is changing in urban areas as kids are growing by having burgers, fried chicken and overall an unhealthy diet!
Not all Chinese eat rice. Really depend on which parts of China are you from, in my region people eat a lot of wheats instead of rice. When I moved to rice regions, I got a lot fatter. Then I moved back to my city, I quickly lost a lot of weight. I can’t say it’s definitely because of rice. But at least it is somehow related. Also in my region, people think rice can quickly turn to be energy. But you get hungry quicker. So you tend to eat more.
Perhaps, I missed something. What explains the former ability of the Chinese to remain lean with rice forming a disproportionately large part of their diet? The overall quality of their diet was undoubtedly better pre-adoption of a more western style, but it was still very starch heavy. Would Dr. Berg expect someone today to remain lean with a starch heavy diet if the other elements of the diet were similar to the previous Chinese one?
I am Indian. I ate rice, boiled veg and egg for breakfast, glass of milk, sandwich for lunch, ate a rice meal at 5 and again at 9. With lentils, vegetables and fish. I was so skinny people told my parents to feed me better. However, no processed stuff whatsoever. No take away. never heard of pizza etc. And I walked for a minimum one hour a day and more. thats it. not sporty. all these doctors forget the regular exercise part of it often.
Rice is washed multiple times before cooking to remove surface Starch (plus other potential contaminants). It's also doubled in size due to water absorption so the amount you are eating is really quite small.
Exactly. Didn’t even argue the topic. Yes people are getting more obese due to all the new processed foods etc, but what is the explanation for the past? Asians have been eating rice at least once, sometimes several times a day, everyday for centuries and have been generally more lean then the rest of the world. Not just Chinese, think Southeast Asian, Japan, etc
Starch heavy? Did you check how much they were eating all day? 200g rice, 200g veggie and maybe 30g meat or not at all. That’s typical daily intake in the 80s. No sugar no sweet dessert no snacks. If you try this ‘starch heavy’ diet, you will be as thin as they were.
@@lyan5126 I meant starch heavy in relation to their overall caloric intake, as in their calories were disproportionately carbohydrates. I wasn't speaking to the quantities ingested. Unless I misunderstood Dr. Berg's dietary philosophy, I thought he was of the opinion that a diet composed largely of carbohydrates would result in poorly controlled blood sugar and inevitable weight gain.
Lol. This didn’t answer the question at all. All Dr. Berg said was Chinese are eating like the US and getting fatter. They’ve historically eaten lots of refined carbs in the form of rice and they have historically been thin. The question was “why?”
@The Most Hated Idiot On The Internet Well for sumo you have to be super strong and big since there is no limit to weight and in a sport like sumo the more weight the better even if you have some fat. There is diminishing returns though if you get too fat
Japan ranks around 70th in the world for obesity.. despite being a first world nation there's something about their lifestyle and diet that makes them thinner
jappaness ppl, they eat more vegies than eating a meat. and there is so many matcha and ocha and any others cha drinking machine rather than soda machine. they go everywhere almost without a car everyday, they go walking to school or Univercity or to go working, or taking a train/bus, or driving a personal bike. when they already eat their food, they will drink matcha/ocha almost everyday after eating. and their school and university and workplace canteen make an healty food to consume. and they bring bento more often rather than go eat/dine out. their school/Uni/Work place do a healty checkup quite often with a doctor whose come to their school/uni/workplace. they only eat kentucky/junkfood just on cristmass or on special day/special occasion. and their life just weirdly healthy, it is good tho. just try go to japan, and feel it your self! :)
Here in Thailand, I can see the detrimental effect of American food culture on the youth. In areas without fast food shops, people are Thai thin. In cities where fast food is now readily available, a shocking number of teenagers are obese. 10 years ago when fast food was not available, this was not the case. America is slowly poisoning the world...
Lol oh come on. No one is forcing them to eat fast food. Many people here in the US choose not to eat fast food, so they could do the same. Just because a company sells something doesn’t mean you’re obligated to buy it. It’s up to individuals.
@@lyriclanguages3780 That's like giving everyone easy access to heroin and when problems come up, you say: "Lol oh come on. No one is forcing them to take drugs". Junk food is made for the purpose of tasting amazingly good. They should be held responsible for the effect they have on children. Why is marketing to children even allowed? If some drug dealer went around selling drugs would you blame some 14 year old for his choice or the dealer? As for adults, that can slide barely.
Americans get so sensitive when certain things are pointed out. The amount of people in the US who choose to not eat fast food or junk food are in the great minority. And misinformation and lack of education on proper nutrition, effects of processed food, importance of food sources, etc is rampant as well. So imagine in the other countries when the companies open franchises elsewhere. Even worse.
These women at 8 seconds in China are pregnant. ' In this photo, pregnant women practice yoga at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Oct. 25. 2015 in Beijing, China. Photo'
This is typical western media for ya, they can write a whole new sequel of movies just with one picture that's not doesn't even represent what they are saying. lol
I am a Chinese and I am not slim. Our diets take too much rice currently, I have serious insulin resistance. One of our good habits is to finish dinner before 7 pm every evening.
my uncle eats rice three times a day as long as I remember. 70yr old is thin that you see only bones. No refrigerated vegetables or fruits. Seasonal veggies and fruit consumption. No junk. At this age still walks many miles daily. I never paid attention to these other factors. I dumped soda 4-5 yrs back. One can in past 5yrs. I have to rethink my other junk food addiction (chips) and refrigerator. Thanks doc
DR Berg, i feel you didn’t answer the actual question, we are more interested in why if they have always eaten rice they are so thin? or were? before they started eating the sugar as you described since the 90s
Yes, he suggests that they no longer eat traditional foods, only KFC. This video only proves that fast food is bad, but traditional foods in moderation (the way the Chinese used to eat and still do) is healthy. Even white rice, alongside meat and vegetables. His thesis here is not well-supported. He's using fast food consumption to make a case against white rice, which makes no sense.
I eat rice twice daily (have been eating rice ever since I was 3 years old) and my bmi is around 19. (BTW I exercise daily and I only eat junk food/sweets once in about 3-4 months).
Two things. Metabolism and lifestyle. Lifestyle used to compensate for the food they eat. Processed/modified food with a sedentary lifestyle contribute to most of the ills. IMHO.
Lived there, main diet is meats and seafood and green veggies, very little rice, a cupful They walk a lot and are very active. Burn off way more carbs than the rice they eat.
tlhfirelion I’m laughing at your hurt butt while eating some grass fed steak and raw cheese and you somehow thought I’m triggered. Well whatever makes you cozy in your bubble I guess? Last time wasting my time on you soy fat boi 😁have a sugary day tho
Asians actually have specific adaptations in their pancreases to digest the starch in rice. Also they’re very active and live a low stress lifestyle with family gatherings and quality animal foods also.
I love your videos. They always start with intriguing questions. We're told white rice is bad for you. What about the Chinese? Avoid pasta. What about the Italians? Let's not forget pizza, lasagna, cheese, etc. Whatever food the experts tell us to avoid, there are people somewhere in the world for whom it's a staple and they are perfectly healthy. Everything in moderation. That's my philosophy
They use higher quality unenriched/unfortified flour. Look up the effects of flour fortification. Makes you crave more of it and also makes it much harder to digest. Almost 95 percent of the white flour in the United States is enriched with iron and four of the B vitamins: thiamin, niacin, riboflavin and folic acid. By contrast, fortified flour may contain folic acid in amounts that exceed those present in whole-wheat flour. Calcium, a nutrient that is not naturally present in wheat kernels or whole-wheat flour, is another nutrient that may be present in fortified flour.
Dr Berg, miso and natto are Japanese and kimchi is Korean. China did ferment a lot of food (my father has a story of pickling watermelon rind) but just wanted you to clarify. Also they used to eat more wholegrain.
But dr Berg, you didn’t answer the question, is rice bad...? Japanese are thin, people in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore are also thin compare to America.
Danny Wilten are you so sure? We Taiwanese and Japanese eat rice even at breakfast, very few of us have diabetes, and the reason we got fat like dr berg said, cuz we started to eat food and desert from U.S. and Europe. I am a huge Fan of dr Berg, I am also on keto, don’t get me wrong. I am just wondering if rice really bad and really spike insulin. That’s something I didn’t see dr berg mentioned in this video. So not like him. I think he will make another one.😊
@@20alphabet No. He didn't. He said that the Chinese are not thin to begin with, and that they are getting fat because they started consuming western food since the mid-80s. They are the 2nd fattest country in the world today, next to the United States of Amercia (USA! USA! USA!), not because of rice. He did not say whether consuming rice is healthy or not.
One of Berg’s worst videos. The question isn’t about the misconception of Chinese obesity rates and its causalities. Rather, the question is about why rice-eating populations have often been described as skinny.
