Many Chinese people used to buy fresh food daily cooking; Americans tend to buy a week's worth of food stored in the refrigerator, daily consumption of frozen food, and consumption of canned and pickled products for the Chinese eight times and six times, respectively, we must know that they contain more preservatives and colors and other chemicals, are not good for the body, which deserves to be simplified life is increasingly urban white-collar family attention.
Many families in China eat a lot of food and have a lot of socializing on New Year's holidays. And Americans feast or festivals, never spread, even the president of the banquet for foreign heads of state is also five dishes a soup, more not to persuade alcohol.
Chinese people like to use vegetable oil when cooking, Americans like to use animal oil with high cholesterol. Vegetable oils are unsaturated fatty acids and contain no cholesterol, so Americans have a particularly high incidence of cardiovascular disease.
Chinese people tend to put more salt in their cooking, while Americans cook with only half the salt of the Chinese, and some even do not put salt at all. Too much salt intake can cause various diseases. Sixth, the Chinese love to cook under the MSG, and Americans do not go down MSG. MSG contains sodium, excessive intake is detrimental to health, especially on the development of young children have a great impact.
Chinese people eat fresh vegetables and fruits much more than Americans. Americans consume much more protein daily than Chinese, but the lack of fiber in the body affects gastrointestinal function. Although medical conditions in the United States are better than in China, the rate of their digestive system and the rate of cancer is much higher than in China.
Chinese people love brown rice and plain flour, while Americans favor pasta made with refined white flour. The fact that brown rice and plain flour contain more nutrients than refined white flour is a helpful reminder to Chinese people, who are increasingly attracted to refined white flour products.
Chinese people, especially in the Pearl River Delta area of the masses and the Americans have a love of sashimi or fried steak five or six mature habits, but the Americans pay close attention to the sashimi of seafood and beef quality and sanitary conditions, the selection of deep-sea non-polluting for the necessary conditions. And the Chinese are not enough attention.
Americans are accustomed to adding a sweet after dinner, while the Chinese are accustomed to eating fruit after dinner. Fruit is certainly more beneficial than sweets, but now the Chinese people tend to meal fruit and then add sweets, especially at banquets. Many nutritionists believe that fruit before meals is more beneficial than after meals.
The Chinese tend to drink a cup of hot tea after meals, while Americans love to drink coffee after meals. Tea lowers cholesterol, while coffee raises blood lipids and stimulates the heart. Some nutritionists point out that drinking hot tea about half an hour after a meal will be more able to play its role in lowering cholesterol and digestion. Thirteen, the Americans have realized that is called "red meat" beef, horse meat and lamb, etc. is one of the causes of colon cancer and prostate cancer, but also aware of red meat fat is also prostate cancer and heart disease is one of the causative factors, note that once a week to eat red meat. Many Chinese newspapers and magazines have also reported on the problem of red meat, but the Chinese people have not been able to pay enough attention to it.
Chinese people, especially those in Guangzhou and the Pearl River Delta, love to eat pig liver, intestines, lungs and other animal offal, while Americans do not. Animal offal contains a lot of cholesterol and should not be eaten in excess.
Chinese people generally like soy milk, tofu and other soy products, which not only maintains the nutrition of soybeans, and nutrients more easily absorbed by the human body, the digestive absorption rate of its protein is as high as 92% -96%, enjoying the "plant meat" of the name. And Americans have no interest in tofu so far.
Americans are accustomed to the meal system, and the Chinese only "SARS" when the implementation, and then back to the meal system. Sixteen, the Chinese frying more with a big fire, so much smoke, plus more than not pay attention to the kitchen ventilation equipment; and Americans do not like to use a big fire choking the pot, and the kitchen ventilation conditions quite attention. The rate of lung cancer among cooks and housewives is significantly higher in China than in the United States.
Chinese people, especially the Cantonese, especially love soup, and soup cooking on the boil, stew, roll, soup and other forms, materials, in addition to fruits and vegetables, poultry, sea and river fresh, dried food and unique Chinese herbs and even wild vegetables, whether it is on the meal, health, and assist in the treatment of disease are very helpful. The American soup is relatively monotonous.