Sushi=Yum but does it =Good for you?
08-30-2005, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by BEETROOT
They are ok. White rice is empty calories, but its not 'bad', and the rest of the stuff is good for you.
And cali rolls don't count as sushi
And cali rolls don't count as sushi
08-30-2005, 02:40 PM
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So, on that note, sashimi is probably more nutritious than sushi since it does not have the empty carbs white rice.
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08-31-2005, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Time For Sleeep
Fish is good. That is all.
Red Snapper sashimi on top of brown rice blocks. YUM.
Red Snapper sashimi on top of brown rice blocks. YUM.
Tai sashimi served with ponzu sauce is even better!
08-31-2005, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by CGTSX2004
Sushi has got to be healthier than the crap they serve at the fast food places...
Thats not saying much, I'm pretty sure my own feces is healthier than fast food.
08-31-2005, 06:22 PM
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I eat it once a week as a cheat meal...sure its not terrible but definitely not a clean meal. Sushi was good before they started adding all kinds of mayo, etc.
Also most US Sushi places make the rice with sugar. Brown or white they use a short grain sticky rice which has a high GI and causes an insulin spike. Their is definitely some good things though such as sashimi, and avocado, etc. I wouldn't make it a daily thing, but it's fine once a week IMO.
Also most US Sushi places make the rice with sugar. Brown or white they use a short grain sticky rice which has a high GI and causes an insulin spike. Their is definitely some good things though such as sashimi, and avocado, etc. I wouldn't make it a daily thing, but it's fine once a week IMO.
08-31-2005, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by r0dxx
I eat it once a week as a cheat meal...sure its not terrible but definitely not a clean meal. Sushi was good before they started adding all kinds of mayo, etc.
Also most US Sushi places make the rice with sugar. Brown or white they use a short grain sticky rice which has a high GI and causes an insulin spike. Their is definitely some good things though such as sashimi, and avocado, etc. I wouldn't make it a daily thing, but it's fine once a week IMO.
Also most US Sushi places make the rice with sugar. Brown or white they use a short grain sticky rice which has a high GI and causes an insulin spike. Their is definitely some good things though such as sashimi, and avocado, etc. I wouldn't make it a daily thing, but it's fine once a week IMO.
I guess I will try to keep down the sashami
08-31-2005, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by JesusJuice
Hmm where do they sell feces?
08-31-2005, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by JesusJuice
Hmmm I have been eating it everyday this week
I guess I will try to keep down the sashami
I guess I will try to keep down the sashami
09-02-2005, 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by r0dxx
I eat it once a week as a cheat meal...sure its not terrible but definitely not a clean meal. Sushi was good before they started adding all kinds of mayo, etc.
Also most US Sushi places make the rice with sugar. Brown or white they use a short grain sticky rice which has a high GI and causes an insulin spike. Their is definitely some good things though such as sashimi, and avocado, etc. I wouldn't make it a daily thing, but it's fine once a week IMO.
Also most US Sushi places make the rice with sugar. Brown or white they use a short grain sticky rice which has a high GI and causes an insulin spike. Their is definitely some good things though such as sashimi, and avocado, etc. I wouldn't make it a daily thing, but it's fine once a week IMO.
well you can't eat the bs versions of sushi. the cali rolls that have mayo and all that shit in the middle are awful.
09-02-2005, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by BEETROOT
well you can't eat the bs versions of sushi. the cali rolls that have mayo and all that shit in the middle are awful.
09-02-2005, 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by JesusJuice
they have ones with mayo?
Same goes for those who go to the restaurants and order tempura...Or those that eat Amazu Shoga (pink pickled ginger) with every sushi bite...
Okay, rant over.
09-02-2005, 03:36 AM
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sweet - I love sushi and sashimi 
09-15-2005, 09:38 AM
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avocado is full of unhealthy fats. and the imitation crab probably doesnt provide any health benefits worth mentioning.
eat rolls with REAL FISH in them. salmon, tuna, yellowtail... those are hella healthy
eat rolls with REAL FISH in them. salmon, tuna, yellowtail... those are hella healthy
09-15-2005, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by esCarbonie
avocado is full of unhealthy fats. and the imitation crab probably doesnt provide any health benefits worth mentioning.
eat rolls with REAL FISH in them. salmon, tuna, yellowtail... those are hella healthy
eat rolls with REAL FISH in them. salmon, tuna, yellowtail... those are hella healthy
And there's also snapper, flounder, sea bass, mackarel, eel...
09-15-2005, 10:08 AM
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soy sauce is very high in sodium, even the so call... "low sodium" soy sauce is still higher in sodium content than most sauces.... go with "ponzu" sauce if you can... (I think it's spell right)... it's actually very low in sodium. Stay away from the rolls with deep fried stuff in it like.. the "crunchie roll" it's got tempura in it... (though I have to admit... it's very tasty).
09-15-2005, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by is300eater
soy sauce is very high in sodium, even the so call... "low sodium" soy sauce is still higher in sodium content than most sauces.... go with "ponzu" sauce if you can... (I think it's spell right)... it's actually very low in sodium. Stay away from the rolls with deep fried stuff in it like.. the "crunchie roll" it's got tempura in it... (though I have to admit... it's very tasty).
As a rule of thumb fo Japanese food, you should always just dab on a bit of the sauce on anyhow as you really just want to give it a small zip but all the while being able to taste the sweetened rice, seaweed (if applicable), and fish...
09-15-2005, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Yumchah
Ponzu sauce is made of soya sauce too. The key is to not douse your food in the stuff as soya or ponzu are just condiments.
