Famous YouTuber Tzuyang confessed that she “has her own pain” when she also wants to have another hobby but spends too much time eating so she can’t do it.
In MBC’s “The Manager” program broadcast on November 29, content creator mukbang Tzuyang confessed the difficulties of being a healthy eater, according to The Korea Daily. There, she tried making traditional kimchi for the first time. After finishing, Tzuyang ate kimchi with 6 kg of boiled meat, 2 kg of oysters, 1.8 kg of canned meat, a total of 6,100 calories. In addition, she also ate 4 large roasted sweet potatoes.
When the host mentioned that Chaeryeong (ITZY member) once said she wanted to be “reborn as Tzuyang”. However, the “holy eater” frankly shared that “it will probably be very uncomfortable”. “Because out of 24 hours a day, I have to spend up to 18 hours to eat. The feeling is that when you’re hungry, you think about food and want to eat, right? I’m almost always in that state,” Tzuyang said.
‘Holy eater’ Tzuyang. Image: Maeil Business Newspaper
The famous Korean YouTuber said he “also has his own suffering” because he wants to have another hobby but because he spends too much time eating, he can’t do it. “So, I can only watch comics while eating. I find people who have time to dance, sing and do the things they like to be wonderful. I rarely have time to try those things,” she said.
Tzuyang also expressed admiration for “people who eat less”. “I used to think I wanted to become someone who eats less. Because they find happiness from things other than eating,” the mukbang star said.
Starting her career in 2018, Tzuyang is currently one of Asia’s top mukbang stars with 12.7 million subscribers. Even though she is only 1.61 m tall and weighs about 50 kg, doctors confirmed that her stomach is 40% larger than a normal person’s, allowing her to eat food far beyond the capacity of an adult man.
According to medical experts, continuously consuming huge amounts of calories, up to more than 15 times the normal needs, can cause the body to accumulate visceral fat, easily leading to diabetes, visceral obesity and increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Prolonged stress on the stomach and digestive system also increases the risk of gastric dilation, reflux, ulcers or digestive dysfunction.
In addition, oxidative stress and chronic inflammation stemming from a diet too rich in energy can damage organs such as the liver, pancreas and heart. Uncontrolled eating can even cause imbalance in hormones, affect sleep and create chronic fatigue, even though the outside appearance is still normal.