Step Away From the Egg Roll!
So, you are sitting at home too tired to cook and make the call. In 30 minutes (or so) your buzzer sounds or your door bell rings and as you open the door the heavens part and shine light upon (usually )a man holding a white plastic bag with a smiley face on it. And inside is your chinese food, God's food.
MMMMM....Chinese food. Right up there with pizza on most popular delivery food.
But in my delightful form I am here to ruin it all for you so that next time you take a bite, you will curse me and all that is fitgurl.
It is safe to say that anything you might eat in a chinese restaurant is full or saturated fat and salt. Research has shown that meals like General Tso's chicken contains more than half of the calories recommended for daily consumption and about 140% of daily sodium recommendations.
I know what you are thinking...I'll get a veggie dish. Well I am sorry to be the barer of bad news but a plate of stir fired greens has 900 calories! and 2,200 mg of sodium (limit is about 2300 for entire day).
Even Oprah puts in her 2 cents on her website. She suggests:
Instead of…Egg roll: 190 calories, 11 grams total fat, 1 gram saturated fat, per roll 
Order…Steamed vegetable dumpling: 55 calories, 1.5 grams total fat, less than 1 gram saturated fat, per dumpling
Below I have listed the calorie, etc info for some popular chinese dishes. You can check out more here at http://www.calorieking.com.
Wantons
| Calories 110 ( Kilojoules 460 ) | ||
| % Daily Value* |
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| Total Fat | 8 g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | - | 0% |
| Cholesterol | - | 0% |
| Sodium | - | 0% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 6.5 g | 2% |
| Dietary Fibre | - | 0% |
| Sugars | - | |
| Protein | 3 g | |
General Tso's Chicken
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Calories 844
(Kilojoules 3528)
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| % Daily Value* |
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| Total Fat | 40 g | 62% |
| Saturated Fat | - | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 167 mg | 56% |
| Sodium | 2157 mg | 90% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 61 g | 20% |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g | 8% |
| Sugars | - | |
| Protein | 56 g | |
Beef lo Mein
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Calories 570
(Kilojoules 2383)
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| % Daily Value* |
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| Total Fat | 21 g | 32% |
| Saturated Fat | - | 0% |
| Cholesterol | - | 0% |
| Sodium | - | 0% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 61 g | 20% |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g | 20% |
| Sugars | 9 g | |
| Protein | 36 g | |
Chicken Chow Main
| Calories 390 ( Kilojoules 1630 ) | ||
| % Daily Value* |
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| Total Fat | 26 g | 40% |
| Saturated Fat | - | 0% |
| Cholesterol | - | 0% |
| Sodium | - | 0% |
| Total Carbohydrates | - | 0% |
| Dietary Fibre | - | 0% |
| Sugars | - | |
| Protein | ||
MIght as well enjoy a Fortune cookie ....
| 100 calories | % Daily Value* |
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| Total Fat | 0.3 g | 1% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.0 g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | - | 0% |
| Sodium | 5 mg | 0% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 6.6 g | 2% |
| Dietary Fibre | 0.1 g | 0% |
| Sugars | 3.3 g | |
| Protein | 0.4 g | |
| Potassium | 4.6 mg |
Your Fortune: Eat well. Live Long. And prosper...wait... :)
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