korean celebrity diet

a new fad diet has been catching on in korea...with a counterintuitive rule: cutting carbs and going high in fat. it's been encouraged by bloggers and othermedia,... but today korea's physicians officially warned against it. oh jung-hee has more.

korean celebrity diet, recently, korea's seen a nationwide surgein sales of cheese, butter, and pork belly... while sales of rice continue to fall. this... after several tv programs and socialmedia have encouraged a new trend in losing weight: to go high in fat, and low in carbs.

"i was careful about cooking with butter inthe past for my health and weight,... but now i use it more liberally." but with this fad rapidly gaining in popularity,... korean doctors have expressed the utmost concern,...calling it a "abnormal" diet. in a joint statement on wednesday,... fiveassociations of medical professionals and physicians claimed the new diet comes withimmense health risks. koreans are usually recommended to get 65percent of their calories from carbohydrates and 20 percent from fat,... but the trendis to cut carbs to 5 or 10-percent, and increase fat to over 70-percent.

"too much saturated fat would increase the'bad' ldl cholesterol levels and thereby heighten the risk of cardiovascular diseases. this can be followed by nutritional balancesand skin infections. muscles and bones can weaken, too." the experts claim the new trend doesn't helpin weight-loss either. not to mention it's hard to maintain and manygive up. "it may help you lose weight in a short periodof time, but it definitely can't go on for long. and the effects, too, would disappear in oneto three years."

the physicians concluded their joint statementwith three tips for a healthy diet: knowing exactly your eating habits, cuttingback on sugar and saturated fat, and keeping a nutritional balance. oh jung-hee, arirang news.