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I read an online article the other day about how to make Chinese Food healthier:
I was unimpressed with it. I argued with every suggestion:
They said: Order the Sweet & Sour Pork/Chicken or any other meat dish without the fried breading. I said: I don’t want to have to order it without the breading. That’s a pain in the butt for the restaurant staff.
They said: Eliminate the soy sauce or ask for low sodium sauce. I said: Sodium only causes temporary weight gain and can be flushed out by drinking more water. It has nothing to do with weight gain and is only a health issue if you have high blood pressure.
They said: Ask for brown rice instead of white rice. I said: I’m not believing the brown rice fad. I know they say that it’s a whole grain as opposed to white rice, but I want to see the facts. How much extra fiber? Brown rice is a fad right now and I’m not really wanting to jump on that bandwagon.
They said: Order Rice or Chow Mein/Chow Fun but not both. I said: I never order Chow Mein. That stuff is FRIED in oil. Carbo-loading isn’t the issue.
They said: Order Wonton soup instead of the Wonton appetizer. I said: The wonton in Wonton Soup taste NOTHING like the fried Wontons. That warm soup feeling is not a good substitute.
After arguing with everything that Skinny Jeans had to say, I realized something. I only eat Chinese food when I want to binge. I know how to eat healthy at a Chinese restaurant, so if it is chosen by the group I can eat without ruining my day, but if I have a choice, I only choose Chinese when I want to binge. Wonton Soup isn’t going to cut it when I want to eat friend wontons because it wasn’t about eating healthy for me. It was about feeding the starving child inside of me.
How do I eat healthy when the group chooses Chinese food? I order a single serving of steamed rice and a cup of hot sour soup. It’s easy for the restaurant staff, cheap, and pretty filling. I count about 200 calories for a half cup of the rice and about 100 calories for the soup. When I’m forced to go to a Chinese restaurant when I’m eating healthy, that’s what I choose.
When I’m tempted to binge, no simple list will ever get me past it.
Via: Food: Make that Chinese take-out more healthy – Lifehacker
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May 11th, 2007 at 9:11 am
For me, the problem with these simple lists of rules is that I end up forgetting them. Then, when I do remember them, it’s always after I ordered, by which time I feel bad about calling the waiter back and changing something. I’d rather just stick to a healthy choice rather than taking something that’s inherently unhealthy and try to make it less unhealthy.
I usually get the hot and sour soup and then some kind of simple vegetarian dish when I’m at a Chinese place. Snow Peas in Garlic Sauce, Eggplant or something along those lines. That way I get food I enjoy without having to remember a bunch of rules about what to order and how to order it.
GJ http://www.60in3.com
May 11th, 2007 at 10:26 am
I like chicken and brocli, mappa tofu and mushrooms are also good but I really like things like sesmi balls