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CSPI say Chinese food is bad for you

leviathan

By leviathan
in China: Dining

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JohnL

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The Times here in NYC published a recipe for cold noodles purportedly "authentic" and noted how the Chinese original versions were loaded with sugar!

I think that all cuisines have their good and bad sides.

(hey in the end we are all human-nobody is perfect)

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jokhm

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heh.

keep in mind that any recipe as simple as cold noodles could only be possibly found with sugar added in the most limited areas. I can't imagine ever seeing something like this outside of Shanghai. Everytime you see sugar added to a recipe for some chinese food and think 'that's a LOT of sugar'.. remember that in China 99% of the population would never consider adding sugar at all. Of course that applies to non-desserts though! But even snacks/desserts in general will use far less than most in north america are comfortable with. This however doesn't work with stuff like Bingtanghulu and other super-sugarfied random snacks.

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