The Disturbing Truth of Mukbang | A Documentary

We need to talk about Mukbang 먹방 ... ⚠️ WARNING: Extreme Food Content⚠️ From Zach Choi, to Eat With Boki, Nikocado Avocado, and Trisha Paytas - Mukbang and ASMR food content is extremely popular on Youtube. This video aims to explain why we love watching other people eat so much - as well as the rise and popularity of food content in general. As we’ll learn, food is an incredibly potent visual stimuli. And just looking at it - even through a screen can be enough to make us hungry - or even ’satisfy’ us, as if we had eaten ourselves. We’ll start at the beginning. How food content became so prevalent through Instagram, the Food Network and our current Foodie culture. How Mukbang Started in South Korea - and then made its way to America. #mukbang #documentary #먹방 00:00 - Intro 02:52 - Rise of Food Content 07:59 - Mukbang History 9:27 - First American Mukbang 10:42 - Popularity & Controversy 13:11 - Why Do People Watch Mukbang? 13:23 - Entertainment Value 14:03 - The Portion Sizes... 15:19 - Unique Foods & ASMRtists 17:20 - Nikocado Avocado 18:11 - Mukbang Has Gone Too Far 20:36 - Is It A Fetish? 23:21 - The “Feeders” 24:24 Instinctual Acts 27:34 - No Words... 29:16 - Connection 30:34 - Loneliness & Eating Alone 32:43 - THE FOOD! 34:34 -Watching People Eat 34:47 - Satisfying? 35:23 - Big Bites & Eating Clean 36:15 - Gross and Unappetizing 38:37 - Vicarious Satiation 40:24 - Hunger, Cravings, Food Cues 43:02 - The Power of Food Content 48:05 - Supernormal Stimuli 55:05 - My NEW Program! 56:16 - Conclusion We’ll be answering the following questions: -Why Do People Like Watching Mukbangs? / Who watches Mukbangs? -Are Mukbangs helpful for dieting? Can Mukbangs truly be satisfying? Note: Most of the close up (and most delicious looking lol) food shots I used in this video were footage from: @ZachChoi @Fumeyamyam (almost all Korean Food close ups were from Fume!), and @McBangASMR *~*~* ✉️ Send me a Video Suggestion! ✉️ 💬 Join me on Discord! 💬 👀 Check out our subreddit! 👀 ⭐️ GET MY GUIDE! ⭐️ How to Change: A Guide to Breaking Bad Habits and Getting Motivated Get it here: 🤓 MY RECOMMENDED BOOK LIST 🤓 💖 FOLLOW ME! 💖 IG: TikTok: @kianadocherty Reddit: