Why is it that Japanese people go to izakaya so late at night to eat fried chicken and drink beer, but there are few fat people on the streets?

Because the oil is decent oil and the sake is decent sake. Eating at home has fewer calories.

Because the Japanese have very different habits than we do, and there's really nothing wrong with that, and it's not out of any so-called healthy diet.

Nowadays, Japan's domestic involution is very serious, the workplace has a greater pressure to work, and often need to work overtime until late, so many people habitually go to the izakaya after work to sit down and take a break.

In Japan, the "seniors" have more power in the workplace, and in the culture of the workplace, the subordinates need to be absolutely obedient to their superiors.

As a result, many young people in Japan today are starting to lose their ambition, and are not willing to work for a long time in a company, but rather to work intermittently for a short period of time.

For example, a few days of work in a convenience store, and then a few days at home to play, after all, for many Japanese young people, faced with the solidification of the class, rather than hard work results in nothing.

Instead of struggling for nothing, they choose not to struggle at all, to live from day to day, to save up money, to the point of losing the desire to get married, and to think about their old age from a young age.

They don't dare to spend money, they don't want to go to work, and they are immersed in their own world every day.

But not all Japanese are like this. Many young and middle-aged people are still struggling in the workplace, but this does not mean that they are not under pressure.

The need to face accusations and complaints from superiors every day, as well as the need to grovel to please superiors, is not an easy, simple thing for people in any country.

So how to reduce this pressure? As the saying goes, the only solution is Dukang, and that is of course to go for a few drinks after work to get rid of the day's fatigue.

And their form of eating at izakaya is different from ours, we usually call three or five friends, order a big table, eat and drink, calorie explosion.

Whereas their goal is to de-stress, they usually order a glass of wine and have a few skewers of barbecue, or kanto-yaki, and just eat.

So it doesn't have much of an impact on body image.

In fact, the stress of life has not only led to their mental negativity, but this low-calorie intake has also led to the symptoms of thinness in their bodies.

So I don't think it's from a deliberately controlled body type, I think it's clearly a form of stress-induced wasting, probably from those "men" who look so handsome on the street.

There's a pain behind it that we don't know about.

Things are too expensive, so when Japanese people drink at Habitat for Humanity, they actually eat very little, so can they get fat? One of my Japanese customers to drive to China, I treat him to eat casually, once ate ten abalone, less than a month weight up more than a dozen pounds. Why? Do not spend their own money ~!

I went to the izakaya experience, a dozen square huts, a half-aged woman over forty, a few disillusioned office workers, nowhere to go after work (go home early to show that they are not capable of mixing with the outside world, no face), and not much pocket money (are turned over to their daughters-in-law), can only go to the izakaya mixed time.

Wine is a must, only one cup, there are so two or three plates of small dishes, the size of a bun, can not eat in one bite, only with chopsticks pointing to eat, so you can mix two or three hours.

How to say it, Kong Yijie know it, eat almost, you think the old hole can eat fat?

The questioner describes this problem, can not help but remind me of the "lonely gourmet" in the "thin and thin in the head of the well Goro. He was always hungry, running around the neighborhood looking for something to eat, and every time he made a mistake, he was always surprised and satisfied by the food he ate. He often orders two entrees. But even so, he still maintains a "bamboo pole" body, which is really enviable.

In The Lonely Gourmet, Goro finds delicious food.

Whether it's a regular izakaya or a hungry man looking for something to eat, the reason they can't get fat isn't due to their physiques, it's because they're hiding in a special "set meal" or, more importantly, because of the characteristics of their diets.

The izakaya cuisine of Late Night Dining can heal the soul, but it can't fill the stomach.

The same scene as seen in Japanese dramas, when traveling to Japan, we will find that their set meals are often composed of many exquisite pots and pans, even if the rush of breakfast is no exception, the main course, side dishes, fruits, and even desserts, a full set. Only these vessels are small and left white for aesthetic purposes, holding even less food. In this way, there was a wide variety of food, and nutritional comprehensiveness was guaranteed, while the total amount was kept in check so that people didn't over-eat. Even if it is the kind of deep-fried high-calorie food like tempura, as long as it is not eaten with an open stomach, it is difficult to eat fat.

In The Fruit of Life, the grandmother makes desserts like strawberry cream cake and cherry pudding, but only eats a little bit at a time.

