WATCH: This Japanese long-breathing exercise is actually an easy weight loss technique (2024)

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What is the Japanese trick for weight loss? ›

The Japanese practice of hara hachi bu involves eating until you are 80% full. This helps prevent overeating and allows the body to signal satiety before consuming excess calories.

The Morning Banana Diet, also known as the Asa Banana Diet, was created by a Japanese pharmacist to help her husband lose weight. By following the simple plan of eating a banana every morning, he dropped 38 pounds.

The fitness specialist believes no amount of lying on a towel will remove excess fat from your abs. If you are serious about six packs, you must sweat at the gym or work out at home. Influencer Cassey Ho has been quite upfront in criticizing the five-minute towel method.

Green tea for natural weight loss

These compounds work with other chemicals to intensify levels of fat oxidation and thermogenesis, where heat is created in the body by burning fuels such as fat. Drinking green tea regularly can increase your metabolism and helps you lose weight safely and naturally.

Known as Long-breath diet by Ryosuke, this Japanese technique for losing belly fat quickly involves standing in a certain position, taking 3-second breath and exhaling strongly for 7 seconds. It has been previously found that breathing exercises can help you with weight loss.

Konjac is made from the bulb of the konjac plant

Konjac, being high in dietary fiber and low in calories, is a popular ingredient for people who are dieting, wish to detoxify their body, or want beautiful skin.

This Japanese towel exercise is too good to be true in today's advanced health and wellness world. It helps in body alignment but won't give you a flat stomach in 10 days. In fact, nothing can in such a short period of time. It can only help improve posture, back pain, and belly fat but very little.

It's not yet clear if whole-body vibration provides the same range of health benefits as exercise you actively engage in, such as walking, biking or swimming. Some research does show that whole-body vibration may help improve muscle strength and that it may help with weight loss when you also cut back on calories.

Does Sweating Burn Belly Fat? While sweating can be an indication of an intense workout, it's not a direct indicator of fat loss, and sweating alone won't cause you to lose belly fat. Instead, sweating is simply a mechanism for regulating body temperature and removing excess heat from the body during exercise.

What is the ancient Japanese secret to weight loss? ›

We found a key secret to successful weight loss halfway around the world, in Okinawa, Japan. It's called Hara Hachi Bu and translated it means, Eat until you're 80 percent full. It's no gimmick. It's been proven effective since the times of Confucius.

Japanese Water Therapy, also known as “Mizu-no-ryoho,” involves drinking a specific amount of water first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. Proponents claim it offers various health benefits, including weight loss, improved digestion, and increased energy levels.

What is 'Hara Hachi Bu' This form of diet plan is derived from the Confucian teaching that instructs people to “eat until you are eight parts (out of ten) full.” As per the diet, Okinawans are known to consume about 1800 to 1900 calories per day, which is known to improve life expectancy.