Sichuan food is so oily, why do you feel that there are not many fat people in Sichuan?

Hello, everyone, I'm Lan Ji, winner of Qingyun Project in the food field, and I'll answer your questions.

Actually, your feelings are right. There are really not many fat people in Sichuan. Some people will say why there are not many fat people, and I can see fat people on the road. Still take the data as an example. There is a limit to everything, right? Above:

It can be seen that the obesity rate in Sichuan (Sichuan and Chongqing) is very low. The obesity rate in Chongqing is 1 1.2, while that in Sichuan is only 8.8, far below the national average. So there are not many fat people in Sichuan.

However, although the proportion is not high, the absolute number is quite large, because there are too many people in Sichuan. Take Beijing as an example, the obesity rate is 25.8, ranking first in China, with a permanent population of about 28 million. In other words, there are nearly 7.3 million obese people. Sichuan (Sichuan and Chongqing) has a population of nearly 654.38+0.2 billion. Even if the obesity rate is around 10, it is still120,000 fat people, comrades!

So many people have this feeling, why Sichuan food is so oily and there are not many fat people in Sichuan. What is the reason? In fact, there are three main aspects.

First, the structure of staple food.

As can be seen from the above figure, the areas with high obesity rate are basically pasta-based provinces. Pasta is high in calories, fast in absorption and very fast in metabolism, so people in these areas are often particularly able to eat it. In the north, men who eat two or three pounds of noodles abound. But in the south, there are really not many people who eat two or three kilograms of rice at a time.

Excessive carbohydrate intake will lead to the conversion of starch into glycogen in the body, and then from glycogen to fat, thus accumulating. As people's living standards get higher and higher, life becomes more and more comfortable, and activities become less and less, they naturally pile up.

Although there are many pasta dishes in Sichuan, they are generally concentrated in the morning when the metabolism is most vigorous. Moreover, the intake of pasta is much lower than that of northern areas with high obesity rate. For example, people in Chongqing always have breakfast: Boss, a couple of noodles ... If you go to the north, it may be: Master, two pounds of wonton!

In the north, noodles can be eaten from morning till night. In Sichuan, lunch and dinner are still mainly rice and soup, and the amount of food is limited. Otherwise, fat can't accumulate so quickly. In fact, give the simplest truth, everyone understands. 70% people in India are vegetarians. Why can you see fat people all over the street? Quite simply, if they don't eat meat, they must consume a lot of carbohydrates and oil to replenish energy and accumulate fat.

Second, the reason for the structure of the dishes.

Many people see Sichuan oil. In fact, Sichuan oil is often used for cooking, but it is rarely eaten in the stomach. For example, greasy hot pot and Jianghu dishes, although they look like a basin of oil, are actually a basin of oil after eating, and people's intake of oil is actually limited.

Therefore, it is actually very limited to expect to eat oil to increase the obesity rate. Science has proved that the main cause of obesity is excessive carbohydrate intake. As long as carbohydrates are well controlled, the intake of high-quality protein and oil is actually beneficial to health. It is not to make the body gain weight quickly, but to adjust the body function within a certain range, increase the body metabolism and make people lose weight.

Secondly, Sichuanese eat heavy oil, but pickles fermented by lactic acid bacteria. Why do Koreans often eat fried barbecue without getting fat? This is also the reason. Using kimchi not only tastes sour and fresh, but also can scrape oil and remove garbage from the body, so it is naturally not easy to gain weight.

Third, I don't know where I read a document last time. The vegetable intake in Guizhou ranks first in China and second in Sichuan. Moreover, Sichuan is as light as Guangdong, and there are many kinds of dishes made of pure water without salt or oil. From time to time, you have to eat a meal to clean your stomach. However, the vegetable intake in northern China is generally low. A large amount of vitamin C and dietary fiber brought by vegetables can also play a role in preventing obesity.

Third, the reasons for the difference between climate and human body.

It's too cold in the north, and like the northeast, you can't work for four months a year, so you can only stay at home in winter. People must consume a lot of calories to resist the cold and kill time. Over time, these calories are stored in the body and become fat.

Therefore, it can be seen from the body shape that northerners often have big arms, round waists, and men are as powerful as mountains. Southerners, on the other hand, tend to show xiu's vitality and flexibility. How did this happen? It's simple. Can't he take it with him if he doesn't eat in such a cold climate in the north?

Secondly, we also look at the table: except for economically underdeveloped areas, the rest are in the south, and the farther south, the lower the obesity rate. The climate in the south is hot and the body metabolizes quickly. If it accumulates heat like in the north, it is easy to have various physical conditions. Therefore, in the long-term evolution and development of southerners, the body mechanism is not easy to make them accumulate calories and fat.

This is why people in northern Europe and Russia, no matter how thin they are before the age of 20, will gain weight rapidly after marriage. Because his body mechanism has adapted to this situation, as long as he can store energy, he must store enough fat as much as possible. Not only people, but also animals. The Siberian tiger is also two laps fatter than the South China tiger, and the naked weight of the moose in the cold zone is four times that of the tropical water deer. So southerners really have a genetic advantage in thinness.

These are the reasons why there are not many fat people in Sichuan. Sometimes I envy her, because my wife is from Sichuan, and they have a banquet, which is sweet and cooked, with sand meat and pieces of meat.

But one of his relatives is thinner than the other, and only three or five of them are really fat. Not only northerners are fat, but also they are extremely fat. I can still be fat after eating cabbage, and I want to cry without tears …

When writing this question and answer, my wife came in to get something, so I asked her: Why are there so few fat people on the streets of Sichuan? The wife casually said, you know a string, only those who are beautiful and in good shape go to the streets!

Oh, I see!