Ok so i absolutely love Chinese food its my fave :)…so i was wondering exactly how fatty it is or how bad it is for someone who is suppose to be on a healthy diet :o.
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it is terrible. the msg (monosodium glutamate) they use in it is very bad for health. MSG is also known as Ajinomoto.
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make it at home, its easier and u can control the ingrediants
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I dont really know about the nutritional value of Chinese food but know what? I love it SO much that I really dont care lol!!
Most chinese places (in my town anyway) advertise "NO MSG". How sad! I keep my eyes peeled for a place that uses it lol. In the meantime, I'll get by without it. That stuff is actually really bad for you (for some reason, not sure why) so I guess I can live without it...but I cant live without my Thursday night chinese takeout!!!!
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what is MSG? and how does it affect the taste??
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Sara, MSG is monosodium glutamate, or ajinomoto or chinese salt. While grainy salt like thing. It is used in chinese cooking for the typical fragrance. It's used in desi-chinese cooking for sure and almost always and now research shows that it may not be good for health in several ways.
However, if you cook chinese at home, you can definitely control how you cook it and reduce the fat and sodium content.
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I love chinese food too, but I go without the MSG...
thursday afternoon for me is general tsao chicken at work.
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Oh I love chinese food and now I am hungry and craving it :(
Always have looked forward to read the inscription on the fortune cookie. It’s the only thing worth waiting for at the end of the meal, run after fortune cookie and behold.
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^ I was so hungry yesterday I actually ate that tasteless fortune cookie!
i love chinese food..its easy to make...easy to eat(doesnt make u feel heavy laterz)..and easy to digest...little satisfies u..i love making all kinds of chinese dishes at my home...and no one is a better critic than my husband and he always appreciates it...
and yeah when i am on diet i always prefer chinese food..now wud make it in a day or 2 bcz i really want chinese food now!
i love to scarf it down when i am starving like an ethiopian child.
i just put a whole buch in my mouth as much as i can fit never thinking about if i will be able to chew it all properly. when it goes down and i wash it down with apple juice. mmm