Japanese Chefs Successfully Reduced 11 Kg With A Cucumber Diet, Here's The Method

Illustration of losing weight with cucumber (Freepic)

Japanese chef Nozaki Hiromitsu managed to lose 11 kg within two months on a cucumber diet. Nozaki always put cucumber in his food menu. This affects his new appearance that looks fit.

Nozaki, executive chef at Michelin's five-star restaurant, Buntokuyama uses a weight loss method called a cucumber diet. This diet method consists of two simple rules.

First, Nozaki ate one to two cucumbers before each meal. Second, Nozaki chews every bite for 20 times.

This strategy allows a person to continue to enjoy their regular food, as long as they continue to eat healthy foods, and strengthen the results with exercise.

Nozaki comes from Fukushima, an area in northeastern Japan that is famous for its cucumber production. Since childhood, he used to eat raw cucumber. According to him, this helps control appetite and reduces the habit of eating unhealthy snacks.

The idea of a cucumber diet, especially as a weight loss method, emerged after Nozaki underwent a medical examination in 2011 and was diagnosed with fatty liver disease and high cholesterol.

This encourages him to develop a weight loss strategy. With this method, Nozaki began replacing his food with cucumber every time he felt hungry, sometimes even replacing breakfast and dinner with cucumber.

"As a result, I lost 11 kg in two months, urinated more often, and my stomach shrank," he said, quoted by VOI from the VN Express page on Wednesday, December 4, 2024.

Nozaki managed to maintain a weight loss for almost five years without any increase at all.

Nozaki noted this method in his book entitled "Kyuuri Taberu dake Diet" (Only Harvest Diet), which shares his personal experience and cucumber recipes.

However, many people are reluctant to try a cucumber diet to lose weight because it is considered torture. Nozaki offers an acceptable alternative, allowing a person to achieve a weight loss goal.

Timun helps lose weight, because it contains enzymes that can increase fat metabolism. This enzyme is sensitive to heat, making raw cucumber the ideal food to eat.

In addition, potassium-rich cucumbers, which serve as diuretics to help regulate blood pressure and reduce fluid retention and swelling.

With only 45 calories per 300 grams, cucumber is perfect for raw food, salads, sandwiches, or as side dishes, and can replace other high calorie foods.

The fiber content in cucumber helps regulate digestive health, prevent constipation, and inhibits rapid spikes in blood sugar and cholesterol levels.

Cucumber also contains vitamins C and beta-carotene, which are beneficial for the health of blood vessels, mucus membranes, and skin. In fact, cucumber can help prevent dry skin.