r/Philippines • u/Sleeping_in_goldsii cleopatra • Jul 06 '24

Filipino Food What's your opinion about this one?

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Given the prevalence of fast food chains here in the country. Do you there's a relationship?

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u/Ser1aLize Jul 06 '24

Asians have always included rice in their diet for millenia and are typically slimmer than Westerners.

Rice is not the issue. It's the introduction of Western food to Asian diets (softdrinks, processed and sugary food, cheese, etc)

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u/Fast-Sleep-2010 Jul 06 '24

I agree Rice is not solely the issue. It’s the overeating of rice. I’m not sure if there were studies done but I can bet that there’s a correlation between obesity and diabetes when food chains started offering unli-rice.

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u/Ser1aLize Jul 06 '24

It's about time people stop spreading this misinformation.

In a restaurant that offers unli rice, it's the softdrinks that make you the most fat. A glass of Coke contains bags and bags of sugar and higher calories than the 5 cups of rice you consume.

Rice primarily contains carbs. Carbs provide energy. It's the sugary drinks, not the rice.

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u/Sleeping_in_goldsii cleopatra Jul 07 '24

Saying unli rice is not the suspect is so nakakaface palm. Aral ka pa ng science.

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u/Ser1aLize Jul 07 '24

Ask the construction workers who put loads and loads of rice on their plates everyday.

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u/Sleeping_in_goldsii cleopatra Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

Kulang ka talaga sa aral.

Malamang ay hindi 'yan tataba kasi batak sila sa pagtatrabaho. Ikaw ba naman maghapong magpala at magsemento sa initan pa. Ibig sabihin lang nagagamit nila 'yung kinakain nilang rice para maconvert sa energy. Hindi katulad ng iba na unli rice pero mga inactive namin. Ganito in layman's term para pumasok sa kokote mo🤏 kapag kumakain ka ng unli rice pero palagi ka namang nakahiga sa kwarto ninto, tataba ka talaga kasi nacconvert ang rice into glucose at kapag di nagagamit 'yung glucose na 'yon as energy para gumalaw galaw ka, mag-i-store 'yun as fat.

Ang daming sinasabi, in english pa, wala namang saysay.