Think it is pretty common knowledge that the American diet has migrated to other countries who are now seeing the same health concerns as in the US. The question was why if they eat so much rice, are they so thin... As per their ORIGINAL DIET!
Except look at pictures of Americans pre 1980 for sure. Almost no fat people anywhere. But yeah must be "the American diet". Marxist idiot. You look like a fat useless American. Start by relieving the world of yourself then.
I'm Chinese and I eat rice at least once a day. Can't live without rice coz I feel like I don't have proper meal without it. I know it's sugar addiction but other than rice I don't really like sweet food. Even for fruits I choose the sour ones. I'm 50 kg, 165 cm. I hope I'm not considered fat.
Saw a video by a younger asian guy on white rice and how it affects blood sugar levels. Turns out the same amount of cooked white rice consumed over the same amount of time will change the spike in blood sugar levels depending on whether you use chopsticks or a spoon. When using chopsticks only a small amount of rice is consumed with every mouthful leading to a low spike in blood sugar, where using a spoon where a large amount of rice is consumed with every mouthful leads to a high spike in blood sugar!
My friend told me that eating rice everyday is not good. I was like, bruh.. my family and I eat rice like 3 times a day, but we're far more healthier than those people who eat junk foods. (btw, junk foods are far more expensive rather than healthy foods here)
He didn't answer the question, other than Asians aren't skinny. Um, okay but there are Asians who are skinny and they eat rice three times a day. He can't answer the question because he doesn't know what he's talking about. He never gives any real information.
Same thing in Central America - liquid candy (Coke, Pepsi) companies have marketed heavily on the young population. Therefore, getting them hooked as they grow into adulthood.
Good video but I think the title of the video should be changed from Chinese to Asians, if Natto/Miso/Kimchi are mentioned (these are mostly eaten by Japanese/Korean )
“Because they’re eating like Americans”
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And now Americans try to eat like asians. lol
Man he called us out..lol
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I laughed too hard when he said that haha
I think we Chinese people are eating like Americans too. People over 30 tend to get fat belly😂😂😂. But we don’t eat snacks between meals.
"Liquid candy, I mean soda." Berg is such a wise guy.
I'm going to borrow that, that's 🥇.
If sugar makes you diabetic, why do 8 yr olds run on chocolates all day & never get diabetes?
@@bachelorlifestyle2068 lol you said it, because they run. 😂🤣
@@bachelorlifestyle2068 sugar is fuel, and kids are really active they always moving until the fuel depleted leaves no sugar left in their blood.
@@bachelorlifestyle2068 they do? You can literally search youtube for videos of it.
"...Liquid Candy, I am sorry, Soda.."; awesome line, Dr. Berg! 😁
Liquid instant blood sugar raising poison!
Totally unintentional
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I love how he sneaks the humor in in each video 😁👏🏼
Lol, I love his style of dry shade 😂
I have been calling it carbonated sugar since 16.
A dear friend of mine moved to the US from Taiwan in the late 80's when he was a teenager; he said he was skinny like most people in Taiwan and their daily diet consisted of a small bowl or two of rice, lots of vegetables (some sauteed, some boiled, fresh or canned), some meat/fish, or soups with vegetables, some meat/fish, with/without ramen noodles. 15 years later when he went back to Taiwan for a visit in early 2000's, he noticed many young Taiwanese a lot chubbier than he'd ever seen before and that lots of pastry shops, bakeries, and boba drink cafes had sprouted everywhere. From the mid-90's internet boom and onward, people in general have become more sedentary by having their eyes glued to a screen. Couple this with all the sweet treats or highly processed carbs plus the snacking of such carbs and we have a recipe for plumpness.
yesh boba!
Everyone blames highly processed carbs but highly processed foods often has a slew of items in it.. often high amounts of fat. Look at chips, or pastries, or pizza... they have just as much highly processed oils or dairy as highly processed carbs.
From the perspective of someone from North America who first visited Taiwan in 2023, the population there by and large is still slim by western standards.
@@AgathaLOutahere Yes, I believe you. The point is that however slim Taiwanese in general may be, my friend noticed right away that the youth from the 70's and 80's were even MORE SLIM than the youth of the 2000's, and they ate rice or noodles daily. So I don't think eating rice is the problem. I'm agreeing with Dr. Berg's point of view that part of the problem just may be the increase in sugary and highly processed carbs consumption. I would imagine Taiwanese people realizing at some point in the last 10 years that they need to cut back on these kinds of foods and be more active.
@@sleepyfish3929 Yes, highly processed oils are also no bueno. No argument from me on that.
To clarify the answer to this question. The traditional Chinese diet does include rice for sure, BUT with lots of vegetables, fermented foods, fish and WITHOUT the added junk, sugar (as in soda) and GMO soy oil. So it really depends on what you are adding to the rice and the type. If you only ate brown rice, you would deplete your zinc and other minerals due to phytates and if you only ate white rice, you'll develop Beru Beri (B1 deficiency). On the glycemic index, rice ranges between 50-90 depending on the type of rice (wild, brown to refined white) so you have to look at the whole picture: the type of rice, quantities and what else you are eating with it.
So it's more about junk food and GMO then.. I don't drink sugary beverages, but I do eat a lot of fish, meat, rice, beans, soups, veggies, fruits, avocados and tortillas, blood sugar near perfect, no high blood pressure, resting heart beat around 45-50 BPM. I'm part Mexican native Taruhumara from Chihuahua. I have Cardio for days, maybe it's genetics, who knows.
I’m sorry, but traditionally only people lived on the coast ate lots of fish, but, look at the map, China doesn’t have long long coast line, over 80% or more people actually didn’t have access to sea food at all. Sea food has been luxurious food that regular families in China cannot afford to eat that often.
I figured that rice is okay to eat as long as you are eating enough healthy vegetables to help utilize the sugars in rice instead of storing them as fat, fermented foods and healthy fats also help reduce the negative effects of high glycemic rice. Thank you for the clarification doctor, I always appreciate your helpful information on health.
@@yaqinli7868 you can eat eels and other fresh water fish, even freshwater crayfish.
Isn't arsenic in rice another issue? U need to rinse it well...at least.
Liquid candy will mess you up. 4 months ago, I switched to drinking only water and black coffee, and 30 lbs literally fell off me.
Literally? Hope you weren't standing next to a pet or small child cuz it literally could have killed them ... :)
@@cheekymonkeygirl3378 ooh, you're so witty.
@@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733 Don't you have anything better to do?
@@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733 Either way, it's obvious you don't. You can go away now. Enjoy your life!
I think people use the word literally way too literally......
When I grew up in China in the 80’s, we didn’t have this habit of snacking. We eat three meals a day and that’s it. Breakfast in the morning around 6:30am , lunch at 12 and dinner at 7. And that’s it. if you are hungry in between, just be. not like here in USA, people have to eat something nonstop!
It's the amount of refined carbs that are prevalent in all our food! It makes people constantly hungry, which is so sad :( I've been overweight my whole life bc I could not control my cravings. But finally have committed to keto and it has totally opened my eyes to the carb addiction many of us suffer from! It's actually gross how much sugar is allowed to be added in a single serving size of some stuff
@@ilooser278 I hear you. So the second part of my story is after I moved to USA, I got addicted to all the bread, pizza, crackers and etc. Now I am Americanized - size wise. and losing weight is harder than ever even thought I am constantly reading labels and counting calories. Having a healthy eating habit is more than just having the right knowledge you have. It’s the environment you are in as well. It’s just too hard to stay healthy in this country.
Same in india 😄😄
@@mingchen610 switch to keto with very limited carbs or one day a week. Watch the other videos for advice.
@@ilooser278 Unfortunately, keto isn't the ultimate solution. You do need carbs, but not just any carbs. You need unprocessed ones, mostly fibers and lower amount of natural sugars such as in fruit, potatoes, beans, rice etc. You don't, however, need any processed ones. Then couple all of this with physical exercise and you have the solution.
I like how "Chinese" seems to be a catch-all for Asians. When comparing traditional foods supposedly eaten in China he mentioned two traditional Japanese foods (natto and miso soup) and one traditional Korean food (kimchi)
Underrated comment.
You mean like how everyone does with European food?
Finnish food is drastically different from Italy or France, England is completely different from the Baltics, Spain is not remotely the same as Lithuanian cuisine. Hell even Belgian food is drastically different from the Dutch and they share a major border.
@@HauntingSpectre just because you're right doesn't mean Steven is wrong.
@@buinator250 He's being disingenuous, and trying to imply racism when there is none.
Indian food is also "Asian food" but he certainly wasn't counting them. Russian food, is also Asian food too.
He meant "Oriental" or "East Asian".