As a rule of thumb fo Japanese food, you should always just dab on a bit of the sauce on anyhow as you really just want to give it a small zip but all the while being able to taste the sweetened rice, seaweed (if applicable), and fish...
As a rule of thumb fo Japanese food, you should always just dab on a bit of the sauce on anyhow as you really just want to give it a small zip but all the while being able to taste the sweetened rice, seaweed (if applicable), and fish...
http://www.recipelink.com/mf/3/6512
09-15-2005, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by is300eater
...hmmmm maybe there's two kinds of ponzu sauce, but the one I'm talking about is made of citrus, click below:
http://www.recipelink.com/mf/3/6512
http://www.recipelink.com/mf/3/6512
09-15-2005, 02:32 PM
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Fish is very healthy, as is wild rice. But whatever is thrown in on top of that - sauces, etc. - might mess it up. I'm not sure what's included because i've never had sushi.
09-15-2005, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Yumchah
Nope, know of only one type. And it's still 1/3 cup of soya sauce (as per the recipe in your link too)...
opps, didn't see that part about the soy sauce, but I wonder what that alternative "tamari" sauce is... but anyhow.... still, if you think about it... it only ask for 1/3 cup... AND if you use the low sodium soy sauce... you're still gonna be way less (in sodium) than just regular sodium.... I'm gonna have to a little more research, because someone showed me one time that content to ponzu sauce and the sodium was like... under 100mg/serving!!!
03-07-2006, 10:04 AM
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Skip the sushi—it may be bad for you
LOS ANGELES - Sushi is more popular than ever before but eating it “has become the new Russian roulette” in terms of safety, a group campaigning against mercury in fish said Monday.
Eli Saddler of gotmercury.org, a campaign of California-based Sea Turtle Restoration Project, went to six top sushi restaurants in Los Angeles to test mercury levels in the fish they serve.
“The level of mercury in tuna these restaurants serve is so high they should be keeping this food off their lists,” Saddler said. “Eating sushi has become the new Russian roulette.”
Gotmercury.org proposes to take the study to various cities across the United States and educate sushi consumers on the risks of mercury intake, which can permanently damage the nervous system in fetuses and may cause temporary memory loss in adults.
Tuna samples from six popular sushi restaurants in Los Angeles were taken to a Southern California lab for testing.
They returned an average mercury level of 0.721 parts per million, about 88 percent higher than the reported Food and Drug Administration level of 0.383 ppm for all fresh and frozen tuna.
A couple of samples had mercury levels the FDA has declared ”unsafe for anyone to eat,” Saddler said.
Big-eyed tuna and blue and yellow-finned tuna are the most popular varieties used in sushi restaurants. Older and bigger fish are considered best suited for sushi but Saddler said it was not widely known that fish with longer lives carry more mercury than others.
Studies show seafood like shrimp and salmon with short life spans pose almost no risk of carrying mercury.
Nobi Kusuhara, owner of Sushi Sasabune in Los Angeles said even though the mercury level in the samples was higher than he expected, sushi is still healthy to eat.
“Even in Japan we have warnings out like FDA has issued here,” Kusuhara said. “As long as restaurants warn pregnant women and people to eat smaller fish, it is definitely safer and healthier than beef or chicken.”
Businesses with more than 10 employees are bound under California law to post a mercury-in-seafood warning if they serve or sell any seafood.
But Saddler said that, of the six restaurants checked, only one had an explicit sign posted on the door.
“There are cheap and easy ways to test fish, so it should be done in the United States to protect sushi consumers,” Saddler said.
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Eli Saddler of gotmercury.org, a campaign of California-based Sea Turtle Restoration Project, went to six top sushi restaurants in Los Angeles to test mercury levels in the fish they serve.
“The level of mercury in tuna these restaurants serve is so high they should be keeping this food off their lists,” Saddler said. “Eating sushi has become the new Russian roulette.”
Gotmercury.org proposes to take the study to various cities across the United States and educate sushi consumers on the risks of mercury intake, which can permanently damage the nervous system in fetuses and may cause temporary memory loss in adults.
Tuna samples from six popular sushi restaurants in Los Angeles were taken to a Southern California lab for testing.
They returned an average mercury level of 0.721 parts per million, about 88 percent higher than the reported Food and Drug Administration level of 0.383 ppm for all fresh and frozen tuna.
A couple of samples had mercury levels the FDA has declared ”unsafe for anyone to eat,” Saddler said.
Big-eyed tuna and blue and yellow-finned tuna are the most popular varieties used in sushi restaurants. Older and bigger fish are considered best suited for sushi but Saddler said it was not widely known that fish with longer lives carry more mercury than others.
Studies show seafood like shrimp and salmon with short life spans pose almost no risk of carrying mercury.
Nobi Kusuhara, owner of Sushi Sasabune in Los Angeles said even though the mercury level in the samples was higher than he expected, sushi is still healthy to eat.
“Even in Japan we have warnings out like FDA has issued here,” Kusuhara said. “As long as restaurants warn pregnant women and people to eat smaller fish, it is definitely safer and healthier than beef or chicken.”
Businesses with more than 10 employees are bound under California law to post a mercury-in-seafood warning if they serve or sell any seafood.
But Saddler said that, of the six restaurants checked, only one had an explicit sign posted on the door.
“There are cheap and easy ways to test fish, so it should be done in the United States to protect sushi consumers,” Saddler said.
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03-07-2006, 11:49 AM
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Meh. Don't really care for tuna usually anyways. More red snapper and smelt sashimi for me!
