chinese take out: My boyfriend and I have recently began eating Chinese take out very often (maybe 1 or 2 times a week to every other week), and I'm starting to wonder if its too much, and if it is unhealthy for you, like eating McDonald's all the time? Anyone have an idea??|||Most of Chinese food, especially in the USA, is full of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) which is very unhealthy and over 30% of the population has allergic reactions to it to one degree or another. MSG has also been linked to Alzheimer's. Not that it causes it but can be a trigger to set it off if you have it in your family history. go to a search engine and bring up information on MSG and you will never go near the stuff again.|||It could be.|||Yes. Some of it is even worse. It is not even real Chinese food. It's basically fast food.|||yes, it is. I thought it was a healthier alternative to basic fast food myself, till I watched a report stating that it has way too much sodium (salt) in it. It suggested breaking the meal up into two meals...one today and one tomorrow.|||seems like it.. i was actually wondering the same thing like the other day.. it tastes so good and its made fairly quick & easy, i dont think it can be too healthy for you|||Personally, I think Chinese takeout TASTES very much better than Occidental fast food, and it does usually have more vegetables, but it also has just as much fat and usually way, way more sodium. The secret to healthy eating is not precisely WHAT you eat but HOW MUCH you eat and exercise. Oriental cuisine can easily be part of a balanced diet and workout program, just as McDonald's and Burger King can be part of a healthy lifestyle.|||Chinese food are healthy and real food . I working at the chinese restaurant, you use fresh vegetables, meat and vegetable oil. even though all the meat , they trimmed all the fat. you can not compare as McDonald's. but i recomend order from restaurant , they are more fresh than fast food.|||It is generally healthier than eating fast food, unless you are sticking with things like Chicken Soo Guy, general Tao's chicken, Sweet and Sour anything or other highly processed foods . Outside of these dishes, the biggest problem is an overabundance of sodium, which is contributory to hypertension( high blood pressure) If you are mostly going for simple chow mein, fried rice and chop suey dishes and dishes with lots of vegetables, you'll do fine eating chinese a couple of times each week. The next biggest problem will come from the large amounts of MSG often used in North American chinese style dishes. some people actually react to the large aounts of MSG, and this is actually documented as 'chinese restaurant syndrome'. So, eat the simple dishes , with lots of vegetable, rather than the breaded and battered dishes and don't use too much soy sauce( very high in salt content) and you'll be better off than if you were eating burgers and fries on a regular basis, provided you don't have hypertension problems or a reaction to MSG|||Depends on how it is cooked and what you are eating. If you are eating mostly vegetables and white rice, you aren't doing too bad although brown rice would be better for you. You can reduce the fat by asking for your food to be cooked in broth and not fat. You are however eating a huge amount of sodium and probably MSG. Asian food is easy to cook at home, why not check out recipes online and start cooking real food for yourself? You'll have more control and feel better about what you are putting in your body. Here's a question for you, how many Asian people do you see eating at most "chinese" fast food places. They won't eat the stuff either.|||Yes ! Most of it is fried & the sodium levels are through the roof !|||it's probably very close. but not all chinese food is as bad as mcdonalds or other fast food places. if you get just rice or brocolli and rice or something of that sort, then it's going to be rather healthy.|||Yes. Both are made of crabby genitals.|||Much Much better for you|||I THINK THAT IT IS THE SAME AS EATING FAST FOOD.|||It is bad,but does not have as much greese as fast food. Also when you eat the rice you are still getting grains and vegetables so its not that bad.|||no offense to the chinse people but have u seen how skinny they are u dont think they eat that stuff everyday in china and usally wenever i eat one plate i notice they serve u more vegtables then meat or chicken or watever so i think chinese food is actually off course im not a nutrsionist lol|||You will probably get more vegetables, but all that sodium and the amount of sauce used in many of the dishes is not good for you. It depends on what you eat from the restaurant and what you order from McDonalds. Neither is very healthy that is for sure. I still eat both though. You only live once right?|||really chinese food (not the fake Americanized) can be pretty good for you depending on what you are eating. but sometimes chinese food contains MSG, not so good for your body.|||Yes, it is.|||I think is as bad, but chinese food have a larger variety of things in there. fast food is oil, meat, bread, and potatoe but chinese food had lotta veggies, celery cabbage.. etc but both are still greasy|||chinese food IS fast food|||if you eat it too much..