So even in his attempt to correct he was wrong. In a very thinly disguised attempt at calling Berg racist.
He's just ignorant of some cultural difference in the cuisine, which is an honest mistake. Nothing more.
@@HauntingSpectre How do you know Steven "wasn't counting" Indian foods or Russian foods as Asian foods? He simply called out three things that shouldn't have been listed on the white board as examples of Chinese foods. Had Dr. Berg written "curry" or something like that on the board, I'm sure Steven would have called it out too. Don't try to put words in Steven's mouth. I appreciate and agree with the knowledge Dr. Berg presents in this video in general, but that doesn't mean he can't be ignorant (not racist) about Asian foods.
I am Chinese and I can assure what Dr. Berg says is dreadfully accurate... most people are slim fat :(
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That is called skinny fat. The way to fix that is to date a man like me who will help you get into shape. Fortunately for you I’m single and looking for a beautiful Chinese girl and you fit that criteria.
Just get your exercise and eat right and you will be on your way to slim slim. With a bit of self discipline, of course.
Y'all should blame the trashy western diet. It's awful and it’s slowly but surely killing us and shorten our lives. They introduce all these crappy foods to the markets and except people to discipline themselves and resist the temptation. Obviously, I can but generally speaking, is hard to do.
i speak for myself growing up poor in asia: we ate rice and lots of beans and vegetables and seasonal fruits, but not too much because we were poor and we had to share 1 whole chicken among 12 people in the household; we had meat when there was an occasion like birthdays, death and funerals and birthdays - that's the difference. :) we did not eat GMO food and no artificial oils and junk foods until the 90's? when american fast foods were introduced in the country. Now I observe obesity in children! Now I live in North America, I have to go on "diet" . I realized, I ate better when I was "poor" and had access to non-GMO food real food. In North America, it is so unaffordable to eat healthy!
As same as in my country, we didn’t have too much variety of foods , but everything vas clean food , no chemicals no GMO.
Thats interesting to read.
Whilst in Viet Nam in 2008 i saw people carrying bags of toxic fertilisers around and dipping bare hands into the bags and tossing on crops.. sad stuff
You could easily follow the same diet that you did growing up - it’s healthy and cheap.
My grandparents grew up in a village, where everyone was slim, they ate veggies from the garden, meat and dairy products, but litteraly no sugar nor processed food.
It's actually not unfforadable at all to eat clean. It's just not as convenient, when you can go get a meal at Mcdonalds. Need time management and commitment.
I thought this was going to be a video on Rice??
Nope, its about how fat the Chinese are getting on a western diet.
Parab00n no rice just western world messing up the eastern world! They have a choice like we do. But where’s the rice answer????
Parab00n rice is good source of energy, better than fries, if young and active, enjoy it. The problem with rice, it is not filling because it is refined, you keep eating and eating.
Theme was meant to Make China Great Again!
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I was born and have always been living in Asia. Eating rice is a must everyday, up to three times a day, sometimes even more. But I usually pair it with homemade dishes of veggies, meat with a hell lot of veggies in it, and sometimes fish. Also, I’m a tea enthusiast and prefer fruits for snack. And yeah, I rarely eat junk food. Maybe that’s why I’m struggling to gain weigh instead 🤷🏻♀️
What tea do you drink? Green tea makes you lose weight.
@@pumpkindiamond994 usually I drink tisane (calendula, chrysanthemum, etc), sometimes black teas (regular black tea, earl grey, etc) or green teas (genmaicha, hojicha, etc). I know green teas causes weight loss but it doesn’t feel right to not have them in my tea collection and they’re tasty, so I can only limit my intake like only 1 cup/week
Get you some Taco Bell
Well said! I watch videos of what I eat in a day of Japanese or South Korean women and they eat TONS of rice in lots of forms and pastas or noodles and they’re all thin. I’m not sure how old they are though, because they don’t show their faces. They could be 20 I guess. But they don’t workout or even walk to shops or work much. I’m jealous sometimes but I’m not afraid of carbs and they don’t make me gain weight or gain fat. But then again I’m not eating fast food, fried foods, sodas, Doritos, sweets, etc.
Look for the Golden Arches, its a sign that will help you add two extra humps of fat if you go there for a month…
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As a dental practitioner i will definetly say liquid candy from now on
That's so Funny..!!!!😂🤣
I call it wet sugar.
That just makes it sound better
@James once saved always saved... Good name by the way you know they try to use it for the wrong purpose though "faith without works is dead"James 2 lol 😆... God bless brother preach the gospel 💯
Dr you avoided the rice subject. That is a question I always ask myself and I was eager to see your thoughts on it. If rice is so bad why do so many people eat it without being fat. My wife is Asian and her entire family eats it with every meal and in high quantities(probably 75% percent of their plate is rice).
My thought is, the foods that they eat with it are good wholesome foods, basically veggies and meat. Unlike here we have junk food. The trend I see is not the the rice being bad it's the other foods people eat along side it, just like you demonstrated in this video. The Chinese population was skinny until they added the junk food.
your word... straight to the point !!
well said.
well done.
Asian people well mannered and traditional in terms of food, Chinese Japanese and Korean have a good balance food when they eat such as some meat, vegetables, fruits and rice. Clarification I'm an Asian but I'm not Chinese, I'm Filipino from Philippines who have a western influenced where we eat like western 😂 such as fatty and oily food (But as Filipino we follow our traditionally well balance serve food in our home so we're not all that unhealthy people) . And we eat a lot of rice and in this small dish, we have few more cups of rice. So Rice is bad when you eat alot you should have it a moderation. Right now I'm in diet no white rice, I'm in brown rice when I go to school but not everyday because of calories intake. As an Asian I love a Rice 😂🥰
Hi Billy. I have a good theory to explain the situation you have mentioned. However I feel less inclined to share this on the internet. If you want, we can setup a Skype call for this. Let me know. All the best.
@@amethyst_0711 India and Pakistan have the best Asian food
@@st4r444 How do you so sure? Huh
I visited the US a couple of years ago. My first visit to NY. I was shocked at the food that most people consumed including my brother. And they used plastic and thermocol containers for takeaways. I remember wondering so much research comes out of this country ...how come they don't follow their own advice
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The green buck...
they are hypocrites
@@himanshuverma1260 It is due to greed. Not psychologically inept reasons. It is a cheap, recyclable material. It is a carcinogenic but.... That won't hurt you for another 20-30 years 😑 This is the thoughts behind these processes with food and candy packaging.
It is too time consuming to do things the correct and natural way
Rice is not the problem . Its junk foods.
"The Chinese are not as thin as you think"
*shows picture of pregnant Chinese woman*
LMAO
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This guy is full of it. The US obesity rate is 42%. China is around 5%.
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Agreed! ! I am Asian. . We not only consume rice. . But soda, candy, chocolate, our traditional treat also have lots of sugar. . OMG! ! 😭😭😭😭
even Asian cats on the street are fatter than they used to be, people also throwing away more food waste than before!
Traditional Chinese sweets weren’t sweet at all compared to even fruit. Imagin desserts made with unsweetened red and green beans, that was the type of treat traditional to Chinese
@Lorenzo huh? ? But what i said is true. . People nowdays drink soda almost everyday, including candy and other sweet stuff.. I'm not saying ALL ASIAN. .
She’s right, though. A majority of Asian countries consume more sugar. Don’t get on her case just because you’re a minority in the subject.
@Lorenzo shut up Lorenzo
Same in Thailand - when I first went to Thailand 30 or so years ago everyone was slim. Now there are lots of fat Thais, especially children
tell me about it!!!! there are fatties everywhere sooo fat, they eat sugar with added sugar! makes me so angry when i see little fat kids and everyone says how cute they r!!! will it be cute when they r dead at 5 years old!! argggg
Thai foods are spiked with sugar + salt + coconut creams and oil
They snack constantly on junk food especially the woman. They won't walk 20 feet. Just play on their phones on social media.
before no sugar, vegetable+meat soup and rice.... now candy icecream sodas and on ....
@@TheBoonWorld yeah it drives me nuts that!
pretty sure the example you showed of 'fatter Chinese people' at 0:08 seconds, is a yoga type class for pregnant women 😬
Lmao
I am 70 years old now. Back in the early seventies I was in the Peace Corps in South India. I lived with a host family in a small village in the Thanjavur District. They were Hindu and strict vegetarians. They had no refrigerator. Everything was cooked and prepared fresh daily. Lots of fresh vegetables and fresh fruit, Etc. I ate rice approximately three times a day and lots of lentils cooked in different sauces and gravies. I look back on that part of my life and for those two years I realize that that is the healthiest I have ever been in my life. I had no sodas or soft drinks although I craved them but nothing like that was available because of no Refrigeration. The only beverages that I had was water tea or coffee. And usually the South Indian tea and coffee is served with sugar and milk. There were not a lot of sweets or junk Foods available. I don't even remember back then finding candy bars in the markets. Of course today that has changed in India also as it has in China with junk food more candy bars Etc. Thank you for your hard work on your channel and bringing all of this good information to us. ... I will be making another trip back to that Village this coming spring. Of course now I am overweight but working on it and trying to eat healthier. Your channel is helping me enormously. Thank you so much. I wished I lived close enough to you for you to be my personal coach. I would let you film me and show the enormous difference that could take place with an old fart like me.
