If Rice Is So Bad, Why Are the Chinese So Thin?

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

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🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Have you ever wondered, “why are Asians slim if they eat rice?” If rice is so bad, and the Asian diet or Chinese diet typically has a lot of rice in it, why are the Chinese skinny?

Well, the Chinese may not actually be as healthy or as skinny as you think. From 1985 to 2015, there was actually a massive spike of obesity in children. I’m not even talking about overweight kids. I’m talking about actual obesity in China.

Yes, the Chinese once were considered one of the leanest populations in the world. Now, if you look at obesity in China vs. America, there is a lot less of a difference. China is ranked #2 behind the United States for obesity. Yes, the Chinese have always consumed rice. But, the Asian diet has also changed a lot over time.

How the Chinese diet has changed: • They consume a lot more sugar • They don’t consume as many vegetables • They used to consume more fish and seafood • There are more fried foods now instead of primarily boiled foods • They don’t consume as many fermented foods • Western food and beverage companies have helped shape the science and public policy on obesity in China. • There is a lot more snacking going on • There is a lot more GMO soy being consumed

The Chinese are not getting thinner. They are actually getting fatter. The obesity situation is not because of rice.

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0:00.0	So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or intermittent fasting, whether you're starting
0:05.3	keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or you have a question about a product,
0:10.6	call one of our keto consultants. They'll be able to help you. Call 540-299-1557. That's 540-299-1557.
0:21.6	Welcome to the Dr. Berg Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast. Now your host, the man taking your health to a whole new level. Dr. Eric Berg.
0:36.1	So I recently had someone comment on one of my videos, if rice is so bad, why are the Chinese so thin, right?
0:43.4	Well, the Chinese are not as thin as you think. From 1985 to 2015, there was a massive spike of obesity in children.
0:53.2	And I'm not even talking about being overweight.
0:55.0	I'm talking about classified as obese.
0:57.0	For boys, it was an increase by 14 times.
1:01.0	And for girls, the obesity increase was 11x.
1:05.0	That's crazy.
1:06.0	I mean, the Chinese once were considered one of the leanest populations of the entire world. Now, it's ranked
1:12.1	second behind the U.S. I wonder why. Well, because they're eating like Americans. So yes,
1:19.5	the Chinese always consumed rice, okay? But let's just take a look at what they consumed in the early
1:26.1	90s versus right now. It was a lot less sugar,
1:30.4	1.7 kilograms of sugar. Now it's 7.7 kilograms of sugar. They consumed a lot more vegetables
1:37.5	than they do now. They consumed fish, a lot of seafood. Food was primarily boiled as compared to now it's fried. They consumed more fermented
1:47.8	foods like NATO, miso, kimchi, now it's a lot less. And the Western food and beverage companies
1:55.5	help shape the science and public policy on obesity in China. So the recent trends in America of consuming liquid candy,
2:03.7	I'm sorry, soda is actually going down. So the beverage companies now are marketing heavily in other
2:09.9	countries like Mexico and especially China. So in China, there is a lot more sugar being consumed,
2:16.3	a lot more snacking going on. Also, the amount of soy.
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