Chinese food fans, take heart. It’s true that many of the popular Oriental dishes are heavy on carbs: sumptuous fried rice served with thick sauces, noodles brewed in a savory soup, sticky buns, and flavorful stews thickened by starch.
(Is your mouth watering yet?).
For those trying to stay on the South Beach or Atkins diet, your favorite Chinese restaurant suddenly becomes a trap of temptations. Even outside of the standard rice and noodles, so many of the dishes have a lot of sugar and starch. This doesn’t mean that you’ll never step foot into a Chinese restaurant again. You just have to be prepared…and informed.
Before you go to a Chinese restaurant, make a conscious decision about how strict your carbohydrate count will be. If you’re in the first phase of the South Beach Diet, or the Induction Phase of the Atkins diet, then even the cornstarch in
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