Chinese restaurant food unhealthy, study says

[sao123]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17718517/

? Study: Chinese food bad for you
March 21: A new study says Chinese restaurant food is bad for your blood pressure and waistline. MSNBC.com's Dara Brown reports.
MSNBC.com

Updated: 14 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The typical Chinese restaurant menu is a sea of nutritional no-nos, a consumer group has found.

A plate of General Tso?s chicken, for example, is loaded with about 40 percent more sodium and more than half the calories an average adult needs for an entire day.

The battered, fried chicken dish with vegetables has 1,300 calories, 3,200 milligrams of sodium and 11 grams of saturated fat.

That?s before the rice (200 calories a cup). And after the egg rolls (200 calories and 400 milligrams of sodium).

?I don?t want to put all the blame on Chinese food,? said Bonnie Liebman, nutrition director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which did a report released Tuesday.

?Across the board, American restaurants need to cut back on calories and salt, and in the meantime, people should think of each meal as not one, but two, and bring home half for tomorrow,? Liebman said.

The average adult needs around 2,000 calories a day and 2,300 milligrams of salt, which is about one teaspoon of salt, according to government guidelines.

Sheila Weiss, director of nutrition policy at the National Restaurant Association didn't criticize the report, but noted that Chinese restaurants typically offer a lot of options for customers looking to steer clear of fried foods and heavy sauces.

"Chinese restaurants have so many options available that help customers make smart choices," she said. "You can always get steamed vegetables or vegetables in light sauces, as well as lean protein. I think the menus are very clear about the option available."

In some ways, CSPI's Liebman said, Italian and Mexican restaurants are worse for your health, because their food is higher in saturated fat, which can increase the risk of heart disease.

While Chinese restaurant food is bad for your waistline and blood pressure ? sodium contributes to hypertension ? it does offer vegetable-rich dishes and the kind of fat that?s not bad for the heart.

duh... ALL FOOD IS BAD FOR YOU...

all food contains one or more of the following...

Sugar/Carbs + Fat/Cholestorol + Salt

if it doenst contain at least one of those items, it tastes like cardboard... and no-one eats it.


The simple solution to all your health problems... just stop eating.

 

[Phokus]

Racists

General Gau is addictive thoughl.

 

[purbeast0]

my question is ... who the fvck are the dumbasses who thought chinese food was good/healthy for you?

they need to do a study on who these idiots are, rather than stating the obvious.

 

[CityShrimp]

I doubt REAL Chinese foods have this much crap :/
All the sodium + MSG + calories in Chinese restaurants are there to satisfy Americans.
Well... I guess with the exception of Cantonese restaurants. The food there are freakin' oily!

 

[trmiv]

Who cares, it tastes good. I don't eat it every day, but when I do I want it to taste good!

 

[sdifox]

LOL, the only thing Chinese in the above menu is the Rice! Give me a break, if you are going to a fast food restaurant, it doesn't matter which "cuisine" it is, it's bad for you.


P.S. Please stop putting soy sauce (or the 'jus' in the dish for that matter) on the steamed rice. That is just not done and it adds tons of sodium to it. The rice is bland on purpose so you can taste the dishes.

 

[Hyperlite]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
my question is ... who the fvck are the dumbasses who thought americanized chinese food was good/healthy for you?

they need to do a study on who these idiots are, rather than stating the obvious.

edited and
QFT!!!!

 

[TecHNooB]

Sushi FTMFW!

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
my question is ... who the fvck are the dumbasses who thought chinese food was good/healthy for you?

they need to do a study on who these idiots are, rather than stating the obvious.

hahahah so fvcking true!


it is not healhthy but it is yummy. we go about once a month to a local place. hmm

 

[Laughingman12]

Well of course their food is unhealthy. So much fat and oils is certainly not part of your usual diet.

 

[iroast]

Remember folks, this is restaurant food. Real Chinese food isn't bad for you. 1.5 billion Chinese to prove it.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: CityShrimp
I doubt REAL Chinese foods have this much crap :/
All the sodium + MSG + calories in Chinese restaurants are there to satisfy Americans.
Well... I guess with the exception of Cantonese restaurants. The food there are freakin' oily!

Wrong, at least on the MSG part.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate

 

[Imported]

How long till New York bans Chinese food like they did trans fats? :roll:

 

[b0mbrman]

Well, at least it's not as bad as McDonald's. McHeartAttack anyone?

 

[49erinnc]

Originally posted by: trmiv
Who cares, it tastes good. I don't eat it every day, but when I do I want it to taste good!

QFT

I eat Chinese food maybe once a month, if that. And because I eat it so rarely, I have no problem with it being full of sodium, calories and fat. I wouldn't find it nearly as appealing if it didn't have the bad crap in it.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Well, at least it's not as bad as McDonald's. McHeartAttack anyone?

hummmm, lets see.

Double Quarter Pounder® with Cheese
9.8 oz (279 g)
740 Calories
380 Kcals from fat
42 total fat
65 % daily value
19 Saturated fat
96 % daily value
2.5 Trans fat
155 Cholesterol
52 %daily value
1380 Sodium
57 % daily value


Panda Express
Orange Chicken
5 1.2 ounces
480 Kcals
21 total fat
4.5 saturated fat
80 Cholelesterol
820 Sodium
No rice

so if you round up Panda Express orange chicken's portion size to 9.5 (the same as a Mcdonalds double with cheese) they are pretty damn close.

so jsut eat half a double quarter pounder.

 

[AbsoluteParadigm]

I wonder if the stats listed is for a dish which is probably more than one serving. If the stats is the total of the whole dish then of course it's going to be a lot. The nutritional information shown on other foods always list per serving stats.

 

[daniel3168]

hey the Chinese food they are talking about is the buffet style that food did not come from china that food was created here in the good old USA during the 1850-1900 i think i saw a show on the history channel that talked about where it comes from

 

[Tiamat]

Thats not chinese food... thats american food...

 

[Safeway]

Tell me something I didn't already know about American Chinese food ...

"No MSG added" means that there was already MSG in it when they received the box of frozen meals.

 

[JS80]

lol like this is any different from TGI Friday's, Applebee's, etc.

 

[DBL]

Originally posted by: CityShrimp
I doubt REAL Chinese foods have this much crap :/
All the sodium + MSG + calories in Chinese restaurants are there to satisfy Americans.
Well... I guess with the exception of Cantonese restaurants. The food there are freakin' oily!

Dim Sum?

I think it's portion size that is key.

 

[Eeezee]

A whole plate of General Tso's Chicken is half of the calories you need for the day? I don't know anyone who can even eat a whole plate of that stuff. Whenever I go to the Chinese restaurant I bring half home.

 

[jman19]

Fast food that is bad for you? There's a shock :roll:

 

[cjchaps]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
A whole plate of General Tso's Chicken is half of the calories you need for the day? I don't know anyone who can even eat a whole plate of that stuff. Whenever I go to the Chinese restaurant I bring half home.

I take it you are not a big d00d? I guess it also depends on what portion size you are talking about. If you order at a sit down place it is usually less than a carry out container... I can easily finish off a plate full of the Tso's!