Count your calories during holidays
Han Bok-ryeo, president of the Institute of Korean Royal Cuisine, displays a Korean traditional royal table for Lunar New Year’s Day in this file photo. The holiday fare, however, makes people gain weight. / Korea Times fileBy Yoon Ja-youngIt is the Lunar New Year’s holiday when people are excited to see relatives and friends. However, the long holiday involves some health risks.The biggest problem is that people can easily gain a kilogram or two if they don’t watch how much they are eating. Ha Jung-baek, a salaried worker in his 30s, recalls that he would gain two kilograms every Lunar New Year’s holiday, and Chuseok, or the Korean version of Thanksgiving. He complains that as he is conscious that he is somewhat overweight, he takes care not to overeat. He usually has only a bowl of “tteokguk,” or rice cake soup that Koreans traditionally eat on the holiday, accompanied by some “namul,” or seasoned vegetables, and some fruit as dessert, which doesn’t seem to be too much in calories. Where, then, do
Feb 8, 2013By Yoon Ja-young
