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South Korean singer IU is famous for her story of having undergone an extreme diet. In order to lose weight in a short time, he only consumes 700 calories!
Lee Ji Eun, who is popular as IU, has recently been in the spotlight regarding her love story. It is reported that she is officially in love with actor Lee Jong Suk.
It is reported that their relationship has been going on for about 4 months. Not long ago, IU and Lee Jong Suk were even said to have spent their holiday together in Nagoya, Japan.
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Talking about IU I can’t leave behind my story of losing weight. He once went on an extreme diet to lose his body weight quickly.
IU admitted that she was also teased by South Korean netizens about her appearance. This makes him anxious and hates himself, which leads to an eating disorder.
The following are interesting facts about IU’s extreme diet and eating disorders:
1. IU’s extreme diet to lose 5 kg in 5 days
Quote South China Morning Post (1/1/2021), IU went on an extreme diet around 2013. In an interview with SBS, the Lilac singer claimed to be able to lose 5 kilograms (kg) in just 5 days.
The way to do this is by strictly controlling your calorie intake. It is estimated that IU only consumes 500 kcal per day, said Channel Korea. The menu consists of 1 apple for breakfast, 2 sweet potatoes for lunch, and 1 bottle of protein shake for dinner.
IU admitted that she needed to lose weight because she was going to star in a drama at that time. In the same year, IU also received a lot of harsh criticism from netizens who thought her body weight had increased.
2. IU suffers from the eating disorder bulimia
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A year later, in 2014, IU talked about the eating disorder she experienced on the Healing Camp show, Aren’t You Happy. He experienced bulimia where he tended to vomit food that he had consumed.
This bulimia occurred after he felt restless, doubted and hated himself, until he was afraid that his popularity would decrease drastically. As a form of escape, he consumes a lot of food until he is full and then vomits it.
This 29 year old woman said there were periods where she would only eat and sleep in between vomiting food. At that time he considered food to be ‘medicine’ to fill his emptiness.
3. The popular IU diet challenge
IU’s diet, which is considered extreme, is not recommended by nutritionists. The Seoul-born soloist does not recommend copying her diet because it is dangerous to her health.
But unfortunately, many netizens already know and are even curious to try this diet. They are even busy doing the ‘Iu’s Diet Challenge’ where they will try IU’s diet in the short term as a form of challenge to themselves.
One person who has tried it is YouTuber Jessica Jane. He imitates only eating 1 apple for breakfast, 2 sweet potatoes for lunch, and a protein shake for dinner. While following a diet pattern IUJessica Jane is not very enthusiastic. Jessica also commented, “IU really feels sorry if she eats like this every day. I really feel sorry for IU.”
