Liu Yifei's weight loss method in "The Story of Rose" has become popular on Xiaohongshu! Doctor: Adding "this cup" will be more effective

Actress Liu Yifei won the second place in the discussion ranking of the top ten mainland and Korean drama heroines in 2024 with "The Story of Rose", second only to Kim Ji-won in "Queen of Tears". Her "intermittent fasting weight loss method" has been on the hot search of Xiaohongshu many times. In response to this, bariatric specialist and family physician Dr. Chi-man Yeung said that Liu Yifei's weight loss method that has gone viral on the Internet is indeed very suitable for "emergency weight loss," and shared the "2.0 version" of the weight loss method.

The "Liu Yifei's 5-day weight loss diet" that is widely circulated on the Internet is: eat only eggs on Monday's "Egg Fasting Day", only drink sugar-free drinks on Tuesday's "Liquid Fasting Day", only eat original meat on Wednesday's "Meat Fasting Day", only eat low-sugar fruits on Thursday's "Decisive Fasting Day", and only eat green vegetables on Friday's "Vegetable Fasting Day". When following this 5-day diet, you must drink 2-3000 cc of water and get 9 hours of sleep every day.

Weight loss specialist and family physician Dr. Yang Zhiwen analyzed that "Liu Yifei's 5-day weight loss diet" is actually the so-called "single diet", which changes the most commonly heard "only eating apples" to eating only one type of food a day, based on controlling calories to achieve short-term weight loss results.

“From the perspective of calorie theory, if you eat less calories, you will lose weight.” However, Dr. Yang Zhiwen also emphasized that for people who are used to having carbohydrates in their three meals a day, they may feel dizzy and have difficulty concentrating during the implementation period. Therefore, this diet is only suitable for very short-term imitation, such as brides-to-be who are about to take wedding photos or hold a wedding. Moreover, this "Fairy Sister Weight Loss Method" is not suitable for everyone, especially those with poor digestive function, poor liver and kidney function and diabetic patients.

Weight loss specialist and family physician Yang Zhiwen pointed out that the key to Liu Yifei's diet is to remove carbohydrates, which may allow the body to produce ketone bodies and metabolize fat. But if you want to achieve better results without any health risks, you can drink a cup of green latte every day.

However, this green latte should be based on vegetables, with low-sugar fruits added in moderation to change the taste and healthy unsaturated fatty acids added, and should be rich in plant protein, vitamins and antioxidants. For example, you can replace milk with unsweetened almond milk or soy milk, add flax seeds or chia seeds as a source of Omega-3, and at the same time provide dietary fiber and increase satiety. But be careful not to add extra sugar or too much fruit, as this may have the opposite effect.

Weight loss specialist and family physician Yang Zhiwen pointed out that the key to Liu Yifei's diet is to remove carbohydrates, which may allow the body to produce ketone bodies and metabolize fat. But if you want to achieve better results without any health risks, you can drink a cup of green latte every day.

However, Dr. Yang Zhiwen also specifically reminded that although this diet completely eliminates carbohydrates and can achieve rapid weight loss effects for most people, diabetic patients themselves have poor nutritional regulation ability. If they stop taking sugar but do not cooperate with medication control, they will face an extremely high risk of hypoglycemia. What’s more serious is that due to the decrease in insulin secretion, the body cannot fully utilize sugar, and it breaks down fat and accumulates ketone bodies in large quantities, causing electrolyte imbalance and triggering fatal diabetic ketoacidosis.

Dr. Yang Zhiwen suggested that people who want to lose weight quickly should be evaluated by a doctor or nutritionist and not use their bodies as guinea pigs. Although many netizens on Xiaohongshu have successfully lost weight through the "Liu Yifei 5-Day Weight Loss Diet", half of them have been sent to the hospital for intravenous drips, which is not worth the loss.

Dr. Yang Zhiwen finally reminded that any extreme diet plan is only suitable for short-term use and must be implemented after evaluation by medical personnel to avoid causing serious harm to the body. Even for healthy people, long-term extreme diets may lead to nutritional imbalances, affect vitamin absorption, and cause osteoporosis, muscle weakness, decreased immune function and other problems. More importantly, long-term unbalanced diet will affect intestinal health, which in turn affects mood regulation. After resuming a normal diet, weight rebound is more likely due to a decrease in the body's basal metabolic rate.