Hi great story of yours.
How are you doing today?
I hope you improved on your health. How was your experiences back home?
Please let us know soon.
Be safe healthy & strong.
Thank you.🇨🇦🇭🇺
@@rexluminus9867 thank you for asking. Due to the pandemic I did not return to India as my dreams were planned. There was an international lockdown I did get a refund on my ticket with Qatar airlines. Even to this point today India is not offering any tourist visas. I stayed home tending my organic vegetable garden and sharing baskets of fresh vegetables with seniors in my area that were unable to Garden last year. Spring has arrived here again in East Tennessee and now I'm preparing my garden again. I plan to do a lot of camping and hiking in the Cherokee National Forest in East Tennessee. I live alone with my little dogs I have a wonderful tent and a cot and camping gear And I love to spend time in nature off-grid away from crowds and state park campgrounds. I sometimes go deep into the forest where there is no cell phone service just me my dog's mother nature and the few bears. When I'm in the forest along a rushing stream and waterfalls It seems to rebuild my spirit and feeds my soul. Too bad you weren't close by we would go sit by campfire and talk about the world and what we could do to make it better. Thanks for checking on me. You be safe and have a wonderful summer ahead.
@@chiefonelung3416 hey!! Im in nc. How much rice were yall eating at each meal
@@ertfgghhhh I don't remember how much rice I ate back then. But it was a good handful every meal. I still eat rice everyday in a meal now. Except today I eat a brown basmati rice because of all the bran and fiber.
@@chiefonelung3416rice is life, lol
Having lived in China, I can confirm that having more than one bowl of rice (150g) during a meal is considered stuffing yourself. Most of the food consists of sauteed or boiled vegetables, eggs and meat.
@Mei "Most Chinese practice keeping face" end quote . You are not Chinese & you don't know what you are talking about out of your a**hole
@Mei LOL 😆 I can believe this.
Yes, the modern fattening Chinese diet is high in meat, but the traditional slimming Chinese diet is very low in meat.
@Wesley meat isn't fattening in itself, the recommended serving size is a deck of playing cards(US). It is a high energy food. It's size and add on's
Avoiding carbs is like avoiding oxygen, its everywhere and in everything.
its even harder if youre an Asian from third world countries
This!
Exactly..
Carbs are our main source of energy, so avoiding it is useless. Too much of it is the problem.
thats not true... its pretty easy to avoid carbs.
plenty of foods that dont have it.
As a Korean (Almost IDENTICAL genetic makeup as Chinese), I can say everything Dr. Berg says is 100% accurate. My family from my parent's generation are ridiculously thin. My uncle has calves that are thicker than his thighs. Then comes my generation. We have been eating American portions and styles since we grew up. All of my cousins are nearly double the sizes of our parents. We still eat rice and kimchi, but our portions are enough to feed a family of four in Zimbabwe. In addition, we're gulping it down with Dr. Pepper and topping it off with Reeses Chocolate bars. There are so many fat Koreans right now that sometimes I cannot find even one 'skinny' person throughout the entire day. It is becoming such a national concern how fat we are becoming, that even politicians are addressing it. I never thought this would happen in Korea (or China).
Keep getting fat, westerners won't be dating the Chinese and Koreans. They will marrying African, East European and South American women. Obesity is extremely low in these countries.
Stop the sugar intake and processed food
Zimbabwe 🇿🇼🇿🇼
You are a racist !There is plenty of food in Zimbabwe..Right there is America and in China there are very poor people who can’t even afford a sandwich.But here you are talking about Zimbabwe
This is 💯 true with Vietnamese. I'm Vietnamese and born here in America, when I was growing up all my family was amazed at how fat I was because Vietnamese kids are so thin. Now most of the Vietnamese American kids are fat and grow up over 6ft tall. This is due to the American diet and all the hormones in our chicken, pork and beef. I started Intermittent Fasting 2 years ago, when I was 176 pounds, I lost 31 pounds and 6" off my waist. I'm now 145 lbs with a 28" waist. I cut out all processed carbs, sugars and I only eat One Meal A Day. I owe my success to Dr Berg's videos.
What kind of food do you eat? I eat one meal a day and I'm still overweight because I can't seem to quit the sugar and processed foods for very long because I get migraines and fatigue and irritable.
@@joshuabroten4895 one great way I found to sub sugar was by using either Monk fruit sweetener or Swerve. Can also bake with them. They taste just like sugar with no aftertaste! And neither are bad for you. I love sugary things, too, so I HAD to find an alternative. We eat lots of meat, fresh vegs, strawberries, raspberries, cheese, eggs, cream, yogurt, butter. We never feel ‘deprived’ either. We cut out all white goods(sugar, flour, breads, rice, potatoes) Hub has lost 80 lbs in 6 months, I’ve lost almost 40 lbs. (I know, I know, women lose slower😔) His doc told him to keep up with whatever he was doing and he could get off his BP meds! Yay!(he’s been on them for years) His A1-C(blood sugar) numbers are also down to 5.5 from 6.5.
@@joshuabroten4895 take some electrolytes with your water.
How can people not feel like quitting sugar, I can't imagine that
@@joshuabroten4895 if you want to quick sugar coke cigarettes whatever you have to quit cold turkey don't try and find replacements cause that'll easily lead you back.
When i was growing up, soda is only served for special occasions like in wedding party.
🤣me2. And McDonald’s and KFC was like once a year when my parents went to the capital of my province for shopping.
@@nicks7578 yup. Kfc was fancy 🤣 and o, cake was only at birthday party.
Same with my childhood but I grew up Mexican American. My father would bring home one candy bar and one soda on Friday and we would share it among 7 people and we were happy with that. When my mom made goat head soup, my parents got the eyeballs we had the rest.
You must be Eastern European, because… same hahaha! Had coke and crackers for Christmas only 🤶
Its true, I dont feel good drinking it on a normal day
I've been living in Asia for 30 years. Major transformation has taken place. You are correct Doctor..
'Tubby' is close to the norm in a lot of SE Asia. Diabetes is sky rocketing. Full sugar soft drinks have a lot to answer for.
That's an understatement.
@@nevinkuser9892 its not, here in Vietnam people are getting FATTTTTT and im starting to see it a lot in the younger girls and teen boys really coming out as ballons. In regards to adults its MOSTLY the men due to drinking daily, and the richer you are out here the fatter the women are *Apprently*
In the Philippines people are still thin because of not having enough food oof
@@PJ33333 Sugar IS carbs to begin with. What people in Okinawa eat is fermented food like natto, miso, also seafood, the water comes from pink coral. That water is very beneficial. Chinese might have eaten rice before but due to the lack of food in general did not have conditions to get fat. It does not mean they were very healthy though. We know how thin people get cancer left and right aside from other deadly chronicle deceases. Pasta, rice are pure carbs with zero nutrients. Stop spreading misinformation. Dr Berg is right.
I think you're all missing one thing... yes, the diet has changed for many parts of the world but the major problem is that people are far LESS ACTIVE. Kids nowadays are not running around and playing outside with their friends. They'll finish dinner and then play games all night while downing several cans of pop and a bag of chips. The kids that are not spending time outdoors is also lacking in Vitamin D which will result in other illnesses.
Pop. Are you in the Midwest? 😆Everyone around the world calls it soda.
@@mikewhocheeseharry5292 I come from Canada which is the better part of North America😏 and we mostly call it Pop but it's widely interchangeable with soda or soda pop.
@@epicdream3r992 I didn’t know they call it pop in Canada, thought it was only called that in certain parts of the US.
Liquid candyyyy
Lol
Yeeet
How the hell I search this video you're still here .
Wtf you are even here?
true
I'm 40 from India eats 2 times a day rice for whole life. No obesity whole family practice same diet. Fruits as snacks other than that no sugar, cream,or fats or meat. All are healthy and thin. No life style diseases(including Diabetes).
Thank you Dr. For eye opening to this so called "modern world". Still stick to the 80's village diet. You don't need to work in the gyms for hours.
It's funny how we have more people going to the gym than ever and people in America are still overweight. It's crazy!
@@IceGoddessRukia Can't outtrain a bad diet!
I love going to the gym. You suck and I eat 1 meal every other day.