From the point of view of human physiology, maintaining a proper sense of hunger is a benign stimulus (negative feedback) for the human body, which helps to stimulate the potential for autonomous regulation to a healthy state. In fact, there is an old saying in our country: "If you want your body to be safe, you should always have three points of hunger and cold", which is the truth.

The concept of "no packing"

In Japanese restaurants, customers are not allowed to pack the food they can't finish. On the one hand, this is because Japanese cuisine uses a lot of fresh ingredients, so if a customer packs a meal and takes it home, the restaurant is usually responsible for any illnesses caused by spoiled food. On the other hand, in Japanese food culture, it is important to order just the right amount of food, even if it is a treat. If you want to summarize the biggest difference between Chinese and Japanese food cultures in one sentence, it's to see if you can finish what you ordered on the spot.

Diet is an important reason for Japanese people to become thinner, taller, and longer

Relying on the mountains and the water, Japan's geography, traditional agriculture, and marine fisheries are very well developed, so vegetables and seafood take up a large proportion of their daily diet. This diet is similar to that of the Mediterranean coast, another major healthy longevity area in the world. There is an adequate intake of high-quality proteins, high-quality fats, high-quality vitamins and minerals. In addition, the Japanese have an unusual fondness for soy products, which gives them access to more high-quality plant proteins.

So those aspiring to lose weight may want to refer to their recipes.

Plus their dedication to food safety and freshness is a definite plus for health.

After the Meiji Restoration, under the influence of Western culture, dairy products and meat gradually became more common on the Japanese table, especially after World War II, and the cultural blend was even greater, contributing to a certain extent to the growth of Japanese height. Some data say that the average height of Japanese people increased by 10+ centimeters after the war.

Body size also reflects the health of a person to some extent. Data released by the WHO in 2016 showed that the average life expectancy of Japanese people is as high as 83.7 years old, which has remained the world's first for 20 consecutive years.

Japan has had its share of "overeating"

Historically, restraint has not always been the dominant dietary habit of the Japanese.

In the Edo period, when there were no wars, no famines, and wealth was at its peak, people there also added entertainment to their diets - the old-fashioned "eating podcasts" were popular for a time, and eating contests were held all over the country, which were also enjoyed by the audience. In 1816, a man named Hachiro Manjya organized a meal contest in the Ryogoku area of Edo, and in the confectionery category, a man ate 50 buns, 7 yokans, 30 pancakes, and drank 9 cups of tea.

During the bubble period of the 1980s, the bosses, known as the "Gentlemen of the Bubble," drank hundreds of thousands of yen worth of champagne as if it were mineral water.

But what's wrong, even if it's popular for a while, can be eliminated by the hand of time. The Edo period's overeating contests led to the untimely deaths of so many participants that the shogunate simply put a ban on the frequent organization of such contests by private citizens.

So, as I said earlier, it's not because of their physique that Japanese people can't eat. One of the respondents to this question mentioned that he had invited a Japanese friend to China for dinner, and the Japanese friend gained more than 10 pounds in a month.

I've been to Japan once, and I was hosted by five or six Japanese coworkers for a meal. The Japanese dinner plate is very large, but there is very little food on it. So, you eat one table, remove all, serve another table, then remove it again. In total, three tables were served. The most impressive thing is, on a meat skewer, about only three skewers, I picked up a skewer and started eating, they picked up a skewer, with chopsticks to drive a meat in their plate, and then put back, this operation makes me feel very face. Although I ate at three tables, I really didn't get much to eat, everyone was mainly drinking sake and chatting. By the way, the lunch guest meal at the company, although it is very exquisite, but the meal portion is really small. I was told by a friend who was traveling in China that it would be better to prepare some instant noodles because I would not be able to have enough for dinner. So I feel that most Japanese people eat very little. So it's not about how clean and high quality the food is, some keyboard warriors can shut up.

Because Japanese people don't eat a lot of food in general, their eating habits are basically healthy and balanced, and they rarely overeat.

If you're a regular watcher of Japanese TV shows, you'll also notice that many Japanese office workers and students buy bread or sandwiches at lunchtime, and add a carton of milk as their midday meal. Even if you take a bento with you at lunch, the size of the staple rice in it is, at best, the size of a rice ball.

Japanese cuisine does not pay attention to heavy oil and salt, more emphasis on the original flavor of the ingredients, light-based, plus less intake of staple foods, naturally, it is difficult to fat up!

