Brief (coffeeyo.com): Actress Chen Yanxi sparked heated online debate after revealing on a variety show that she relies on two cups of coffee to “survive and de-puff” by day and eats just one meal at night. Doctors warn that one-meal-a-day fasting trades health for short-term weight loss.
Recently, on the variety show “My Father’s Daughter” (Wo Jia Na Gu Nv), Chen Yanxi revealed that by day she depends on two cups of coffee to “keep going and reduce puffiness,” and eats only one dinner a day. The topic “#a day’s total food intake is about one ordinary person’s meal#” trended, igniting widespread discussion online.
In a separate interview, Chen responded to eating just one meal a day, saying it is the routine that suits her. With work during the day she does not feel like eating much; coffee keeps her reasonably alert, and in the evening she meets friends for dinner.
Asked about trending again over an old “USC campus beauty” story, she said she did not feel a strong sense of it — the school is large and no one was really named the beauty of any particular place — and she thanked everyone for the title.
Public records show Chen Yanxi was born in May 1983. She is a Chinese-language film and television actress and pop singer, known for works such as “You Are the Apple of My Eye,” “The Romance of the Condor Heroes,” “Hear Me,” and “Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou Still Believe in Love.”
In December 2014, “The Romance of the Condor Heroes” starring Chen Xiao and Chen Yanxi aired. On August 27, 2015, Chen Xiao, four years her senior, announced their relationship on Weibo; the two married in July 2016. On December 20, 2016, Chen Yanxi announced the birth of a son. On February 18, 2025, the couple announced their divorce.
Can eating one meal a day help you lose weight?
Doctors remind: weight loss must not come at the cost of health
According to Life Times, eating one meal a day is a form of intermittent fasting or time-restricted eating. After all, even a large single meal contains fewer calories than three meals a day, so it can aid short-term weight loss. But it harms health — the stomach, intestines, and blood sugar all suffer — and is hard to sustain. Once a person returns to three meals a day, the weight rebounds quickly, to even worse effect. Healthy weight loss still means “moderately reducing calorie intake on the basis of a balanced diet, and balancing eating with exercise,” ensuring reasonable intake of vegetables and fruit, dairy, soy, whole grains and legumes, and fish, meat, and eggs. The World Health Organization recommends an average weight loss of no more than 0.5–1 kg per week. Any rapid weight-loss method easily leads to nutritional deficiency, lower basal metabolism, increased muscle breakdown, and triggers the body’s hunger-protection mechanism — pushing it toward an easier-to-gain physique, making the struggle harder and the rebound stronger.
Source: Tide News · Qianjiang Evening News, reporter Chen Yingjing
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