Yeah , we in south india growing up in early 80’s its three times rice breakfast, lunch & dinner . Traditionally coconut oil , coconut flesh in curry’s everyday . Mostly veg diet & fish . A chicken was so rare only while guest arrived . In fruits it was local seasonal produce only like bananas ( all time ) , mango , jackfruits , wild berries , gooseberries, guavas , cashew fruit & nut , ... never heard of diabetes, bp in family elders including grandparents.
Today it is bakery products, bread , imported fruits & oils ... and there you go most are on meds .
@@preethishetty6179 eating 3 meals with white rice ? ... And fruits , other than meal or with meals
Just wanted to clarify, Chinese don't have natto or miso. They are Japanese food. Also, growing up in China in the 90s, I think the problem with obesity wasn't really with fried foods (or rice), but the increasing amounts of processed foods, snacks and drinks. When we were little, our snacks were things made from nuts, sticky rice, or dried fruits, beans, etc. I didn't eat a lot of candies, and a lot of candies were made from berries, sesames.... Drinks were like bean or plum soups instead of pepsi or 7up. We had lots of home-made fried food, noodles and buns, and they didn't really affect us much. But I think our lifestyle was a lot more active though. Even for people who had office jobs, they probably biked to work or kids' schools everyday. With lunch breaks, that'll be at least 4 trips in a days. We also walked longer distances and cardio exercises were common. So maybe people nowadays think carbs are bad because our lifestyles have become a lot more sedentary due to various reasons.
And also Koreans eat Kimchi, not Chinese, I think.
Not just Western junk food but also internet and video games have something to do with Chinese obesity.
@@បេះដូង-ឡ5ទfor sure😊
It's all about calories. Eat too much, gain weight, eat too little, lose weigh. Simple physics.
Chinese don't consume Natto, Miso and Kimchi! Those are for japanese and korean
agree
For Miso, I guess the nearest equivalent is fermented soybean paste in the Northern China
Ainslee Ling I was thinking the same thing :)
They eat stinky tofu 😅and fermented eggs👍🏼
They have their own versions of all 3, this argument is semantics.
fermented kimchi, same as fermented vegetables， Original from China, dong bei bai cai . fermented Tofu, stinky tofu
Another thing worth mentioning for the Q like:
If rice/pasta/bread are so bad why are Chinese/Italians/French thin, it's about how much you eat and how good your metabolism is when processing those types of foods. Eat the correct amount and move.
That’s what I was thinking. If pasta is so bad then how come Italians are in pretty good shape. I guess they move and Americans don’t.
@@EB-gt1pq that’s because americans eat 5 - 6 meals a day with snacking and being lazy.
Also, the French and Italians use high quality, unfortified/unenriched, flour in their carb goodies. Makes it easier to digest and more usable by the body. Almost 95 percent of the white flour in the United States is enriched with iron and four of the B vitamins: thiamin, niacin, riboflavin and folic acid. By contrast, fortified flour may contain folic acid in amounts that exceed those present in whole-wheat flour. Calcium, a nutrient that is not naturally present in wheat kernels or whole-wheat flour, is another nutrient that may be present in fortified flour. There has been correlative studies done about the link between enriched/fortified flour and obesity.
they aren't. look at the old italians mobsters. all of them overweight LOL
@@anon8373 you're thinking of italian Americans. Oldest living people per Capita love on the island of Sardinia...
You was post to talk about rice 🍚
Before western foods they consume rice
You didn’t answer the question of the topic
Exactly!!! I asked about it too! I mean rice does spike insulin levels more than most unrefined carbs so, I'm thinking having other whole, unprocessed foods helps the body get through it for those that eat rice. And they may not eat huge portions of rice anyway. I did see where Sumo wrestlers eat huge portions of rice to gain weight as quickly as possible. The more you know...
If he would have answered the question he would also have to admit that carbs ain't the problem...junk food is (i.e. processed foods).
Lol he did answer the question. Rice will not make you fat and is healthy! Draw conclusions bro. Sugar and carbs make you fat.
I can swear by my own experience. Drop carbs. I only had meat and veggied for a week. Already feeling difference. When I dropped sugar my body was like on rehab. It was craving it, I was feeling dizzy. It was horrible I thought I'm gonna pass out. That's how strong sugar is. It's crazy.
ExtraChilirose the question is: if rice is so bad why are the Chinese so thin? He answer they aren’t thin any more because of the western diet
The same thing is happening in Africa. I grew up eating rice, beans, and cabbage every day from Monday to Sunday and some meat here and there. We were always thin and had a lot of energy. But now? A lot of people/kids are really overweight because kids don’t play outside anymore as much, adults drive a lot and work sitting down, and french fries and fried meats are readily available and cheaper than it was when I was younger (about 10 years ago).
LOL
I thought there was famine in africa
@@magnaesca165 There is haha some places. Just like not everyone in America is obeise and ignorant, not everyone or every country is poor and malnourished, ya kno? hehe
I agree
@@magnaesca165 Not all of Africa
I live in Shanghai, China. what you said is exactly the reality I see day in and day out.
TH-cam is banned in China..dont lie.
@@Jnaga199 Ever heard of VPN?
Шизофренический диабетик Never heard of her..
@@Jnaga199 Using Shadowsocks right now, I can watch TH-cam, Netflix, go on Facebook etc etc. Mostly use it to day-trade though.
America is banned in China😂 omg Americans are ignorant.
"If rice is so bad, why are the chinese so thin?"
*completely avoids the question and doesn't explain why the chinese were thin BEFORE the introduction of junk food.
It starts at the 50 second mark👌
@@kayson7469 So Eric Berg debunked himself and rice which has a high glycemic index is not fattening
@@neemapaxima6116 he never said rice is not fattening, he's telling us that the Chinese are not thin no more because of American influence with fast food industries and sodas...pretty much, the stereotype is that all Chinese are thin... But in reality most aren't anymore plus the food that Chinese restaurant make for us is not the genuine Chinese food that the past culture use to eat..
@@kayson7469 What if I ask him if rice is so bad why were the Chinese thin "before introduction of processed food" ?
@@neemapaxima6116 because in reality, they truly didn't eat as much rice as we think, that part is at the 50 second mark of what they truly ate in the past
Miso (pronounced mee-so) and Natto (nah-tow) are Japanese food and Kimchi is Korean. Just FYI.
I noted that, too. First I've ever heard that Chinese consume those things.
That's exactly what I thought when he listed those.
Hahaha yeah, you should do your research doc. Chinese do eat miso but it's called fermented soy bean paste there or doujiang
@@dav1dgear But they don't eat Natto. And they certainly don't eat kimchi.
@@sizzling1453 yup, didn't the guy just said that natto and kimchi is Chinese so yeah of course they don't eat them. Kimchi, maybe there's some sort of pickled cabbage in China but definitely not natto
So, basically you are saying they're fat now for consuming western foods/junk foods. But you didn't answer why they were always thin while consuming rice
Dr. Berg explains how bad is fried food, soft drinks, etc. but he doesn't give any logical explanation 'why rice is bad. Chinese always ate rice in pre-MacDonalds era and they were lean, so rice didn't cause obesety. Same is true about Italians and pasta.
How do that even remotely answer the question? Prior to the introduction of western foods the Chinese did eat alot of rice and were not overweight so...
I went back to Hong Kong 2 years ago and our chubby relatives were ordering Starbucks mocha frappe. When they asked us what we want, we said just black coffee and they were surprised. Those alone is a 400 calorie difference. A month of drinking frappe instead of black coffee is approximately 3 pounds, of pure fat.
fat is good. Have you been watching any of Dr Berg's videos. I thought you were going to say sugar
@@NamuBang I think they were referring to body fat resulting from this decision
@@NamuBang yes that's how I know sugar will turn into fat in the stomach if eaten in excess.
It's not about calories, it's about the sugar.
You can dring coffee with butter and be completely fine.
I always just order black because I am but a simple cowboy. Who knew this is why i still have a flat stomach...
I don't think this video ever addressed the question of why is rice so bad if the Chinese are so thin. He just mentioned everything else they eat that's causing obesity.
in the countries in Asia that eat rice regularly, they are thin because of portions. When I lived in Japan, they would eat a small bowl along with soup and fish. They weren't snackers, and I rarely saw them eat sweets like we do in the States. The problem isn't carbs; the "problem" is sugar, portions, and frequency.
Sugar is carbs
No problem with reasonable intake of natural cane sugar. The real problem is CORNSYRUP IN EVERYTHING, FIZZY DRINKS, CONFECTIONARY, BISCUITS, SHOP BOUGHT CAKES, SAUCES LIKE KETCHUP, MAYONAISE etc.
