Brief (coffeeyo.com): Chen Yanxi recently revealed her daily diet on a show: she eats almost nothing by day and relies on just two cups of coffee, concentrating all her energy into one tiny dinner at night. Behind the routine lie hereditary edema and the demands of an acting career — and a cautionary tale doctors say ordinary people should not copy.
Recently, Chen Yanxi revealed her daily eating pattern on a program, and the details sparked discussion after they surfaced. Her meal schedule is the complete opposite of most people’s: she eats almost nothing during the day and concentrates her entire day’s energy into one dinner at night.
Only Two Cups of Coffee by Day, a “Cat-Sized” Dinner at Night
Chen revealed that during the day she is essentially fasting, keeping her spirits up on just two cups of coffee. Coffee both refreshes and helps reduce water retention. If she really needs a bit of energy, she eats a few blueberries — the only extra intake during the day.
The only proper meal of the day is at night. This dinner follows extremely strict low-oil, no-salt standards — no soy sauce, no MSG — and the portion is described as “a cat’s amount.” Because her daily intake is far below normal, she must take a dozen-plus supplements such as spleen-supporting, hair-growth, fish oil, and calcium tablets to make up for a severe shortfall in basic nutrition.
Hereditary Edema Plus Professional Demands
Behind this eating pattern are two reasons — physique and profession. Chen inherited her mother’s tendency to retain water; the slightest facial puffiness, magnified by the camera, makes her look chubby. As an actress 161 cm tall, she must keep her weight around 44 kg for the long term. This extreme restraint is the professional price of adapting to the lens and maintaining an on-screen image.
She has used even more extreme methods for roles before. While filming “The Return of the Condor Heroes” years ago, after being called round-faced she ate only boiled chicken breast and grapefruit, at times surviving on water alone, which led to two half-year bouts of amenorrhea that were only restored with estrogen. After this diet came to light, fitness enthusiasts and bloggers pointed out that long-term very-low-calorie intake pushes the body into a “power-saving mode,” causing basal metabolism to keep dropping. Once normal eating resumes, rebound is highly likely, and one may even become easier to gain weight.
The daily routine Chen revealed shows the price an actress pays to maintain her on-screen image. But whether that price is worth it, and whether ordinary people can emulate it, the answer is clearly no.
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