Most of us place sushi atop the pyramid of healthy cuisines. Ignorance can be bliss, unless you're trying to downsize the waistline, tone-up, lower cholesterol...
Biggest threats to otherwise healthy sushi:
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White rice – expect white rice under each mound of nigiri, surrounding your maki rolls and under your chirashi or don. White rice has no food value, it is simply filling. The type of filler that inflates the abdominal tire and raises blood sugar, which will make you consume more calories in the end.
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Mayonnaise – Like a deli sneaks it into a sandwich piled high with lean meats and healthy veggies, mayo makes a surprise appearance in many of rolls created. It adds an adhesive quality to shredded fish to hold the roll together, and a ton of fat to your assumedly healthy meal.
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Spicy – Mayo lurks in items labeled "spicy," as the sauce is typically mayonnaise spiced with sriracha sauce. Additionally, expect old fish in spicy items. Chefs typically collect the less desirable shreds of fish for a day or so to make spicy sushi. The unpleasant taste indicating past-peak fish is covered in the powerful peppers that make sriracha dangerously delicious.
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Sauces – while spicy, honey mustard and any opaque sauces are typically full-fat mayonnaise-based (see above), sweet miso, ponzu and other more transparent sauces usually are loaded with sugar or high fructose corn syrup.
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Tempura – Even if it's a vegetable, it's still fried, and honestly, not lightly. Tempura contributes substantial fat, mostly saturated, and calories.
To ensure you eat the freshest fish and the most nutritive meal:
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Choose sashimi over nigiri or rolls. Large fleshy lean fish such as tuna, salmon & yellowtail is healthier than eel, shrimp and shellfish including lobster, surf clam and real or fake crab. The latter is actually Pollack, processed and painted red to look like crab. Sushi snobs deem it the "hotdog of sushi."
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Can't quit the maki? Look for rolls with fish outside. These rolls contain the most fish, thus the most protein. Expect to pay a little more for the ...
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