By: Maggie McKinnon
The two great Chinese philosophers, Confucius and Taoism, not only contributed to philosophy but also to the way the Chinese food is prepared and served. Preparing Chinese food requires a lot of expertise and experience.
The Chinese culture has a special way of serving food that is cut into small bite pieces which is made almost mandatory. Chinese food also stresses the importance of the right combination of ingredients like herbs and condiments.
The Chinese food is cooked with the intention of increasing the health benefits like longevity and having healing powers. A good Chinese dish is prepared with poly unsaturated oils and does not use milk based ingredients like cream, butter, or cheese.
Although meat is used in Chinese food, it is used in moderation and hence avoids high levels of animal fat and cholesterol. These foods are called authentic. Chinese food which is in fact good for your health. Traditional Chinese food emphasis is given to rice, noodles and vegetables.
The Chinese food can be chosen, to make a great difference by opting for various dishes with different nutritional value. Chicken or beef dishes and vegetables are a good choice. Fried dishes like sesame chicken can be substituted with cashew chicken or beef and broccoli. These dishes offer nutritional value that is not in most of the other dishes.
Chinese food largely makes use of soy sauce and other ingredients that are rich in sodium. The safest bet is vegetables and steamed dishes or stir fried with little or no oil.
To lower fat calories, vegetable based dishes with a variety of sauces and steamed rice complete a healthy Chinese food. To wind up the Chinese meal, fortune cookies which contain only 15 calories would be perfect.
I feel like there are a lot of similarites in the American diet. These days, you can substiture pretty much anything and it would still add the ssame flavor. It is also easier to find thing with lower calories, low sodium, etc. For example, I know that my mom buys a lot of the 1oo calorie foods. She will also buy things with no sugar or things that are reduced fat.
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Great information! I liked how you knew the exact amount of calories there were in some of the types of food in china. It sounds like China has much healthier food than America does. Overall, the cuisine sounds more organic as well.
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