With the real heat starting these days, aren’t there too many temptations like shaved ice and ice cream? Even just walking makes you sweat, so exercising isn’t easy. In this situation, we desperately need healthy diet know-how that can be done without worrying about the heat even in the summer. ‘Pro dieter’ Kang Min-kyung is drawing attention by revealing related know-how. If you watch Kang Min-kyung’s recent YouTube video, she says, “Your basal metabolic rate will increase, so you don’t have to go on a harsh diet of fasting.”
This is a statement that will appeal to those who have had difficulties with extreme food control or starvation diets. If you increase your basal metabolic rate, you will burn more calories than before, which will help with dieting. So what are some ways to increase your basal metabolic rate? Some options include regular exercise, regular meals, sufficient sleep, and nutritious intake.
Kang Min-kyung’s favorite summer diet food is also drawing attention. The food she introduced is kongguksu! Konggguksu is a representative low-fat, high-protein food that helps with dieting. She also serves buckwheat noodles, soybean water, and peanut butter. Did you know that buckwheat noodles have fewer calories and are easier to digest than regular wheat flour noodles? Soybean water, rich in protein and dietary fiber, provides a high feeling of fullness, making it perfect for a diet menu. In addition, it is noteworthy that she uses peanut butter to provide both flavor and nutrition.
Peanut butter not only provides a rich flavor but is also rich in protein. Kang Min-kyung also made and ate pasta made with spinach and kale, a Mediterranean salad, and squid sashimi. It is particularly impressive that she supplements protein with squid sashimi. Kang Min-Kyung also doesn’t miss out on a healthy diet and regular exercise. The exercise she’s into these days is Gyrotonic! Gyrotonic, which was previously known as the favorite exercise of many stars such as Kim Sa-rang and Yang Jeong-won, is said to be an exercise originally developed for rehabilitation purposes. Its main purpose is to strengthen the muscles and spinal functions of our body by applying the main movement principles of dance, gymnastics, and swimming. If you do it consistently, you can see effects such as a pretty overall body line and a corrected body shape.
Kang Min-Kyung also said, “My goal is to increase muscle mass” while doing squats after doing Gyrotonic. Squats are easy to do anywhere and are effective in developing lower body muscles and balancing the entire body, so it would be good to do them often, right? Oh, and Kang Min-Kyung, who is thorough in self-management, also says that sometimes she finds exercising bothersome. Despite that, she has great determination to exercise consistently. Kang Min-kyung answered, “Even if it’s extremely bothersome, once I get there (to the gym), I do something,” which resonated with many dieters. If you’ve reached a plateau in your diet during the hot summer, why not take note of Kang Min-kyung’s know-how? From a bowl of refreshing kongguksu to refreshing indoor exercise! Dieting will become a lot easier.