My boyfriend and I have recently began eating Chinese take out very often (maybe 1 or 2 times a week to every other week), and I'm starting to wonder if its too much, and if it is unhealthy for you, like eating McDonald's all the time? Anyone have an idea??
2007-05-22 02:27:54 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dining Out ➔ Fast Food
Most of Chinese food, especially in the USA, is full of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) which is very unhealthy and over 30% of the population has allergic reactions to it to one degree or another.
MSG has also been linked to Alzheimer's. Not that it causes it but can be a trigger to set it off if you have it in your family history.
go to a search engine and bring up information on MSG and you will never go near the stuff again.
2007-05-22 02:46:01 · answer #1 · answered by pinelake302 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is generally healthier than eating fast food, unless you are sticking with things like Chicken Soo Guy, general Tao's chicken, Sweet and Sour anything or other highly processed foods . Outside of these dishes, the biggest problem is an overabundance of sodium, which is contributory to hypertension( high blood pressure)
If you are mostly going for simple chow mein, fried rice and chop suey dishes and dishes with lots of vegetables, you'll do fine eating chinese a couple of times each week. The next biggest problem will come from the large amounts of MSG often used in North American chinese style dishes. some people actually react to the large aounts of MSG, and this is actually documented as 'chinese restaurant syndrome'.
So, eat the simple dishes , with lots of vegetable, rather than the breaded and battered dishes and don't use too much soy sauce( very high in salt content) and you'll be better off than if you were eating burgers and fries on a regular basis, provided you don't have hypertension problems or a reaction to MSG
2007-05-22 02:55:11 · answer #2 · answered by potbellyhairyfoot 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how it is cooked and what you are eating. If you are eating mostly vegetables and white rice, you aren't doing too bad although brown rice would be better for you. You can reduce the fat by asking for your food to be cooked in broth and not fat. You are however eating a huge amount of sodium and probably MSG. Asian food is easy to cook at home, why not check out recipes online and start cooking real food for yourself? You'll have more control and feel better about what you are putting in your body. Here's a question for you, how many Asian people do you see eating at most "chinese" fast food places. They won't eat the stuff either.
2007-05-22 03:17:46 · answer #3 · answered by tjnstlouismo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I think Chinese takeout TASTES very much better than Occidental fast food, and it does usually have more vegetables, but it also has just as much fat and usually way, way more sodium. The secret to healthy eating is not precisely WHAT you eat but HOW MUCH you eat and exercise. Oriental cuisine can easily be part of a balanced diet and workout program, just as McDonald's and Burger King can be part of a healthy lifestyle.
2007-05-22 02:43:25 · answer #4 · answered by datamonkey0031 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You will probably get more vegetables, but all that sodium and the amount of sauce used in many of the dishes is not good for you. It depends on what you eat from the restaurant and what you order from McDonalds. Neither is very healthy that is for sure. I still eat both though. You only live once right?
2007-05-22 05:14:51 · answer #5 · answered by Dawgfan 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Chinese food are healthy and real food . I working at the chinese restaurant, you use fresh vegetables, meat and vegetable oil. even though all the meat , they trimmed all the fat. you can not compare as McDonald's. but i recomend order from restaurant , they are more fresh than fast food.
2007-05-22 02:46:52 · answer #6 · answered by Seung A L 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's probably very close. but not all chinese food is as bad as mcdonalds or other fast food places. if you get just rice or brocolli and rice or something of that sort, then it's going to be rather healthy.
2007-05-22 03:29:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It relies upon on what you order-candy and bitter chicken, or commonplace Tso's chicken are fried, and the sauces have countless sugar and salt from chinese language places-yet you are able to order healthful ideas from the two the quickly foodstuff AND the chinese language place-So this is all approximately what you order....
2016-10-31 02:15:17 · answer #8 · answered by labounty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think is as bad, but chinese food have a larger variety of things in there. fast food is oil, meat, bread, and potatoe
but chinese food had lotta veggies, celery cabbage.. etc
but both are still greasy
2007-05-22 08:57:15 · answer #9 · answered by Curious 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Some of it is even worse. It is not even real Chinese food. It's basically fast food.
2007-05-22 02:37:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