Unhealthiest Chinese Foods

Chinese food is wonderful. The flavors bring you back for more. But the reason their foods are so flavorful have something to do with fat and salt content. This is what attracts us and keeps bringing us back to the endless Chinese buffets. Stick with the steamed white rice, instead of the fried rice and skip the desserts, which are all full of fat and sugar. Here are a few foods to avoid when you feel like Chinese.

Chinese Sausage is a no-no for anyone who is trying to eat healthy. The beef sausage is made with a very high fat content. And even the alternate pork version is also made with much fat. Instead pick some chicken. I especially love sesame chicken and chicken with broccoli. Sesame chicken is often breaded, so for the health nut it should be left aside from a non-breaded variety.

Soy Sauce IS Chinese food for most. But Soy Sauce has a high salt content. Using it in small amounts is just fine, but going to excess can cause bloating. Also, Soy Sauce, as it's name suggests, is made from soy beans. Many people have an allergy to soy based products, so one should be careful when consuming any Chinese foods.

When it comes to seafood many people would pick shrimp as their favored choice, but shrimp is very high in iodine. Though iodine does do some good things for the body, we use it on open wounds to fight bacteria and promote healing, it is not so good on the stomach when to much is ingested. It can cause sweats and diarrhea.

Pork is another thing that you will find often at the Chinese buffet, but again is something you should pass by in search of the healthier and leaner white meat chicken. Pork too is considered a white meat, but it generally has a higher salt content than the other meats, which causes bloating and a build up in your system can cause even worse complications.

Avoid anything containing MSG (monosodium glutamate). MSG is an Amino Acid, but it is also a known allergen and can cause high blood pressure, digestive issues and it can even effect the nervous system.

sources:

http://appetiteforchina.com

http://www.msgtruth.org