The “Korean diet”: only 30 grams of fat a day. A “Korea-nivore diet”? — The New Neander’s Medical

Dietary intakes of hypertensive and normotensive Koreans.

During a literature review, we came across a 2012 article by Kim et al., 2012 (1), which investigated the association between calcium intakes and blood pressure in hypertensive and normotensive Korean subjects.

There were no significant differences in the calcium intakes and in the intakes of other nutrients between the hypertensive and normotensive groups. The findings are therefore of limited value in regard to blood pressure regulation. However, the study by Kim et al., 2012 (1), contains some interesting facts.

Anthropologic measurements. The "Korean diet": only 30 grams of fat a day. Source: Kim, 2012.
Anthropologic measurements. The “Korean diet”: only 30 grams of fat a day. Source: Kim, 2012.

Only 30 grams of fat a day in the Korean diet.

Thus, if we look at the table with the daily energy and nutrient intakes of the subjects, we can see that people in Korea consume only around 30 grams of fat a day.

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The “Korean diet”: only 30 grams of fat a day. A “Korea-nivore diet”? — The New Neander’s Medical

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