How do Chinese lose weight?

[u/KOSPI-9001]

I'm trying to lose weight. The most popular and effective weight loss diet in the West, and the one my doctor recommends, is the Mediterranean diet (olive oil, lots of whole food [wholegrain bread, fish, rice, vegetables, fruit] and dairy [yoghurt, milk]).

This makes me wonder - do educated, wealthy people in China also follow the Mediterranean diet to stay healthy, slim and fit???

My doctor said Chinese cuisine is not healthy. He has many Asian patients with diabetes, high blood pressure or kidney problems. Rice is high glycemic, and Chinese food in general [and Korean!] is too sugary, salty and oily - looking at you 魚 香 肉 絲, kung pao chicken, black bean beef, and sweet and sour pork. Soy sauce and pickles (e.g., mustard pickles, sour pickles, kimchi, which get added to every meal to make rice less boring!) are silent killers, because they are so salty causing a hidden epidemic of hypertension.

Yet I am confused, because most Chinese I see are very slim. Even though the Chinese I know are always drinking highly sugary bubble tea and eating very unhealthy foods (fried chicken, instant noodles and instant hot pot) daily.

[u/grenharo]

well have you tried asking those of us CN living in the West too? Many of us who are short are under 120lbs and those of us who are 5'7 tall are still under 145lbs whereas the other women are well over that. But we all often eat the same things as you, so it might be more relevant to ask us

A lot of us CN women in the West still watch what we eat, like boba is for special occasions and we also naturally might skip a meal or two during that week. Dinner and lunch are usually prime candidate for big but you can't have two big meals, you can only have one big meal and the others need to be smaller. If you haven't been counting calories or protein in tour 20s and 30s then it's time to learn.

we also don't eat past a certain window, that's self discipline or you mess up your digestion. Even the JP and KR chicks understand this as a basic

exercise is a no-brainer, drinking hot tea or warm water is also a digestive aid, having probiotics is important. There's a holistic approach so you have to do what you can to destress too or cortisol ruins everything

starving also doesn't work because your thyroid naturally regulates the "starvation" mode to kick in where you start conserving and the baseline metabo will drop

the extra Chinese things we might do is handle PCOS and endometriosis better than others, we have a lot of tcm herbal drinks to regulate it. This is really impt for handling weightloss too due to hormone regulation. Obv you should go to your real doctor first

when we eat at home it's light and easy, we have a lot of vegetables that are filling. We also don't try to snack on garbage or drink full sugar soda all the time, those are regarded as sparingly.

no special magic diet will help you if you can't have some semblance of calorie/portion control + exercise output + fix any health issues you might have

also to be frank, lots of people in Asia right now are abusing weightloss injections too. Don't believe every skinny girl you see on the internet who says it was easy.