Nikocado Avocado, who has 3.9 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, started his newest video—entitled “Two Steps Forward”—carrying a panda costume head. However this wasn’t his typical “muckbang” video. As a substitute, Avocado appeared to guac his followers’ worlds with what he then stated and did. After eradicating the panda head, Avocado revealed how issues about him haven’t precisely been “black and white.”

Avocado, who’s Ukrainian-American and has declared himself because the “King of Mukbangs,” had indicated that he weighed 359 kilos in a YouTube video seemingly from earlier this 12 months. Be mindful the phrase “seemingly.” Avocado wasn’t the originator of the entire “mukbang video” factor and there’s no official mukbang royalty. The mukbang pattern had originated in South Korea however has since unfold sort of worldwide. Such movies function folks consuming giant quantities of meals on digicam just like the final video earlier than the “Two Steps Forward” one uploaded on Avocado’s YouTube channel seven months in the past. That one confirmed him feasting on a mountain of spicy tacky fireplace noodles.

So, in case you’re a fan of Avocado’s channels, you in all probability anticipated the subsequent video to easily present him as his traditional self feasting on one other set of meals gadgets. However that might be getting forward of your self. As a substitute, in his “Two Steps Forward” video uploaded on Friday, Avocado toasted what he described as “the best social experiment of my complete life.” He then eliminated his panda head to disclose a seemingly a lot lighter model of himself than what followers had gotten accustomed to seeing, as you’ll be able to see right here:

On this video, Avocado defined, “At the moment, I awoke from a really lengthy dream and I additionally awoke from having misplaced 250 kilos off of my physique.” He continued by saying, “But, simply yesterday, folks have been calling me fats and sick and boring and irrelevant, folks, individuals are probably the most tousled creatures on your entire planet.”

Now, this weight reduction possible didn’t happen in a single day. That will have been sort of unattainable. As a substitute, in one other video in one other of Avocado’s channels, Avocado admitted, “I haven’t made a video for like two years.” So, it appears to be like like numerous his movies posted over the previous 12 months or two could have been pre-recorded prematurely. Solely Avocado is aware of for positive his timeline for dropping pounds and what method he used. I’ve reached out to Avocado for additional remark.

One of many issues that the “Two Steps Forward” video ended up highlighting is the continuing drawback of fats shaming, which is when one ridicules others about their physique weight. It’s certainly a disgrace how frequent fats shaming stays in our society. Simply bounce on to social media or take heed to what some politicians hold saying and also you’ll discover loads of examples. That’s why The Roundtable on Weight problems Options organized by the Nationwide Academies of Science, Engineering and Medication has needed to proceed addressing this drawback and the issue of weight stigma, basically.

Weight stigma arises from the key false impression that weight problems is solely the results of lack of management, consuming an excessive amount of and transferring round too little. Surely, many individuals fighting weight problems are very cautious about what they eat and keep very disciplined train regimens and life. The very fact is folks can differ considerably in what’s inside and out of doors them. Completely different genetics, physiologies, social conditions, environments, financial circumstances and different elements can considerably have an effect on one’s physique weight and composition over time.

That being stated, whereas mukbang movies might be entertaining, you in all probability shouldn’t be utilizing lots of them for normal dietary steering. That will be sort of like utilizing the film Deadpool and Wolverine for train routine or profession steering. Many mukbang sequences do function portion sizes which can be method too giant and much to a lot added salt, sugar and different stuff.

Plus, it may be exhausting to inform whether or not the particular person within the video actually ended up consuming every thing proven. What you see on YouTube movies don’t essentially symbolize actuality. And Avocado’s “Two Steps Forward” video is additional proof of that.