Kpop diets

kittycatboss
kittycatboss Posts: 3 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
I've been hearing a lot about the diets kpop idols go through in order to be skinny. For example, one artist would only eat a sweet potato, an apple, and a protein shake throughout the day. Does this provide all the nutrients one needs in a day? And is there any merit to these diets or are these idols being really unhealthy and starving themselves?

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  • gamerbabe14
    gamerbabe14 Posts: 876 Member
    Sounds pretty awful to me.
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    Lol wut? Why?
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    What's a KPop star?
  • SolotoCEO
    SolotoCEO Posts: 293 Member
    ktekc wrote: »
    There is a reason MFP enforces a minimum calorie allowance. 1500 for men and 1200 for women. minimum.

    While this is a MFP recommendation - it is not "enforced" in any way!
  • anitree123
    anitree123 Posts: 28 Member
    I've been hearing a lot about the diets kpop idols go through in order to be skinny. For example, one artist would only eat a sweet potato, an apple, and a protein shake throughout the day. Does this provide all the nutrients one needs in a day? And is there any merit to these diets or are these idols being really unhealthy and starving themselves?

    That idol's named IU, and she does it a few days before coming out with a new album. Thank god it's not her daily long-term diet. And no, it doesn't provide the nutrients one needs, and I definitely wouldn't recommend it.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,600 Member
    Kpop celebs loom larger in some hoi polloi lives than others.
  • Davidsdottir
    Davidsdottir Posts: 1,285 Member
    I still don't know what kpop is! :s
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    I still don't know what kpop is! :s

    Lol. I had to google it. Korean pop music.
    I am totally disconnected when it comes to most pop culture.
  • Davidsdottir
    Davidsdottir Posts: 1,285 Member
    kami3006 wrote: »
    I still don't know what kpop is! :s

    Lol. I had to google it. Korean pop music.
    I am totally disconnected when it comes to most pop culture.

    Oooohhh... yeah, I listen to metal LOL
  • pepi_jy_
    pepi_jy_ Posts: 4 Member
    I still don't know what kpop is! :s

    Watch sorry sorry by super junior :D
  • pepi_jy_
    pepi_jy_ Posts: 4 Member
    I once was into rock and metal, then Big Bang (the kpop boy band, not the actual big bang) happened...
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    edited July 2018
    There's no merit. They are under a huge amount of pressure to be that weight for comebacks and they do whatever they can to get there. A lot of times it's being passed down from people who know nothing about nutrition and do it because it happened to work. The pre-debut/comeback diets are terrible and only exacerbate the issues that come from stress and so little sleep, and it's why so many of them pass out. Many of them are underweight. A lot of them are kids when they start and they don't even realize the impact it's having on their bodies.

    Edit: Omg this is a necro'ed post whhyyyyy
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    anitree123 wrote: »
    I've been hearing a lot about the diets kpop idols go through in order to be skinny. For example, one artist would only eat a sweet potato, an apple, and a protein shake throughout the day. Does this provide all the nutrients one needs in a day? And is there any merit to these diets or are these idols being really unhealthy and starving themselves?

    That idol's named IU, and she does it a few days before coming out with a new album. Thank god it's not her daily long-term diet. And no, it doesn't provide the nutrients one needs, and I definitely wouldn't recommend it.

    How on earth did you find this year old thread to bump?

    Aaaand bumped again! Only 3 months this time.
  • gia_incognito
    gia_incognito Posts: 103 Member
    I think I saw the video that OP discovered the diet from. So funny and sadly probably true. I have a Korean friend who said that Kpop stars are basically like indentured servants and are forced to starve to look the way they do.
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