Enjoy Eating During Chinese New Year

The festive season of Chinese New Year is coming. The highlights of this season are several foods, because after offering sacrifices to ancestors such as pork, duck, chicken, vegetables or fruits, they will be cooking delicious foods. However, do not forget about high calories in foods. Let’s see the calories in foods during Chinese New Year.

• Chinese-styled fried noodle symbolizes longevity. 1 dish has 380 calories, which you have to jog 40 minutes (8 km/ hour) to burn calories. So, you can try to use rice bran oil or olive oil, and add more nutrients such as Chinese mushroom, ginkgo, and vegetables to reduce calories.
  
• Steamed fish with soy sauce symbolizes fortune and good wishes. 100 grams of the dish has protein of 21grams that gives energy of 100 kcal. You need to swim for 20 minutes to burn the calories. You should eat this food at a proper level because fish is source of quality protein with low fat.
• Whole poached chicken symbolizes diligence and career advancement. The whole chicken gives 2,000 kcal and you need to jog 4 hours (8 km/ hour). It is a lucky food that you need to eat, so you should not eat chicken skin because of its high fat.
• Sweet stuffed dough pyramid and sweet rice cake; the sweet rice cake symbolizes peacefulness and richness, while sweet stuffed dough pyramid symbolizes glorious life. The 2 desserts give high energy around 100 – 120 kcal/ piece. You need to do aerobic for 30 minutes or ride a bicycle for 20 minutes. So, you should not eat much.
• Lucky fruits symbolize abundance and wealth. Generally, yellow, orange and red fruits such as oranges, bananas, pomegranates, and red apples are picked. The fruits are sources of potassium, dietary fiber and antioxidants, especially a banana that gives 120 kcal, which you need to do yoga for 30 minutes.

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Chinese New Year foods are delicious and full of calories. If you keep eating the foods, your health might be weakened. Therefore, we have tips for you to eat Chinese New Year foods that help maintain your health and avoid diseases

• Avoid sweet, fatty, and salty foods to reduce the chance of having diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke and joint disease.
  
• Consume the foods at the right amount by focusing on zero fat or less fat foods such as skinless chicken or fish, because they will increase HDL and reduce LDL.
  
• Avoid eating offal because of high uric acid.
  
• Wash the ingredients thoroughly every time before cooking.
  
• Should add peanuts and grains in desserts with flour because they will reduce effects from flour and sweetness.
  
• Should eat fruits because of vitamins and dietary fiber.
  
• Should drink hot tea to reduce inflammation and fat.
  
• Should eat unrefined rice and flour with vegetable dishes such as clear soup, stir-fried mixed vegetables or fresh vegetables.
  

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It is difficult to avoid lucky foods during this festive season. So, you should properly eat foods that match your health, such as men needs 2,000 kcal/ day, women needs 1,600 kcal/ day.

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