{"id":15415,"date":"2010-03-07T01:00:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=15415"},"modified":"2010-03-05T16:00:14","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T21:00:14","slug":"healthy-chinese-food-is-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/healthy-chinese-food-is-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Chinese Food is Possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"chopsticks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/healthy-chinese-food-is-possible\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18158\" title=\"chopsticks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/chopsticks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a>Is it possible to have <a title=\"healthy chinese food\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/how-to-dine-out-chinese-food\/\" target=\"_self\">healthy Chinese food<\/a>? Just because you see a couple broccoli bits in that dish does not mean it&#8217;s healthy. In fact, Chinese takeout is among the worst offenders of the healthy eating guidelines; saturated fat and salt are through the roof with some dishes.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point: an order of General Tso&#8217;s Chicken can set you back 1,600 calories, 3150 mg sodium (exceeds 2100 mg per day limit) and 59 grams of fat (11 grams saturated &#8211; heart clogging kind &#8211; about a day&#8217;s worth).<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t fret just yet, maybe you can have your fortune cookie and eat it too. Watch this video to learn how you can have <a title=\"healthy chinese food\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/videos\/how-to-choose-healthy-chinese-food\/\" target=\"_self\">healthy Chinese takeout<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dIbPM-MhnzI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dIbPM-MhnzI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Try some of these healthier Asian dishes at home:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"asian salad recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/asian-chopped-salad\/\" target=\"_self\">Asian Chopped Salad<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"sesame peanut noodles recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/sesame-peanut-noodles\/\" target=\"_self\">Sesame Peanut Noodles<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"pork stir fry recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/pork-stir-fry-with-garlic-broccoli\/\" target=\"_self\">Pork Stir-Fry with Garlic Broccoli<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"chinese turkey recipes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/oriental-grilled-turkey-tenderloin\/\" target=\"_self\">Oriental Grilled Turkey Tenderloin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"healthy kung pao chicken recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/kung-pao-chicken\/\" target=\"_self\">Kung Pao Chicken<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"teriyaki tofu recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/daves-teriyaki-tofu\/\" target=\"_self\">Teriyaki Tofu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it possible to have healthy Chinese food? Just because you see a couple broccoli bits in that dish does not mean it&#8217;s healthy. In fact, Chinese takeout is among the worst offenders of the healthy eating guidelines; saturated fat &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/healthy-chinese-food-is-possible\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[1160,723,2515,29,724],"class_list":["post-15415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-chinese-food","tag-dining-out","tag-ethnic-food","tag-nutrition","tag-restaurants"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15415"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15417,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15415\/revisions\/15417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}