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I've spent the last seven years in Asia watching very skinny people eat huge plates full of rice that would shock the average American. I always have to ask for
by cageface 9y ago
I've spent the last seven years in Asia watching very skinny people eat huge plates full of rice that would shock the average American. I always have to ask for less rice than they usually dish out because I can't finish it all. Yet these people are mostly skinny as rails. And no, calories are not just calories.
- NikolaeVarius 9y agoCalories are calories. People can eat huge plates of rice because that is all they eat and don't snack or drink soda. A huge plate of rice might be 1000 calories, but if all a person eats otherwise are some veggies and some tea, there is nothing unsustainable about that
- washadjeffmad 9y agoCalories aren't just calories, and there's not a lot to support that outside of calorimeters, which our bodies are somewhat more complex than. Check NCBI/PubMed for some great insight into why the molecules matter.
- taurath 9y agoWhy in the world would calories just be calories - it’s an insane oversimplification. We’re not perfect absorbers, different people absorb foods differently, and the source matters.
- kazinator 9y agoYou're simply cherry-picking evidence which supports your belief and ignoring contradictory evidence, and other factors. Have you tracked any particular one of these skinny Asian round-the-clock over a period of time? One observation of a meal doesn't tell you everything. I'm in Asia now (Japan). The predominant eating pattern is: tiny portions, by American standards. (Stuffing with large servings of rice is a Chinese or SE Asian thing. I have seen it too.)
- cageface 9y agoYep I've lived around Vietnamese 24/7 for extended periods of time. I know exactly what and how much they eat.