How bad for you is Indian food?

[GasX]

"Bad For You" is a grossly over used term. It's only bad for you if you make it too spicy and blow out an O-ring...

 

[jai6638]

The indian food at restaurants here in the US are not the best!! The Indian food that I would at home is way healthier than what you get outside..

 

[Mermaidman]

Why does common Indian cuisine not include fresh veggies? The few veggie dishes I see are highly cooked. . .

 

[jai6638]

coz we like our veggies cooked ... dunno though.. I personally do not like fresh veggies...

 

[Connoisseur]

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: Connoisseur
Oftentimes the oil used in cooking these dishes is vegetable oil which is SIGNIFICANTLY healthier than the oils western countries use for cooking (such as those derived from animal fats, olive oil etc). The rest of the food is generally lean meat, vegetables, rice and spices. At least with authentic Indian cooking, the worst health problem to worry about are high blood pressure (if lots of salt is used) or ulcers from particularly spicy dishes. In response to Chrisms, many Indian people have bellies because they eat plenty of rice (lots and lots of starch) and don't get enough exercise to burn it off. Same thing will happen if you eat lots of Italian.

Did you just compare animal fats and olive oil in terms of being similar?

Did you then say that vegetable oil (TRANS FATTY HEAVEN) was better than olive oil?

0 for 2. Swing and a miss for you.

I'm no health guru but it doesn't seem too bad for me: Vegetable Oil. Here's the info on olive oil: Olive Oil. Maybe I shouldn't have compared it to animal fats but Vegetable oil def has a bit less fat than olive. And yes, I know olives are a vegetable. I just mentioned it because they have a different fat content.

 

[dawnbug]

Originally posted by: Connoisseur

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: Connoisseur
Oftentimes the oil used in cooking these dishes is vegetable oil which is SIGNIFICANTLY healthier than the oils western countries use for cooking (such as those derived from animal fats, olive oil etc). The rest of the food is generally lean meat, vegetables, rice and spices. At least with authentic Indian cooking, the worst health problem to worry about are high blood pressure (if lots of salt is used) or ulcers from particularly spicy dishes. In response to Chrisms, many Indian people have bellies because they eat plenty of rice (lots and lots of starch) and don't get enough exercise to burn it off. Same thing will happen if you eat lots of Italian.

Did you just compare animal fats and olive oil in terms of being similar?

Did you then say that vegetable oil (TRANS FATTY HEAVEN) was better than olive oil?

0 for 2. Swing and a miss for you.

I'm no health guru but it doesn't seem too bad for me: Vegetable Oil. Here's the info on olive oil: Olive Oil. Maybe I shouldn't have compared it to animal fats but Vegetable oil def has a bit less fat than olive. And yes, I know olives are a vegetable. I just mentioned it because they have a different fat content.

I just checked out my bottles of olive and vegetable oil, because I know that olive oil's better for you, but couldn't remember why. My bottles, from the same off-brand, have the same amount of calories, total fat and saturated fat per serving. However, the different is in the polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat. My brand of olive oil has 10g of monounsaturated fat, and only 2g of polyunsaturated fat. The two are pretty similar types of fats, and polyunsaturated fat will lower your cholesterol (both "good" and "bad" cholesterol), while monounsaturated fat will only lower your LDL ("bad") cholesterol. So that's why olive oil is considered to be healthier.

 

[Pepsei]

i prefer thai curries over indian curries, i'll even take japense style curry...despite the curry indian root.

 

[Connoisseur]

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: Connoisseur
Oftentimes the oil used in cooking these dishes is vegetable oil which is SIGNIFICANTLY healthier than the oils western countries use for cooking (such as those derived from animal fats, olive oil etc). The rest of the food is generally lean meat, vegetables, rice and spices. At least with authentic Indian cooking, the worst health problem to worry about are high blood pressure (if lots of salt is used) or ulcers from particularly spicy dishes. In response to Chrisms, many Indian people have bellies because they eat plenty of rice (lots and lots of starch) and don't get enough exercise to burn it off. Same thing will happen if you eat lots of Italian.

Where are you getting this curious idea that olive oil is not healthy?



Indian food can contain lots of ghee which is...take a guess...derived from animals.

Furthermore, eating spicy foods does not cause ulcers.


Wow, you sure packed a lot of misinformation into that post. Slow down.
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Wow I'm geeting raped in this post for some general comments to the OP. Allrighty then. Yes, all Ghee is is the remnants after regular old butter has been boiled to the point that all the liquid evaporates. Now restaurants can obviously vary greatly in the amount they use, but in the cooking that I have personally witnessed, not that much ghee is used in the process (usually only 1-2 teaspoons based on the volume). Once again, this is only cooking that I've personally seen with my own two eyes. And my apologies... spicy foods do not CAUSE ulcers. However, they can exacerbate a pre-existing ulcer. Peptic Ulcers. I hope this has been as fun for your reading it as I had writing it.

 

[noagname]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
They make it with lots of oil because they know that people like it that way, especially people living in America. If you want it more authentic, which IMO is a lot better, just request it to be made with as little as oil as possible and no cream or butter anywhere. Ask for the bread to come unbuttered as well.

They might make a usual little fuss, but let them do that and say it's what you want.

Depending on how it's made, it will be very healthy for you and still have a lot of flavor because of the spices and cooking methods.

he has a good point

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: chrisms
Indian people have bellies sometimes. Then again sometimes they don't. Interesting question.

2 extremes nothing in the middle of them both...