@@bonnienedza55 sugar is bad carb but if you have cane sugar that is not processed it is good in moderation ofc
@@levicodm1961 your brain needs sugar and carbs or you will end up a docile creature that doesn't question your master which is where they are leading people with mass propaganda etc.
Their habits are changing, mnelson. And they are getting fatter as a result. They even have fat camps in China now.
Most of the time I really find your videos informative , but this time you never answered the question that you posted.
The title of the video is a rhetorical question because it is false. The people aren't as fit as they used to be. It's not from the rice. It's because of the lower intake of natural foods and higher intake of sugar and processed foods.
I agree. And actually a few of his recent ones have been kind of hoakie...like just fluff.
@@Mavrik9000 don't argue with these kinds of people. It's a waste of time.
@@thomasolson7447 I don't really argue, I answer questions with what are intended to be clear and clarifying facts.
@@Mavrik9000 yeah but he didn't tackle the rice issue. Because the original question was if rice is bad how come Chinese people are thin. Answering with saying they are not thin because of other things they eat is basically ignoring the question. We know other things can affect weight. The question was about rice, a food he recommends against eating.
" Liquid candy .. I'm sorry, soda"
😁😂❤
I love liquid candy makes me feel good
So rice isn't what's making Chinese fat, it's the American foods that are.
I'm Chinese. Natto, Miso, and Kimchi are Japanese and Korean. I've had these before, but it's not part of our diet.
@@obakengmfaladi2067 Yeah, but what I can also see is the title of this video.
Ray C interesting
obakeng mfaladi they were never and are not common food for Chinese.
Kimchi is not japanese. It is korean but some japanese companies make and export kimchi too along with korean companies. I just want my favorite TH-cam doc has correct information.
For me everyone Asian it’s - chinese 😁
Whether it's Asian or European, obesity is catching up in every corner of the world. Most people are eating out more often, it's a lifestyle now. But I choose too cook everyday for my family
It's all about portion size.
Cooking your own food is the only way to avoid being fat. Restaurant food often have no fiber, excess sugar and ingredients to increase hunger like certain spices and excess salt. My food cooked at home is filling, food at restaurants leaves me hungry.
@@raybod1775 good Point raymond
Actually I eat burgers and consume sodas a few times a week and I am still fit, and have somewhat visible abs. Maybe around 15% body fat.
So yeah, its all about moderation.
Chinese are richer now that they were in the 90s. So they probably consume waaaaaaaay more rice now per capita than they did priorly.
You can definitely get fat on too much rice alone.
@@raybod1775 cheap restaurants do though
I am from Kerala, India, and we consume rice everyday and no issues with obesity. Rice is not the culprit, it's other things which are high in sugar...
You're right. I eat rice in America everyday but my belly is not fat like my friends. Maybe they drink beer, alcohol and I don't drink
@Mei msg isn’t bad
@Mei no it’s not, I have already done research. It’s bad only if you use it in excess, but let’s be honest, everything is bad in excess.
@Mei Japanese people eat a lot of msg in their food and they have one of the largest life expectancy in the world. How about you explain that?
@Mei I have also search up many videos in TH-cam and they all agree with what I’m saying
I am from India and I have been eating rice and ragi from my childhood days for almost 30 years. I am 33 now. Height is 5'9 and weights only 60 Kgs. In school and college I was bullied for being thin. Even now I look thin.
My mother also ate rice for last 64 years. Her fasting blood sugar is 82 and no obesity. But she ate only 2 meals a day for almost 35 years of her life.
Breakfast or dinne?
@@imjohnny08musicstation93break fast,lunch,dinner
Natto and miso are Japanese foods, not Chinese. And kimchi is Korean. However, China does have a variety of traditional fermented foods.
The whole topic was about Chinese diets and he discussed food that is not a regular part of the Chinese diet.
Oh stop crying
Chinese has another style of fermented vegetable like kimchi.
@@natchaa6020 most Asian countries do have similar fermented vegetables, but we call them by different names. (I am Asian, myself.)
What is that really stinky fermented bean curd they eat? Not the typical tofu, but the other kind.
I’m third generation Filipino American and we love our rice! I’m thankful for my grandparents on my dad’s side. They grew their own vegetables and fruits, barely ate out, raised their own chickens and even would buy a whole farm raised cow because we were such a huge household. Today, my diet is still mainly plant based. I really like your videos, I find them so informative. It truly encourages me to take care of my health.
He didn't answer the actual question. My Asawa didn't gain weight until she moved to the States and the junk food. Why is rice bad if those who eat it stay thin?, was the question. I'm not satisfied with his answer to a question nobody asked
@@ratsalad5054 now it's our time to analyze his explanation,. therefore, rice isn't really that bad, if eaten in moderation, it's what you eat together with rice is the issue.. but if you eat mostly rice and less veggie or meat or fish, then you're doing it wrong...
Are you short in height
Just make sure don't you marry a Caucasian sow!
@@shahonchen6661 Who wants to marry a wannabe Queen who pretends like she deserves everything in this world when she can’t even cook or clean.
LoooL
In Japan, they eat rice at every meal. Most people are still thin these days. From the explanation, it seems rice is not that bad, as long as one doesn't eat too much sugar and fried (fast) food.
People in the US keep stacking food once a week in their house. When they're bored, they take a snack from the cabinets and fridge. In China, they go to the market or grocery almost everyday and barely stack in the fridge because they'd rather eat fresh food and not frozen. Everything is fresh. You won't see "Fresh Frozen Food" like in the US. There's no such thing as fresh frozen food. It's either fresh or frozen.
“Liquid Candy. I’m sorry, so-da.” - Dr. Berg 2019
Yes, 100% truth. Yet, @drberg what about the original question about rice?
I was going to ask the same thing, Dr Berg. What is the verdict on rice itself then?
When rice is combined with a lot of meat, that's where the problem lies. It's possible that these people are eating more fish and vegetables with their rice than pork and beef. You have to make a choice, more meat and vegetables or more rice and vegetables but you can't have a ton of rice and a ton of meat together. It increases blood sugar much more than rice on its own.
@@jankababy1 he did answer, its not so much the rice but the foods eaten w rice, fermented foods being the main factor -so many benefits for your body, so its like eating something meh.. questionable w magic lol the good outweighs the bad when looking at the whole diet, in general ofc
Towards the end he said it isn’t because of the rice.. It’s junk food, and soy..
Watch the video till the end, he said not rice the problem cause
The guy that does my nails is Vietnamese and looks 55 or younger but is 63. And his mom back in Vietnam was 90 and swinging from the trees to show off to her grandkids lol.
I was watching a Canadian vlogger who lives in Switzerland and complained there were no fast food places, and I said that that's why there are healthier, less obese people there.
Because rice is not so bad
You are right! I am Chinese. In 30 years, 40 years ago, there were not so many obese people. At that time, the food was simple and natural. There were not so many sugary drinks and no genetically modified food. It’s totally different now, there are more and more obese people, and more and more people with diabetes.
Same in the UK
It comes down to snacks, lots of sugar product and fried food. In every culture there are healthy food to choose.
Lol I’m not Chinese, never been to China and I know 40 years ago there were more slim Chinese folks. More bicycles too. 😂
All jokes asides, it’s all about having iron will. I live in the USA and I eat pretty clean but it takes a lot of discipline.
Don’t be average, it sucks. :)
I doubt. I don't think it's because of Amercan food. You can be super fat if you stick to Chinese food as well. I think the main reason for slim is poverty and limit access to food.
So do you want to go back and live the life of 1985? Hell no.
So I still can eat rice 🍚, just no liquids candies 🍭 and processed foods . 😂
U do not take my rice
So can we eat rice or not?
@@Mike-ij6xs rice is not on Dr. Berg's keto plan lifestyle.
Rice is a grain, high in carbs and spikes insulin. So No to eating rice.
Lol I eat rice in moderation, work out and am good. Eat your rice, especially white. I eat vegetables, no processed food, no sodas, no sugar only from fruits. Lol and all my numbers come back good.
Yes! Eat rice.
@@Mike-ij6xs yes you can in moderation with greens
I am Chinese, I mostly cook my own meals. My experience is : yes, we eat rice, 50% rice plus 25% meal and 25% veggies. then you won't be fat if you don't eat other junk food. But if you eat less rice, like 25% rice, 50% veggie and 25% meat? you become slimmer. I have tried that.
I had been living with Chinese families for over 5 years and what i learn to keep fit is avoid junk food as much as you can, limit snacking and eat vegetables as much as possible.
Guys it's not about rice it's about the portion. The Westerners eat "huge" portion. I've been living in the States since I was a child but I still cannot get used to the big portion here. We are Chinese Americans and my entire family is thin. We eat small portions and only drink water and tea.
Exactly. It's the portion.
