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Healthy Options in Chinese Food
by esthereggyChomping down on Chinese food while watching the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing could seem like the ideal way to pay homage to the host country. Some Hakka Chow, Chilli Chicken, Schezwan Fried Rice and Veg Manchurian … fantastic deliciousness. But if you get on that diet, your body will look more like Mahesh Bhatt than Mahesh Bhupathi.
Nutrition analysis of Chinese dishes show that they are extremely high in calorific value, sodium content, high fat content and high in simple carbohydrates (which behave like sugar in your body). Many Chinese dishes are high on soy, which increases sodium content drastically in the food. Excess sodium leads to increase in blood pressure and retention of water, which increases your weight and makes you look bloated and fat.
So, whats a solution? Clearly, not eating Chinese food is a bad solution 
But you can make healthy choices while ordering Chinese food.
Lets start with everyone’s favourite ..
those little steamed eatables called Dim Sum- You think its healthy because its steamed. But Dim Sum is primarily made of maida (refined flour), which causes your blood sugar to spike (watch out diabetics) and promotes… Continue reading
Fresh Food Delivery Options
by Any hectic housewife or husband who is hoping to juggle a task, childcare and working a home, is normally keen to uncover nearly anything that will conserve them time. The final couple of several years have seen a rise in meals delivery companies. Last century foods delivery was not unheard of, our grannies and excellent grannies would frequently have foodstuff delivered, or a neighborhood fish-gentleman, milkman or grocery van would come round when a week to help stock up the shelves. These tiny scale regionally sourced producers and delivery males (some of them ended up women really, from what I keep in mind) went into decline in most locations in the 80s and 90s. Our buying routines modified and the out of city grocery store, with mass produced and processed foods gained massive popularity. Then every thing modified, much to the shock of the supermarkets. These times an escalating amount of people are searching for locally sourced foods, created and delivered by modest suppliers.
Dazed and Perplexed
Now a entire array of products can be bought from this type of producer and provider, fresh food… Continue reading
