Yesterday, I went to my first sushi place and I have one word to describe it- amazing!!!
Now, I don't go to sushi places everyday...but would there be a problem if I did? So I decided to do a little research. I sought out to find the answer to my question: Is sushi really that bad for you? Not really-it contains all sorts of great things like seaweed, fish, and vegetables. So why isn't sushi exactly a go-to "healthy" food.
The main culprit here is rice. Precisely, enriched rice. No matter the type, all sushi is a rice-based. The problem is not the fact that it's rice-based, but the fact that it's enriched rice. This "enriched" rice is basically brown rice stripped of all its natural nutrients and instead Vitamin D is added so that the rice is not completely "nutritionless".
Caption: Everything besides the white rice is taken off.
In other words:
Brown rice - Good natural stuff + Injected not-so-natural stuff=
enriched white rice
For more info on rice : http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/whats-wrong-with-white-rice/
Well, now I know (and you do too) that the delicious, seemingly healthy "sushi" would indeed cause trouble if I were to eat sushi everyday. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to get anyone to ditch sushi for good- I personally don't think I could. I'm just trying to say that sushi is like other restaurant foods and like all other restaurant foods, should be eaten in moderation and on occasion- not everyday...that is unless you can convince the chef to make your sushi with non-enriched rice. :)
Oh well! My taste-buds still love sushi.
Now, I don't go to sushi places everyday...but would there be a problem if I did? So I decided to do a little research. I sought out to find the answer to my question: Is sushi really that bad for you? Not really-it contains all sorts of great things like seaweed, fish, and vegetables. So why isn't sushi exactly a go-to "healthy" food.
The main culprit here is rice. Precisely, enriched rice. No matter the type, all sushi is a rice-based. The problem is not the fact that it's rice-based, but the fact that it's enriched rice. This "enriched" rice is basically brown rice stripped of all its natural nutrients and instead Vitamin D is added so that the rice is not completely "nutritionless".
Caption: Everything besides the white rice is taken off.
In other words:
Brown rice - Good natural stuff + Injected not-so-natural stuff=
enriched white rice
For more info on rice : http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/what-are-you-eating/whats-wrong-with-white-rice/
Well, now I know (and you do too) that the delicious, seemingly healthy "sushi" would indeed cause trouble if I were to eat sushi everyday. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to get anyone to ditch sushi for good- I personally don't think I could. I'm just trying to say that sushi is like other restaurant foods and like all other restaurant foods, should be eaten in moderation and on occasion- not everyday...that is unless you can convince the chef to make your sushi with non-enriched rice. :)
Oh well! My taste-buds still love sushi.