Worst KPOP Diets That Went Viral Among KPOP Fans

kpop idols are known to partake in rigorous diets that may jeopardize their health in the long run. with such ridiculous korean beauty standards, idols do the most to remain in shape, and sometimes they take the most drastic measures. stay tuned to find out more about the most extreme kpop diets. subscribe to kookielit for more kpop news.

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[ayelen]

The managers that told momo to lose weight in just a one week should face consequences. That diet could have killed her

[owen]

I always say this, but the people that made Momo *literally* starved herself for over a week, while doing tons of cardio, should be charged with a crime. She easily could have died! The fact that a group of adults made an impressionable young girl starve herself by leveraging her career is criminal. She looks very strong and healthy now, and she looks better than ever. Does nobody have a brain at JYPE? Do they think people want to see their idols frail and dying? It's astonishing to me that this event isn't enough for news outlets to blow up, and criminal investigations to happen.

[karajam]

The standards in kpop are almost impossible to reach, and even the people who do reach them are criticized for being to “perfect”
It’s annoying much idols have to go through just to please the “fans” (which mostly are fake if they want them to lose a lot of weight)
It’s dangerous and sad to see that they have to starve themselves just to sometimes get targeted for being too skinny

[thebtwc]

Momo still doesn't like drinking a lot of water nor ice now. The members would bring her water every night because it's not good to rarely drink water but it's as if Momo had a bad memory of it that's why she doesn't drink it.

[curious]

iu's diet is not called "myproana" diet. myproana is literally the name of the online community that promotes anorexia. and after the international boom of kpop, idols' diets gained popularity of such platforms. it's honestly very scary how idol's detoriating health is used as motivation for other fans to become scarily skinny :(.. but i understand from personal experience that it's not a cycle easy to break. idols and fans alike need mental health support :(

[lethaldream]

as a person with an ed, none of the "diets" described here are even diets. they are straight up anorexic pattern eating. and it is the kpop industry, adults in the company and the netizens who are responsible for this. i know first hand how terrifying and dangerous starvation and water diets can be. they debilitate your body and mind if even done for a short amount of time, and the older you get the more you will suffer even if you try to recover, you can have damaged your body forever. these arent diets these are eating disorders.

btw i once read tht korea has the highest rate of eating disorders in the world. this was a long time ago so idk if the fact checks out, but it would not surprise me at all if it was true.

[Malalalaika]

I remember when Lay felt so bad about Xiumin’s frail appearance that he even pleaded with him to start eating and said that his fans will still love him no matter what size he was 🥺

[ldland]

There is Seulgi's diet which deserved to be in the video: She only drank soya milk for like a whole week

[baby.blue_b]

The standards are so toxic that idols even have to starve themselves just to look appealing in people's eyes. Whats worse is, their fans do their risky diets which is just not great at all. I feel really bad for them

[TheBailingling]

I'm glad you included male idols as well. It is true that they also go through such toxicity. It always breaks my heart seeing these idols go through things like this. As long as they are healthy, numbers shouldn't matter. Momo shouldn't have felt like she may not wake up in the morning. Uee shouldn't have suffered for so long. Minseok's relationship with food during that time cannot have been healthy. It breaks my heart that these are people who feel like they have no other choice but to do whatever necessary to lose digits from their weight.

[rikhmjustsomeguywithmousta]

Jimin literally ate one meal in 10 days to get rid of his chubby face even tho he had complete 6 packs.
Jimin and Taemin literally bled their noses out while practicing because of the serious diets.
Its really not a thing to be proud of instead, I get shivers by these.
All I can say, Jimin now loves himself and doesn’t care what people think, he’s gaining his mass again and building his body to bulk

[nikkiferretti]

Xiumin has struggled with his weight his entire life, and that whole situation is just heartbreakling. Idols go through so much criticism over their weight alone, I can't even.

[ronaldcarlson]

Momo saying she felt like she wouldn't wake up always breaks my heart.

[oopsie]

Idk I think it’s kinda hypocritical how fans will act concerned when diets like this are revealed but will also do nothing to protect idols like jeongyeon or swan who receive so much fatphobic comments…. People want to only see a certain body type on stage without knowing the horrors that idols often go through to achieve that

[sugarbaekhyun]

felix from skz started starving himself around the end of last year and he said it so causally like “i had a carrot today” that was it and like i remember i was so worried he would only eat 1 meal a day or snack on carrots and it got to the point that his members have called him out on video like on a recent danceracha vlive when he said he couldn’t eat the buttered chicken he was craving bc of the concert and hyunjin was like “are you kidding with the diet” and and in 2 kids room with seungmin felix was talking about exercising and seungmin said “i was you eating something at 3am” and lix was like “oh that was a carrot” and at that seungmin straight up said “you didn’t eat dinner that day.” and felix tried to brush it off like it was nothing i still worry he’s not eating right and now bang chan has been starting too….

[deeuphrosyne]

One of the saddest fact about Dasom diet was there’s one time she really wanted to eat chicken, so she bought chicken and just chewed it and spit it out again just to tasted the chicken flavor, she was the least popular member in sistar but gain popularity when she lost her weight.

[dwiwahyuariani]

Just remember that they're doing it not just because of the company, but also a result of the fans' crazy expectation, of what an idol should look like

[babybirdlala]

as someone who once lost weight so rapidly due to certain circumstances, i will never forget the extreme exhaustion i felt for that period of time. also losing my period and sadness etc. i relate to momo's story so much. glad to know we're both better now but shame on jype

[julianieminski]

“ate once every two weeks” girl what? the article literally says every other day

[happytia]

i remember when i was 17, im so obsessed with having this kpop idol bodies thats why i once tried a lot of diets but i make it more extreme like in IUs diet i would only eat HALF of sweet potato or 1 small apple a day, i took it more extreme where i only eat 1 egg but only the whites for everyday, ... i took it EVEN MORE EXTREME where i will starve for 2 days then eat one boiled egg for the 3rd day, for weeks....i do that while still exercising everyday and taking of course ive faced a lot of consequences because of that..
that period of my life is a nightmare for me..and will never go through that ever again