What this Asian dietitian eats for breakfast

First of all, I just want to clarify that pasteurized eggs (such as the ones used in this video as specified in this video) are SAFE TO EAT and do not give you salmonella. You do increase your risk of salmonella if you’re in the US and eat unpasteurized raw eggs.

Though I may not be the first dietitian you’ve seen on IG, I’m likely the first Asian (and Hawaii born) dietitian you’ve seen and that’s because there aren’t many of us. As a result, many people (and dietitians) aren’t familiar with many of our cultural foods which result in many of our foods being deemed as “unhealthy” or “gross”.

In honor of AAPI month, I’ll be doing a small series of Asian and Pacific Islander cultural foods throughout the month to increase awareness of these foods and how they can fit into a balanced diet.

First, we’re making tamago kake gohan (TKG) or “egg with rice”, which is a classic Japanese breakfast food. It’s one of the quickest and easiest foods to prepare and is so savory due to the seasonings used. You’ll get protein from the eggs and carbohydrates from the rice if you have the dish by itself, but I recommend adding nattō (fermented soybeans) to increase protein and fiber content!

Most importantly, there are a lot of misconceptions around MSG and the biggest one is that it’s horrible for us and that Chinese restaurant syndrome is legitimate even though decades of research have disproven this. A lot of these misconceptions are not rooted in science, but rather racism.

In the 1960s, a doctor reported numbness and palpitations after eating Chinese food and playfully dubbed it “Chinese-Restaurant syndrome”. This caught on very quickly, very likely due to the anti-Chinese sentiments in the United States in the 1960s. MSG, an ingredient often used in Chinese (and Asian) cooking was initially blamed which prompted many researchers to study MSG. However, no negative effects were found. The only study that did find something negative was when they injected rats with extremely high doses of MSG (we’re talking 500x the amount that the average human consumes). If you inject any rat with 500x the amount of anything that a human consumes, it will likely have negative side effects regardless of what you inject it with.

MSG is derived from glutamic acid which is an amino acid that naturally occurs in many foods such as tomatoes, cheese, and mushrooms. The glutamate in MSG is chemically indistinguishable from glutamate present in these foods, and our bodies metabolize both sources in the same way.

Lastly, MSG actually has less sodium than salt despite providing SO much more flavor. Unlike MSG, excessive amounts of salt has been shown to have negative health effects but yet we still eat large amounts of sodium from other types of cuisines.

Like ANY food (vegetables, fruit, meat, nuts) people can have reactions to MSG, but the idea that MSG gives most people significantly more negative side effects or “Chinese restaurant syndrome” is false.

SMG✨

From the UK and Chinese food has always been my favouritee, but it started to give me painful tummy aches, and more recently every time after I eat it headaches?? I assumed this was the MSG

salmonella 101

Lmao dietician and youre adding MSG lmaoooo

Im a person who doesnt even like boiled egg (unless its with a gravy) nd then u eat it raw...ya i guess this aint for me😊

HAHAHA this song I haven’t heard this song is so long

I love this song sm omg😭😭😭

Wait you are eating that UNCOOKED?? 🫣😨

I think not to be rude or anything but a lot of peoplr when thinking of asians rhey only think about like Chinese or Korean but what about indians?

Yuuuuuuuuuck no way to this recipe,didn’t you vomit after you video yourself?

NICE GUYS FINISH LAST THAT’S WHY I TREAT YOU LIKE TRASH IT’S NOT WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO

This is the only recipe on this channel I would NOT eat.

I dont care abt the raw eggs bc raw eggs in england are safe to eat as well, i just wouldnt be able to handle the texture. I cant even eat creamy scrambled eggs

I like this with natto

Uncle roger approve

That’s weird and isn’t msg bad

I prefer my egg cooked with a side of veg and half that rice.. No msg !

I hate raw eggs taste, its too strong

It’s KOREA & JAPAN, they’re ASIAN BUT NOT ALL ASIAN EAT RICE + RAW EGGS.
I’m Vietnamese, I never eat raw egg. But my family eat medium raw boiling egg & fried opla. It’s still have a bit raw yellow yolk part, but 100% raw is NO.
Btw, we VIETNAMESE HAVE MULTIPLE DISHES MEALS FOR BREAKFAST.
Foods is one of our biggest cultures & lifestyle ❤❤❤

Yuk. Imagine going in for a kiss?

Why not poachie eggs, like I do 😊

Yuck !

U nasty!

In Korea, i've never seen people who eat like that.. I think it's Japan's recipe

i love egg yolk and how creamy it is when mixing with rice but i hate how it makes my rice cold or room temp, is there any way around this

I love your videos, God bless you

Wait… is this real? I always thought if you eat raw eggs you’ll get sick.

the song brings back so much memories 😂 ahhh mannn

But doesn't msg stay in your body like a toxin?

Not even on drugs I would eat raw egg yuck

I eat this pretty much everyday but rice, soft egg (not completely raw),sesame seeds, and green onion with a pinch of salt

I don't like raw eggs, but I've heard people say not to yuck someone's yum, so I won't

Wowwwww. I thought this video was good, and then I saw the comment section. THIS SHORT IS AMAZING. 1) Thank you for correcting misinformation. 2)Thank you for making it make sense for the rest of us! When you grow up eating other cuisines, American frameworks for nutritious food are… well, completely foreign and hard to follow. Needed that deconstruction for real. Like, wow, I really started to believe I had to eat quinoa and chicken breast forever to be “healthy.” 🙏

You actually rock so much for this.

I thought she was gonna cook em all 💀

Bro stop pls ✋😭

Okay but doesn’t it feel like you’re eating saliva????😭im sorry for asking (not trying to hate)

Msg ruined everything for me

Immediately no

A dietetian who eats too much rice.

Yo that’s nasty!

if you don’t like raw egg, then you can cook yours however you like. dishes like these are easily customizable to your individual tastes, preferences, dietary needs, etc.

WAIT LMAO THAT'S A NIGA HIGA SONG IN THE BG

My mom was half japanese anf her mom used to make this for them. Although my mom did not like the raw egg texture. I do remember her talking about tomago kake gohan.

That shit tastes awesomes. I wanna go to japan or koreas just to eat their raw eggs

MSG?!! What kind of dietician is she!!!!! Her credentials need to be stripped!

Hell no

Americans need to stop going crazy over raw eggs

Here in Poland we have Gogol mogol which is literally a raw egg mixed with sugar