Miso & wakame

Korea food Miyeok guk


Wakame and fish


Boiled wakame

Most of us get very depressed just thinking about the suffering, starvation and the sacrifice it take to lose weight. The plain truth is diets alone won't work. Many of us even spent a lot on weight loss diet program to get to the desired physical shape. Below is my own research on the irrefutable evidence to get the right kind of food we need to consume. I was always very amazed by the size of the ladies when I visited Japan and Korea few years back. I found out that their main food they eat are Miso and wakame or brown seaweed. And even many of the biscuits or titbits are added with brown seaweed.



Brown seaweed has an excellent source of dietary fiber. In clinical tests, fiber has been shown to pass through the digestive tract, gently carrying away unwanted fat and calories.


Wakame (ワカメ, wakame?), Undaria pinnatifida, is a sea vegetable, or edible seaweed, that has been nominated as among 100 of the world's worst invasive species according to the Global Invasive Species Database. [1] In Japan it is most widely used in miso soup.

New studies conducted at Hokkaido University have found that a compound in wakame known as fucoxanthin can help burn fatty tissue[2]. Wakame is a rich source of Eicosapentaenoic acid, an Omega-3 fatty acid. It also has high levels of calcium, iodine, thiamine and niacin.


In Oriental medicine it has been used for blood purification, intestinal strength, skin, hair, reproductive organs and menstrual regularity [3].

Miso soup



Miso soup (味噌汁, miso shiru?) is a traditional Japanese soup consisting of a stock called "dashi" into which is mixed softened miso paste. Although the suspension of miso paste into dashi is the only characteristic that actually defines miso soup, many other ingredients are added depending on regional and seasonal recipes, and personal preference.

miso paste is an excellent source of dietary fiber (59%) and protein (64% DV), as well as a good source of minerals . Miso paste is also high in amino acids, the basic building blocks of protein. An excellent source of vitamin K and a decent source of riboflavin (38% DV), miso also provides small amounts of other vitamins. One major benefit of miso is its extremely high omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid content.