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Post by CMF Newsman on Mar 21, 2007 9:43:13 GMT -5
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. complete story
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Post by xterragirl on Mar 21, 2007 10:31:59 GMT -5
I never thought it was very healthy food but it sure is good! BTW, I've been told the new Chinese buffet at the Signal Mtn. Wal-Mart does not use MSG in the food.
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Post by whimdriven on Mar 21, 2007 12:56:36 GMT -5
I had a big dish of General Tso for lunch.
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Post by Kordax on Mar 21, 2007 21:43:34 GMT -5
This is why you should cook your own food -- much of the Chinese food designed for American tastes is a grade below dog food ...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2007 21:48:42 GMT -5
Arf, arf, woof, woof. (Feed me!)
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Post by Longshot! [ Saint ] on Mar 22, 2007 7:06:20 GMT -5
Sometimes, just SOMETIMES, it's Ok to eat things for Taste. Not Content.
Shit Hell.
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Post by gridbug on Mar 24, 2007 23:13:50 GMT -5
And three above McDonalds.
Cooked right, chinese food is very healthy. I can't think of a restaurant that serves chinese food in town...
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Post by Longshot! [ Saint ] on Mar 25, 2007 7:28:01 GMT -5
The joint next to my salon may not be healthy, but DAMN if it isn't tasty. China Star, folks. It's what Mon & Pop Chinese Joints are all about.
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Post by TNBear on Mar 25, 2007 10:04:32 GMT -5
If you'd like to have some awesome Chinese eats drive on down to Marrietta and try Tasty China. They specialize in Setzchuan (sp?) cooking, particularly a style known as "Ma La" or "hot and numbing". The heat is from chiles and the numbing effect is from a large dose of Setzchuan peppercorns-not a true pepper but rather they are dried little flower buds. They also have dishes that are just very spicy without the numbing part, and also have a page of Americanized Chinese food which I've never tried. The bad news-no beer.
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Post by Jay on Mar 25, 2007 13:21:26 GMT -5
Ahhhh, Chinese food buffets.....how I love and hate ya... Good yummy food, and a bazillion unhealthy calories.. I tend to go for taste a lot more often than for content...unfortunately...
~J
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