why is chinese food bad for you?

[exothermic]

okay recently this has been the only type of fast food ive bought because basically i dont get why its so bad for you to be honest, cause i read that its okay to eat stir fried chicken and i make it at home, so plz tell me whats wrong with fast food chinese plz, i get white rice with it vegetables alota greens and cabbage and protein from the meat, i would love to know whats so wrong with it....

[Skull Crusher Chris]

All the added sodium and Oils

[RedSox99]

the sugary (think i spelled it right) sauces, the noodles, soy sauce smothered entrees that they serve...fine to have once in a while, but don't make it a more than once a week thing, imo

[callmeawesome]

There's a chinese place by me called "Pingpong" - not really fast food, but it makes chinese dishes. I don't consider it a cheat meal at all, very healthy food, brown rice comes on the side. I think if you can find a nice place that makes chinese food, it can be beneficial... and delicious.

[Bad Meets Evil]

okay recently this has been the only type of fast food ive bought because basically i dont get why its so bad for you to be honest, cause i read that its okay to eat stir fried chicken and i make it at home, so plz tell me whats wrong with fast food chinese plz, i get white rice with it vegetables alota greens and cabbage and protein from the meat, i would love to know whats so wrong with it....

A lot of the veggies are dripping with oil, corn starch, and high sodium sauces.

[landon3]

trans fat too.

[sugapablo]

Chinese restaurant food is like any restaurant food. Loaded with extra sodium and fat for flavor.

It's not that "Chinese food" is bad. Chinese food you make yourself is wonderful and healthy (if you make it right).

[AlwaysOnFire24]

I order chicken and broccoli steamed with brown rice. Extremely healthy and delicious!!

[exothermic]

well the fats im not worried about cause i burn fat real easly so thats not a problem, so basically the sodium is whats bad, hmm welll i dont eat it often once or twice a week

[i_bleed_texan]

well the fats im not worried about cause i burn fat real easly so thats not a problem, so basically the sodium is whats bad, hmm welll i dont eat it often once or twice a week

You don't get it. I've seen "healthy" dishes at these places that have damn near 100g of fat. You're seriously misinformed if you think that's ok.

[bootybabe]

It just depends on what you get. There are deffinately healthy options at chinese resturants you just have to watch out for the dishes loaded with fatty, sugary, and sodium filled sauces.

[kdubs]

It just depends on what you get. There are deffinately healthy options at chinese resturants you just have to watch out for the dishes loaded with fatty, sugary, and sodium filled sauces.

yeah, chances are if what you order has a sauce it's ****. i'm sure you can order the sauce on the side, in which case you can order steamed chicken & broccoli (i've seen this at tons of chinese restaurants) and just eat the chicken, broccoli and brown rice without all the extra cals from trans fat and high fructose corn syrup.

it'd be way better for you to just make it ahead of time at home though, then you know exactly what's goin into it.

[ItTakesTime]

chicken with broccoli, steamed, brown rice or no rice.

[mrselfde_struct]

foget about chinese food, how about thai or vietnamese now thats good food. chinese gets a thumbs down in my book for flavor.

[Skyles]

Many chinese foods have lard in their recipes, only time I tried chinese
was in Honk Kong and it suks, I would not eat go near chinese food
again.

[eyesonly]

foget about chinese food, how about thai or vietnamese now thats good food. chinese gets a thumbs down in my book for flavor.

I disagree, you are stating a blanket view on an entire country's style of cuisine. Some of the native Chinese meals are delicious, especially such delights such as dim sum.

I'm not a fan of thai as much, though I share your view on Vietnamese. I have a bowl of pho usually once a week on cheat day. I'm not even sure if it's a cheat, but I figure it probably has a lot more calories than I think it does...

[JingleAllTheWAY]

i eat chinese once a week.....its not that bad..just order the right stuff. dont get fried rice or chow mein or the fried stuff (orange or lemon chicken, wontons, eggrolls)
i order a combo with brown rice, bbq'd chicken thighs and broccolie beef...or chicken and zucchini
nothing wrong with it...anyone who says you shouldn't eat chinese food is TOO STRICT with their dieting.

[Oldboy]

There's a chinese place by me called "Pingpong" - not really fast food, but it makes chinese dishes. I don't consider it a cheat meal at all, very healthy food, brown rice comes on the side. I think if you can find a nice place that makes chinese food, it can be beneficial... and delicious.

Is that in london?

[siamesedream]

chinese food is statistically proven to be more violent than other kinds of food. if you must eat it, it's best to use a plastic spork and nothing else so that it has little to attack you with if it tries.

