Berlus, which teaches "Shunkoku," a method for losing weight to more than 2,500 people, has released the results of a "Winter Health Awareness Survey" conducted by Berlus. The results of the "Winter Health Consciousness Survey" conducted by Bellus are now available.

Diet is the most important thing to be aware of in how to take care of yourself in winter Quick and easy, cold and diet What is the menu that fulfills all the requirements for good nutritional balance?

2023.12.04 10:00

Belle Lus株式会社

Belle Lus K.K. (President: Rie Matsuda / Tsu City, Mie Prefecture), a dietary guidance and instructor training company, conducted a "Winter Health Awareness Survey" among women in their 20s to 50s nationwide.

Questionnaire on Winter Health Awareness

Winter is a time when it is difficult to manage one's physical condition in accordance with the climate, due to the drop in temperature, dryness, and decrease in hours of sunlight. At the same time, there are many events and opportunities to eat out and get together, making it a season to be concerned about weight management. This year will be the first winter since the easing of the masking lifestyle, so it is also necessary to pay attention to immune measures. Therefore, our company, which provides dietary guidance, decided to conduct a "Winter Health Awareness Survey.

[Survey outline

Survey target ： Women (20s-50s) throughout Japan

Survey period: October 20, 2023 (Friday) to October 31, 2023 (Tuesday)

Survey method: Internet research (using Google Forms)

Number of valid responses: 345 samples

*Survey results may not sum up to 100% due to fractional processing.

Survey Results

1. what age group do you belong to?

Questionnaire results (1)

2. what changes in your physical condition are you most concerned about as the weather gets colder?

Questionnaire results (2)

3. what kind of physical condition do you take care of yourself during the cold season?

Questionnaire results (3)

4. if you chose "diet" as your physical condition management method, what do you think is the most important thing you eat every day?

Questionnaire results (4)

5. what are your expectations for winter meals?

Questionnaire results (5)

6. what kind of recipes would you like to cook?

Questionnaire results (6)

Consideration of Questionnaire Results

(1) We found that respondents are more likely to want to supplement their physical condition in winter through diet rather than exercise. Exercise in the cold winter months is a psychological chore. However, fall and winter are also the seasons when people's taste buds tend to increase and their appetites increase. Eating is a daily activity, and the effects of warming up a body that has been chilled by the outside air and having a hot meal on the body tend to be higher than in other seasons. We also found that there is a high level of awareness of the need to warm the body from within and to boost the immune system through nutritional balance and the ingredients used.

(2) Next to "cold," "weight gain" is the second most common concern

One of the causes of weight gain may be that the cold winter weather cools the body, resulting in poor blood circulation and, consequently, a slow metabolism. Poor circulation also causes swelling. It is possible that many people tend to feel weight gain due to swelling more than usual.

(3) We found that the respondents want diet, improvement of sensitivity to cold, detoxification, and enhancement of immunity as elements of "diet" to meet their overall needs. We also found that after nutritional balance, people tend to place importance on cooking time and ease of cooking methods. It can be said that in the modern age, "dishes that are easy to prepare and have a good nutritional balance" are in demand rather than elaborate one-soup-three-course meals.

Berlus recommends "soup" as the best menu in winter

Based on the results of this survey, Bellus, which teaches the "Shunkoku" method of eating thin to more than 2,500 people, has researched and developed recipes to date, and has found that soup is the best menu that satisfies all the needs of women, including warming, satiety, increased metabolism, improved constipation, diet, health, and beauty promotion. We suggest that the best recipe is "soup. Soup is the best menu item for winter because of its repertoire of flavors (Japanese, Western, Chinese, etc.), the wide range of ingredients that can be used, the nutritional balance, and the fact that anyone can easily prepare it. Here are three "Zubora Shunkoku Soup Recipes" that are unique to Berlus. 1.

1. "Witch soup" to promote blood circulation

Witch Soup

Ingredients (2 servings)

200 g ground pork

1/8 cabbage

1/4 onion

1/4 celery

1 green bell pepper

1/2 can (200g) whole tomatoes

1 1/2 cups water

2 teaspoons consommé (granulated)

1 teaspoon curry powder

A pinch of pepper

1 tablespoon rice oil

Fat recipe

(1) Cut cabbage into bite-sized pieces and roughly chop onion, celery and green pepper.

(2) Heat rice oil in a pan, fry vegetables until softened, then fry ground meat. Add water, canned tomatoes (while crushing), consommé, and curry powder.

(3) Simmer until vegetables are cooked and the sauce is thickened, then add pepper to taste. 2.

2. fat-burning "Eating Soy Milk Soup

Eating Soy Milk Soup

Ingredients (2 servings)

4-5 broccoli (small bunch)

1/2 package (50g) shimeji mushrooms

1/4 carrot

1/2 onion

1 can tuna (70g)

1 cup each of water and soy milk (unadjusted)

2 teaspoons miso

Salt and pepper to taste

2 pinches dried sakura shrimps

Fat recipe

(1) Cut broccoli into small cloves. Cut carrot and onion into thin slices. Remove the stones from the shimeji mushrooms (or any mushroom of your choice) and divide into small bunches.

(2) Put water and the vegetables in (1) in a pot and cook until the carrots are soft.

(3) Add the drained canned tuna and simmer for 3-4 minutes, then add soy milk.

(4) Dissolve the soybean paste and season with salt and pepper. Serve in bowls and sprinkle with dried sakura shrimps. 3.

3. "Kiriboshi Daikon and Ito Agar Miso Soup" to boost immunity and detoxify the body

Miso soup with kiriboshi-daikon and agar agar

Ingredients (1 serving)

1 miso ball

3g each kiriboshi-daikon and agar agar

20 g spinach (frozen)

1 pinch dried sakura shrimps

1 cup hot water

How to make

Put all ingredients in a bowl and pour hot water. Leave to infuse for a while to soften kiriboshi-daikon (dried radish).

This soup recipe is easy to make even for those who are not good at cooking or are lazy.

A new book on the topic, which went into heavy print just one week after its release!

The new book "Zubora Shunkoku Soup Diet" (Shogakukan), a sequel to the best-selling "Zubora Shunkoku Diet" (2022, Shogakukan), is now on sale at bookstores nationwide, Amazon, and Rakuten Books.

Zubora Shunkoku Soup Diet

Author : Rie Matsuda

Format: A5 size, 128 pages, color

Price: 1,540 yen (tax included)

Publisher ： Shogakukan

Release Date ： October 25, 2023

Rakuten Books ： https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/17630817/

Amazon ： https://amzn.to/3ReZyiA

ISBN : 978-4-09-311550-6

Author's profile

Rie Matsuda

Rie Matsuda, Nurse, Public Health Nurse, Diet Instructor

Born in 1986, Rie Matsuda is a mother of two. After taking care of cancer patients as a nurse, she worked as a public health nurse. She provides health education for adults and health guidance for patients with metabolic syndrome and diabetes. Through this experience, she realized that Japan's eating habits will not improve unless the women who are responsible for the dining table acquire knowledge about nutrition and the body. She started her own business as an instructor specializing in the "eat less, lose weight" diet, drawing on her own experience of losing 12 kg naturally through her own diet. She has published a best-selling book, "Zubora Shunkoku Diet," a diet method book that can be quickly adopted, based on the fact that many people who come to her for diet advice are lazy and do not want to bother with diet. He has created a "#Shunkoku" boom in the dieting world, leading more than 2,500 students to successful diets. Currently, her "Shunkoku" series has sold over 200,000 copies, and she has 460,000 followers on social networking services.

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