Limiting animal fats, chicken skin, offal, and fried foods, while increasing green vegetables and fruits, reducing sweets, and exercising, can help lower fat.
Lan, 20 years old, washes lean meat with boiling water to remove every last trace of fat, believing "if any remains, it will immediately cling to her stomach and thighs."
A 36-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition with milky white plasma and acute necrotic pancreatitis due to a sudden spike in blood fat levels after the Tet holiday.