This comment needs to be among the top ones. Here in India, people have this false belief that only junk food is bad. And then they eat a large portion of healthy foods like rice, chappatis, fruits, idlis, etc and wonder why they got fat and blame genetics. 😑 Smaller portions and moderate exercise is the key to being healthy.
Man, I have to disagree with you on this. I lived in China my whole life and I have been studying in US for the last 4 yrs. I came back to China this summer and I'm telling you Chinese are skinny af. Those girls in their 20s literally look like snow flakes. You are definitely right in regard to the trend, but it is really shocking how skinny both Chinese and the standard of beauty here is
Your visual impression is deceiving you big time.
Chinese nation is very sick.
Look it up.
I'm from the Philippines and we Filipinos eats alot of Rice. we burn hundreds of calories every day because we walk everyday to the stores, up and down hills, we walk miles to the highway to catch the transportation, we walk a mile to get drinking water up and down hills, we drink water every day, we eat mostly vegetables and fish, we're morning people, we walk many miles everyday to visits neighbors and chat because in the Philippines were no stranger to each other.breakfast,lunch and dinner are the only time we only eat real food because that's the only essential we spent on and nothing else. The more we move the more we lose calories
Who cares???
@@randolfpogata8486 self centered people do not care
@@CampingGuy and don’t forget the insane heat 😂 it forces you to stay hydrated and makes every exercise feel intense and exhausting
@@atlf3357 yeah, the heat will definitely makes you really sweat out ,but that's not a sweat, that's fats crying out.
@@CampingGuy Self centered people assume their inputs matter.
As a Japanese, I like rice. My weight hasn’t been changed since I was 16. Now I’m 40.
Obesity people eat a lot. Very simple…😮
That's amazing! Can you share with me what you typically eat and the times you eat throughout the day?
So blessed
They eat a lot of what? Processed food! That has to be clear. These statements that throw away the baby with the bath water needs to be done with.
@@Medichiflock92whose baby ? Hope they are ok 🥹
"If rice is so bad, why are the Chinese so thin?" I didn't hear you say anything about rice being bad and why they're thin. Instead you talked about how bad the American fat and sugar diet is and how it's causing them to be fat... So is rice good for us then?
You didnt answer the question about rice how when people eat rice they are thin. Since I eat rice every day and in good health and thin.
Rice isn't bad ok its the other crap.. go search the rice and fruit diet
rice high glycemic carbohydrate raise insuline too much bro long term rise make insuline resistance
Starch + fat will not necessarily lead to obesity. If your metabolism and calorie expenditure equals or exceeds your caloric intake then you won't put on weight. Two caveats; some people are more compatible with high carb foods than others, so your own personal experience is a sample size of one and insignificant, and secondly, if your caloric intake exceeds your expenditure, carbs + fat will lead to obesity faster than any other diet composition. Also, health issues take years to manifest, so your current health is irrelevant. I could go on about the latest study results or the arsenic content of rice, but at the end of the day it simply doesn't make any sense as a whole food as the energy content of rice far exceeds the vitamin, mineral, and protein content.
CircleOfSorrow calorie in and calorie out is myth and stachy veg. like potato will end high blood pressure and will make problem in nervous or heart and more and more healthy diet is fat+protien +leafy green + seeds + nuts and if you are athlete take chikpea is low glycemic index raise blood sugar is really dengour for long time
Liquid candy! 😂😂😂 Can't remember the last time I drank a soda. I usually drink water and coffee everyday and I never feel deprived. Love my coffee!
In Bangladesh our staple food is rice with fish and vegetables. We eat rice 2 times, in rural areas people consume 3 times rice as meals . The people of Bangladesh especially of the villages are so thin and fit despite having rice as a major meal. The condition is changing in urban areas as kids are growing by having burgers, fried chicken and overall an unhealthy diet!
Not all Chinese eat rice. Really depend on which parts of China are you from, in my region people eat a lot of wheats instead of rice. When I moved to rice regions, I got a lot fatter. Then I moved back to my city, I quickly lost a lot of weight. I can’t say it’s definitely because of rice. But at least it is somehow related. Also in my region, people think rice can quickly turn to be energy. But you get hungry quicker. So you tend to eat more.
i like when dr. Berg start the video with: "so .....
Straight to the point
I'm the one who left the comment in a previous video..he answers!!
I like when he say m'kay a lot, reminds me of South Park
Perhaps, I missed something. What explains the former ability of the Chinese to remain lean with rice forming a disproportionately large part of their diet? The overall quality of their diet was undoubtedly better pre-adoption of a more western style, but it was still very starch heavy. Would Dr. Berg expect someone today to remain lean with a starch heavy diet if the other elements of the diet were similar to the previous Chinese one?
I am Indian. I ate rice, boiled veg and egg for breakfast, glass of milk, sandwich for lunch, ate a rice meal at 5 and again at 9. With lentils, vegetables and fish. I was so skinny people told my parents to feed me better. However, no processed stuff whatsoever. No take away. never heard of pizza etc. And I walked for a minimum one hour a day and more. thats it. not sporty. all these doctors forget the regular exercise part of it often.
Rice is washed multiple times before cooking to remove surface Starch (plus other potential contaminants). It's also doubled in size due to water absorption so the amount you are eating is really quite small.
Exactly. Didn’t even argue the topic. Yes people are getting more obese due to all the new processed foods etc, but what is the explanation for the past? Asians have been eating rice at least once, sometimes several times a day, everyday for centuries and have been generally more lean then the rest of the world. Not just Chinese, think Southeast Asian, Japan, etc
Starch heavy? Did you check how much they were eating all day? 200g rice, 200g veggie and maybe 30g meat or not at all. That’s typical daily intake in the 80s. No sugar no sweet dessert no snacks. If you try this ‘starch heavy’ diet, you will be as thin as they were.
@@lyan5126 I meant starch heavy in relation to their overall caloric intake, as in their calories were disproportionately carbohydrates. I wasn't speaking to the quantities ingested. Unless I misunderstood Dr. Berg's dietary philosophy, I thought he was of the opinion that a diet composed largely of carbohydrates would result in poorly controlled blood sugar and inevitable weight gain.
Lol. This didn’t answer the question at all. All Dr. Berg said was Chinese are eating like the US and getting fatter. They’ve historically eaten lots of refined carbs in the form of rice and they have historically been thin. The question was “why?”
How about Japanese people? That would be a better comparison
juan p Japanese eat a lot of healthier than Chinese. Their food is very expensive, so people eat less.
@The Most Hated Idiot On The Internet Well for sumo you have to be super strong and big since there is no limit to weight and in a sport like sumo the more weight the better even if you have some fat. There is diminishing returns though if you get too fat
Japan ranks around 70th in the world for obesity.. despite being a first world nation there's something about their lifestyle and diet that makes them thinner
@@lifeisagift5627 eating with chopsticks probably makes a difference too.. can you imagine eating a KFC drumstick or Hamburger with chopsticks?
jappaness ppl, they eat more vegies than eating a meat. and there is so many matcha and ocha and any others cha drinking machine rather than soda machine. they go everywhere almost without a car everyday, they go walking to school or Univercity or to go working, or taking a train/bus, or driving a personal bike. when they already eat their food, they will drink matcha/ocha almost everyday after eating. and their school and university and workplace canteen make an healty food to consume. and they bring bento more often rather than go eat/dine out. their school/Uni/Work place do a healty checkup quite often with a doctor whose come to their school/uni/workplace. they only eat kentucky/junkfood just on cristmass or on special day/special occasion. and their life just weirdly healthy, it is good tho. just try go to japan, and feel it your self! :)
Here in Thailand, I can see the detrimental effect of American food culture on the youth.
In areas without fast food shops, people are Thai thin.
In cities where fast food is now readily available, a shocking number of teenagers are obese.
10 years ago when fast food was not available, this was not the case. America is slowly poisoning the world...
Lol oh come on. No one is forcing them to eat fast food. Many people here in the US choose not to eat fast food, so they could do the same. Just because a company sells something doesn’t mean you’re obligated to buy it. It’s up to individuals.
U r not very smart, eh?
Its up to your choice to consume or not, you always hve a choice, no body force you to eat it.
@@lyriclanguages3780 That's like giving everyone easy access to heroin and when problems come up, you say: "Lol oh come on. No one is forcing them to take drugs".
Junk food is made for the purpose of tasting amazingly good. They should be held responsible for the effect they have on children. Why is marketing to children even allowed? If some drug dealer went around selling drugs would you blame some 14 year old for his choice or the dealer? As for adults, that can slide barely.
Americans get so sensitive when certain things are pointed out.
The amount of people in the US who choose to not eat fast food or junk food are in the great minority. And misinformation and lack of education on proper nutrition, effects of processed food, importance of food sources, etc is rampant as well. So imagine in the other countries when the companies open franchises elsewhere. Even worse.
