Can I sustain myself with kimchi and rice for long?

Question

Can I sustain myself with kimchi and rice for long?

Answer 1

kimchi is the best.  but yes, I really think you should throw a fried egg in there or something.  like someone said, rice may contain protein, but it's not a complete protein.  you'll be lacking essential amino acids, and you'll probably get dry hair and skin, look older, have your nails be brittle and break..that is, if you sustain this diet for a long enough time.

Answer 2

YES - a lifetime!! The fermentation and the ingredients used in kimchee is highly beneficial for healthy living.

Nutrition and health

Kimchi is made of various vegetables and contains a high concentration of dietary fiber, while being low in calories. It also provides up to 80% of the daily required amount of ascorbic acid and carotene.

Most types of kimchi contain common ingredients like onions, garlic and peppers all of which have well-known health benefits. The vegetables being made into kimchi also contribute to the overall nutritional value.

Kimchi is rich in vitamin A, thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), calcium and iron, and contains a number of lactic acid bacteria. In 2000, a novel bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacterium (strain MT-1077T) was isolated from Kimchi and was named Lactobacillus kimchi.

Kimchi has a reputation of being a healthy food. The US magazine Health named kimchi in its list of top five "World's Healthiest Foods" for being rich in vitamins, aiding digestion, and even possibly retarding cancer growth. However, some research focused on high-sodium dietary dependence has found overconsumption of kimchi and soybean paste ( hangul: 된장 similar to miso ) to be a risk factor in gastric cancer (most likely due to nitrates and salt) while unfermented alliums and unfermented seafood were found to be protective factors.

One oncological study found one type of kimchi to be a protective factor against gastric cancer while two other types of such high-sodium kimchi as dongchimi (hangul: 동치미) were risk factors.

Nutritional composition of typical kimchi

Nutrients per 100g

Food energy(Kal) 32 Moisture(g) 88.4

Crude protein(g) 2.0 Crude Lipid (g) 0.6

Total sugar(g) 1.3 Crude fiber(g) 1.2

Crude ash (g) 0.5 Calcium(mg) 45

Phosphorus(mg) 28 Vitamin A (lU) 492

Vitamin B1 (mg) 0.03 Vitamin B2 (mg) 0.06

Niacin(mg) 2.1 Vitamin C(mg) 21

+per 100g of edible portion

Answer 3

You could survive on them for a while - rice is a good source of complex carbohydrates, and you will be getting some vitamins and minerals from the cabbage or radish in the kimchi, BUT... you have no protien in the diet, so you will become lethargic very quickly (2-3 days). If you only eat these two things for a prolonged period (1 week or more) you could end up very sick, as they are not high in iron. Try introducing some lean protien, eg. chicken, and take some vitamin supplements.

Answer 4

What where is your protein dude!

Answer 5

Yes. Koreans are the healthiest people in the world. Go figure. Try gimbap, soups like beef and bone, bulgogi, curries aswell x

Answer 6

ugh, do you know what you will smell like after eating kimchi for a long time?

Answer 7

I don't know how long - probably months - but it will seem like much longer.

By the way, the others are wrong about the protein.  Rice is 8% protein.  It is not a complete protein but you will be getting enough to sustain you for a good long while.  Americans way over estimate the amount of protein they need.

Answer 8

Put bits of BBQ pork meat in the rice and add a nice cold beer to it and I would say you can go on until you are called home!