| When you are dining out at Chinese restaurants, try | | | | 3. Choose a tea flavor. This is the tea that you will |
| to avoid going to those large buffet place since many | | | | with others in your party. There are many teas |
| of them have a lot of greasy foods. The best way | | | | available and the some of the common tea are |
| eat healthy is really to eat a well balanced meal. | | | | Jasmine, Oolong, and Black. If you’re not |
| It’s important to eat a good portion of | | | | familiar with these tea flavors, you may ask the |
| vegetables over meat and rice. You may prefer to | | | | waiter and try a common and less bitter tea that |
| stay away from eating several of those egg rolls and | | | | suits your taste buds. |
| other deep fried dishes. These egg rolls and other | | | | 4. Avoid eating a lot of rice. The rice will fill you up |
| fried foods initially stem from the roots of American | | | | quickly and there are many carbohydrates in rice. In |
| Chinese type of restaurants. Here are some ideas | | | | general, try to eat more rice than the meat and |
| that you should consider when dining out: | | | | seafood. |
| 1. Finding a great restaurant. Go talk to your friends | | | | 5. Be careful of other food allergies. You may want |
| and family and ask them which restaurants that have | | | | to avoid putting MSG (know as monosodium |
| experienced. Look in your local papers and internet | | | | glutamate) into your foods. Some restaurants |
| site to find a recommend restaurant. You may need | | | | don’t allow you to this, but you should ask. It |
| to stray away from your local town to find a good | | | | may offend the waiter if you ask - so ask politely. |
| one. | | | | 6. Avoid other food ingredients. Some foods are |
| 2. Choose your right dishes. Don’t forget that | | | | high in sugar and starches (flour) which add to the |
| you should be sharing your meals with people at your | | | | number of carbohydrates in your food. Eat food |
| table. It is traditional to share your dishes as a | | | | with less salt which could include heavy amounts of |
| group. Start out your meals with a soup for | | | | soy sauce and other salt gravy. |
| everyone. This will help your stomach from | | | | 7. Eat less dessert. Some of the desserts are high |
| absorbing the fatty food throughout your meal. Try | | | | sugar and have fatty ingredients. It is good to try |
| to stay away from foods that have a lot of fat - | | | | these desserts sparingly. |
| fried dumplings, fried wonton, and egg rolls if | | | | With these ideas in mind, your next adventure at a |
| possible. For your vegetable dishes, you are able to | | | | new Chinese restaurant will be fun, healthy, and |
| choose a Bok Choy, Green beans, or vegetables. | | | | enjoyable! |