[JHICKS3301]

okay recently this has been the only type of fast food ive bought because basically i dont get why its so bad for you to be honest, cause i read that its okay to eat stir fried chicken and i make it at home, so plz tell me whats wrong with fast food chinese plz, i get white rice with it vegetables alota greens and cabbage and protein from the meat, i would love to know whats so wrong with it....

all the oils that they use to cook them in

[xamadeix]

Depends where you go... some places are like the mcdonalds of chinese food.. others on the other hand can be very good.. theres a few excellent super clean chinese resturants here. really depends wherre you go and what you get.

[iceman_84]

foget about chinese food, how about thai or vietnamese now thats good food. chinese gets a thumbs down in my book for flavor.

Agree. Thai food is so much fresher than Chinese. Can't go wrong with the stir frys at a thai restaurant.As good as red/green/panang curry tastes prob leave it alone due to large amount of coconut milk.

[BlueFenix13S]

Why not make your own stir-fry?

Another thing I've noticed about Chinese take-out places is HUGE portion sizes. If you go get it, eat 1/2, put 1/2 away for later. Moderation.

[kdubs]

this was posted a little while ago in the "meals eating now" thread. dude knows how to make some stir-fry. figure out some recipes like this and you can probably eat chinese everyday.

Chicken-Baby Bella-Green Bean-Brocolli Healthy Stir Fry

Well this was just an amazing treat, me in the kitchen at my best stuff tasted just incredible. Here is step by step on how to make and ingredients.

Ingredients-(what i used)

20oz Whole Baby Bella
8oz Chicken Breast
12oz Brocolli
12oz Green Bean
3oz Tamari Soy Sauce
Garlic Powder
Cumin
Sea Salt
Tumeric
Basil

Ok first what i did was slice the baby bella mushrooms into semi thin pieces and threw in a pan. Then took the 8oz of chicken breast and cut it into pieces and put them on a bakeing sheet of which i seasoned them with alot of garlic powder,salt,cumin,tumeric and basil. I then put that in the oven for 30 mins at 375 degrees. At the 25 min mark on the chicken i started to lightly steam the Green beans and brocolli. I then threw them into the pan with the mushrooms and added alot of garlic powder and sea salt.

When chicken was cooked i put the pieces into the pan, added the soy sauce and turned on and covered for 4 mins on medium heat. What this did was make the mushrooms expell there juices and mix with the Tamari, thus there is no need to add oil or pam because the mushrooms really do leak out alot of juice which nicely coats the bottem of the pan. I then kicked up the heat to full blast and stir fryed the veggies in all of the juices in the pan for about 3 minutes until the wonderful smell made me want to plate it and eat it really badly

Put on plate add sea salt some garlic powder if you wish and enjoy, there you have it check out the pictures, this stuff really did taste INCREDIBLE everything blended so well i was amazed. Ate it all up fast too, this is me at my best, i did not follow a recipie totally made this up on the spot i just did what i do best.



Chicken raw


Chicken at 25 min mark


Everything in the pan


Delicious food


closeup

[mrselfde_struct]

holy schnikeys!!! LOL that looks awesome!

Great job!!!!!

[callmeawesome]

Is that in london?

It's in chicago

[.ridiculous]

high sodium

[mrmong]

I'm chinese and yes i have to agree, most chinese resturants you will go to load up their food with lots of different oils and starch etc...but its not just chinese. in my opinion most foods arent that bad for u, its just a matter of how you cook them.

instead of fries, chop up some potatoes and bake them....much healthier for you.
basically cook for yourself, you know what you are putting in the food, and you can determine how healthy/unhealthy you want to eat.

the only kind of ethnic food ive ever seen that is served even moderately healthy is greek food....and damn taht **** is goooooood

[JingleAllTheWAY]

I'm chinese and yes i have to agree, most chinese resturants you will go to load up their food with lots of different oils and starch etc...but its not just chinese. in my opinion most foods arent that bad for u, its just a matter of how you cook them.

instead of fries, chop up some potatoes and bake them....much healthier for you.
basically cook for yourself, you know what you are putting in the food, and you can determine how healthy/unhealthy you want to eat.

the only kind of ethnic food ive ever seen that is served even moderately healthy is greek food....and damn taht **** is goooooood

from my experience most middle eastern food is cooked very healthy also.

[krayz66]

well the fats im not worried about cause i burn fat real easly so thats not a problem, so basically the sodium is whats bad, hmm welll i dont eat it often once or twice a week

lol once or twice a week is pretty often.