These women at 8 seconds in China are pregnant.
' In this photo, pregnant women practice yoga at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Oct. 25. 2015 in Beijing, China. Photo'
Lol
2nd photo Is Sumo wrestlers in training
I thought the same thing.
This is typical western media for ya, they can write a whole new sequel of movies just with one picture that's not doesn't even represent what they are saying. lol
@@Commander_HW and your dear ccp media can easily spread fake news without even a photo or any evidence
I am a Chinese and I am not slim. Our diets take too much rice currently, I have serious insulin resistance. One of our good habits is to finish dinner before 7 pm every evening.
my uncle eats rice three times a day as long as I remember. 70yr old is thin that you see only bones. No refrigerated vegetables or fruits. Seasonal veggies and fruit consumption. No junk. At this age still walks many miles daily. I never paid attention to these other factors. I dumped soda 4-5 yrs back. One can in past 5yrs. I have to rethink my other junk food addiction (chips) and refrigerator. Thanks doc
Soda, or pop is not the issue..if people MODERATELY eat..watching potion size..things could be so much better..
Rice is an ancient staple. I don't understand the demonization.
DR Berg, i feel you didn’t answer the actual question, we are more interested in why if they have always eaten rice they are so thin? or were? before they started eating the sugar as you described since the 90s
He avoided the question because the keto diet is baloney.
Yes, he suggests that they no longer eat traditional foods, only KFC. This video only proves that fast food is bad, but traditional foods in moderation (the way the Chinese used to eat and still do) is healthy. Even white rice, alongside meat and vegetables. His thesis here is not well-supported. He's using fast food consumption to make a case against white rice, which makes no sense.
I eat rice twice daily (have been eating rice ever since I was 3 years old) and my bmi is around 19. (BTW I exercise daily and I only eat junk food/sweets once in about 3-4 months).
Two things. Metabolism and lifestyle. Lifestyle used to compensate for the food they eat. Processed/modified food with a sedentary lifestyle contribute to most of the ills. IMHO.
Lived there, main diet is meats and seafood and green veggies, very little rice, a cupful They walk a lot and are very active. Burn off way more carbs than the rice they eat.
fast food = fast health deterioration, just as instant food & commodities.. like instant coffee, instant noodles and etc.
Instant coffee is literally just dehydrated regular coffee, fucking moron.
Chinese has been eating white rice over a thousand year…. Yes it’s not due to rice but due to other sugar products
Thx to America 🙃 for delivering “democracy “ and obesity
Mind The Drawings Please - only obesity so far!
Bill Conley “quoted”
tlhfirelion Of course not. But you sound so
tlhfirelion I’m laughing at your hurt butt while eating some grass fed steak and raw cheese and you somehow thought I’m triggered. Well whatever makes you cozy in your bubble I guess? Last time wasting my time on you soy fat boi 😁have a sugary day tho
20alphabet don’t you worry I’m located in Italy. How about you? Got stuck there getting fed soy and sugar?
Asians actually have specific adaptations in their pancreases to digest the starch in rice. Also they’re very active and live a low stress lifestyle with family gatherings and quality animal foods also.
Nathan Niyazov also they don’t drive
I do not think this kind of genetic adaptation is possible in such s short time Chinese consume rice starch.
Medically impossible.
I'm not sure if Asians live low stress lifestyle. Living in Korea is very stressful. It's a very competitive society.
4,000 years is a long time.
@@HaSh6064 we drive.... Just not well
I love your videos. They always start with intriguing questions. We're told white rice is bad for you. What about the Chinese? Avoid pasta. What about the Italians? Let's not forget pizza, lasagna, cheese, etc. Whatever food the experts tell us to avoid, there are people somewhere in the world for whom it's a staple and they are perfectly healthy. Everything in moderation. That's my philosophy
They use higher quality unenriched/unfortified flour. Look up the effects of flour fortification. Makes you crave more of it and also makes it much harder to digest.
Almost 95 percent of the white flour in the United States is enriched with iron and four of the B vitamins: thiamin, niacin, riboflavin and folic acid. By contrast, fortified flour may contain folic acid in amounts that exceed those present in whole-wheat flour. Calcium, a nutrient that is not naturally present in wheat kernels or whole-wheat flour, is another nutrient that may be present in fortified flour.
I never had miso kimchi or natto as I grew up in China. Those are Korean or Japanese.
Dr Berg, miso and natto are Japanese and kimchi is Korean. China did ferment a lot of food (my father has a story of pickling watermelon rind) but just wanted you to clarify. Also they used to eat more wholegrain.
They all use different versions of those foods under other names. No big deal.
@@benoitdalle8536 Its a big deal to us, Asians.
@@benoitdalle8536 It's a big deal. The arrogance.
@@samshah7628 I am not even Asian and I understand how insulting that stance is.
@@NamuBang Stop looking for ways to be insulted, you micromanager of speech.
But dr Berg, you didn’t answer the question, is rice bad...? Japanese are thin, people in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore are also thin compare to America.
The answer is not black and white. Some things spike your insulin. Some things REALLY spike your insulin like RICE.
Danny Wilten are you so sure? We Taiwanese and Japanese eat rice even at breakfast, very few of us have diabetes, and the reason we got fat like dr berg said, cuz we started to eat food and desert from U.S. and Europe. I am a huge Fan of dr Berg, I am also on keto, don’t get me wrong. I am just wondering if rice really bad and really spike insulin. That’s something I didn’t see dr berg mentioned in this video. So not like him. I think he will make another one.😊
Bijin OT it’s good if you’re eating an authentic Asian diet all the time. But if not it becomes a problem. At least thats what I got out of it
Milk Marri um....make sense more...but now I’m confused. I’m on keto cuz dr Berg’s videos.🤔
I think you can have rice and be thin but the meat sugar soy and junk food has to be super low!
Still doesn't answer whether rice is good or not...
@@20alphabet No. He didn't. He said that the Chinese are not thin to begin with, and that they are getting fat because they started consuming western food since the mid-80s. They are the 2nd fattest country in the world today, next to the United States of Amercia (USA! USA! USA!), not because of rice. He did not say whether consuming rice is healthy or not.
One of Berg’s worst videos. The question isn’t about the misconception of Chinese obesity rates and its causalities. Rather, the question is about why rice-eating populations have often been described as skinny.
Think it is pretty common knowledge that the American diet has migrated to other countries who are now seeing the same health concerns as in the US.
The question was why if they eat so much rice, are they so thin... As per their ORIGINAL DIET!
Except look at pictures of Americans pre 1980 for sure. Almost no fat people anywhere. But yeah must be "the American diet". Marxist idiot. You look like a fat useless American. Start by relieving the world of yourself then.
@@TheBoonWorld Remember dummy, life is hard. Its even harder when you are stupid.
I'm Chinese and I eat rice at least once a day. Can't live without rice coz I feel like I don't have proper meal without it. I know it's sugar addiction but other than rice I don't really like sweet food. Even for fruits I choose the sour ones. I'm 50 kg, 165 cm. I hope I'm not considered fat.
Taste of rice is good
That depends. Are you 11 or 41? 😜
@@ElephantShoe.. exactly
Dr Berg thank you so much for the knowledge you always give 🙏🏼
You are welcome
habibi ya shaarawy ya asya3 sadik
Haram?
@@samirbenabbou7629 samir ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼
Saw a video by a younger asian guy on white rice and how it affects blood sugar levels.
Turns out the same amount of cooked white rice consumed over the same amount of time will change the spike in blood sugar levels depending on whether you use chopsticks or a spoon. When using chopsticks only a small amount of rice is consumed with every mouthful leading to a low spike in blood sugar, where using a spoon where a large amount of rice is consumed with every mouthful leads to a high spike in blood sugar!
I’m thin and I smash the rice. I eat well and exercise
Agreed. Rice is fine as long as it's in moderation and you exercise regularly
U will die to so wats the point ? Get right with god n stop being ignorant lol
@@GamingforNostalgiaForFun sorry god 🙏 I'll stop eating rice
My friend told me that eating rice everyday is not good. I was like, bruh.. my family and I eat rice like 3 times a day, but we're far more healthier than those people who eat junk foods.
(btw, junk foods are far more expensive rather than healthy foods here)
He didn't answer the question, other than Asians aren't skinny. Um, okay but there are Asians who are skinny and they eat rice three times a day. He can't answer the question because he doesn't know what he's talking about. He never gives any real information.
Same thing in Central America - liquid candy (Coke, Pepsi) companies have marketed heavily on the young population. Therefore, getting them hooked as they grow into adulthood.
Good video but I think the title of the video should be changed from Chinese to Asians, if Natto/Miso/Kimchi are mentioned (these are mostly eaten by Japanese/Korean )