Japanese young office workers are under a lot of pressure!

Izakaya is more about just drinking, a place for Japanese people to bond and release stress after work, rather than to fill their stomachs. So generally izakaya will not provide rice and other staples, and fried chicken is just a drink, and the portion is very small, you point a copy of the estimates are not as big as our side of the KFC original chicken a big. And the truth is, Japanese people don't like fried chicken in general. Their favorite snacks are yakitori and kanto, which are the izakaya's go-to snacks.

I've been to Japan four or five times, and I really don't see many fat people on the street, anywhere. This is due to the excellent dietary structure and habits of the Japanese. The Japanese ingredients are mainly fish, beef and vegetables, and the Japanese like to eat raw and cold fish and meat, and there are many kinds of rain. Although I am afraid of the large amount of bacteria contained in raw and cold food, I am also surprised at the high level of health and longevity of the Japanese people. Japanese people also eat very little and never seem to have a large table full of food, similar to Koreans. They tend to drink a lot and eat little, whereas the Chinese drink a lot and eat a lot. Japanese food is rarely deep-fried, and most of it is boiled and seasoned. Finally, the Japanese are very athletic, I guess, very regular. This is the reason why they have a good physique and few fat people.

Japanese people go to izakaya in the evening to eat fried chicken and drink beer, just we see the tip of the iceberg of the Japanese food and drink, the Japanese dietary patterns exist in many reasonable places, is now respected by the world and learn from the model.

1. Oriental dietary patterns based on plant foods: Developing countries such as China and India are represented by a diet based on plant foods, supplemented by animal foods.

It is characterized by a relatively high proportion of cereals, a relatively low proportion of animal foods, a relatively adequate intake of fiber, a major source of energy from cereals, and an insufficient intake of high-quality proteins, calcium, iron, zinc, and other nutrients.

With the improvement of living standards, China's dietary habits have changed a lot, with serious cereal and animal energy overload, increasing overweight and obesity rates, and new changes in the high incidence of chronic diseases.

2. Western dietary patterns based on animal foods: Most developed countries in the West belong to this type, characterized by high energy, high fat, high protein foods, protein and calcium, iron, zinc and other nutrients intake is sufficient, dietary fiber intake is low, energy is generally excessive, overweight and obesity are common.

3, Mediterranean dietary patterns : Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal and other countries in the Mediterranean region as a representative, with obvious regional characteristics.

4. Japanese dietary patterns.

Advantages of the Japanese dietary pattern

The Japanese dietary pattern, so that Japan in a very long time the average life expectancy of the population ranked first in the world, reached more than 83, the average life expectancy of the female population is to reach 87 years.

The Japanese dietary pattern is characterized by an appropriate mix of animal and plant foods, balanced energy intake, and the ability to meet the body's needs without going overboard, resulting in a very small number of overweight and obese people.

Nutrients from animal food and from plant food, are very sufficient, dietary fiber, calcium, iron, zinc and vitamins are not lacking, every day to eat some fresh seafood, vegetables, fruits, nutritional structure is very reasonable.

Each meal can do seven or eight minutes full, do not eat more, more do not eat brace; food variety, fresh ingredients; soybean products are often prepared ingredients.

We should keep the reasonable parts of the traditional dietary patterns, learn the advantages of other dietary patterns, change the unreasonable dietary habits, and promote the health of the body.

As far as I know, young people in Japan have been coming home late for more than 30 years, and this is especially true for married men. Japanese married families, there is an unwritten and customary phenomenon, to the man home late pride, daughter-in-law after dinner talk is to see who the man home late, so as to show off each other. If the neighbors around whose men, every night home early will be whispered about, is considered to be a man of no talent. It is said that Japanese men come home in the middle of the night for two purposes: first, the later they come home, the more successful their careers are, or at least they are high-income earners; and second, the later they come home, the more they can get their daughters-in-law's undivided love and care. For this reason, many men who get off work very early, in order to show that they are busy, do not go straight home, but go to pubs, called izakaya in Japan, to drink to kill time. As for the question, why do Japanese people not gain weight despite eating fried chicken and drinking? I personally believe that they say is to eat and drink, in fact, not as we Chinese people imagine that eating and drinking, but symbolic, two beer a chicken wings can be consumed half a night, coupled with the long-term habit of staying up late, sleep deprivation, fat can not be justified. The above is my personal superficial cognition, I hope to get the guidance of professionals.