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We live in strange time where people avidly watch gourmet healthy cooking shows while devouring junk food. Junk food / street food today constitutes 35% of a teenager’s diet and approximately 27% of most people’s daily calorie intake. This along with other lifestyle factors like stress, no time to exercise, late nights, smoking, alcohol affect your immune system and you fall prey to many diseases. Today I find a number of people hungrily eating street foods like wada pav and Chinese bhel. Just so that you are informed the below table gives you an idea of their health quotient.
Ingredient Content of Chinese Bhel and Wada Pav
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Chinese Bhel |
Wada Pav |
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Fried noodles (maida based) |
Maida based bread |
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Mix vegetables (capsicum, carrots, cabbage, onions etc.) |
Wada (Fried besan with potato filling) |
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Assorted Chinese sauces |
Green chutney / Red chutney |
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Sugar |
- |
As you can see from the above ingredients both – Chinese bhel and wada pav are maida based fried snack foods. Assuming there is approximately 20-30ml oil used in frying; wada pav would contain approximately 250 – 300 calories and chinese bhel would contain almost the same ± 50 calories depending on the amount of sugar used and the portion size. What is important to note is that the oil used in cooking may be of questionable quality (re-used and rancid) and the maida content is best avoided. So none of these foods should even be considered as a snacking option for those who desire to stay healthy. The sprinkling of vegetables present in Chinese bhel offer insignificant benefits (if you take into consideration the other ingredients used). Of course if you generally eat right, exercise regularly and follow a healthy lifestyle you have nothing to worry - an occasional indulgence will not adversely affect your health; but frequent intake of these foods (more than twice a month) should definitely be avoided if you wish to stay healthy.
Tags: bhel, chinese, chinese bhel, nutritional facts, wada pav
Dear Doc.
Iam 33 years old and a mother of a four year old.I have never been skiny though ever in my life but never been fat either. After my pregnancy, I could beat 50% of the excessive weight I had put ,but battled with the rest.Now after four years,I weigh 80 Kgs and my height is 5′4 and a half.Everyday,I get up thinking that I need to shed this weight as its coming in the way of my healthy being but by the end of the day Iam not able to achieve what I intend to.I feel low and just want to get back to my old self. I don’t know if you would help me but I would be grateful if you could. Thanks.
[ REPORT ABUSE ]cooking shows are fun to wtach but actually can disturb the balance of an average household. These TV hosts use ingredients that are way beyond the reach of an average consumer. People forget to relaize that these so called tv chefs are making a living for themselves and there is nothing novel about making a simple, healthy meal. Aftr having seen lot of them over a period, I find them truly compulsive.
[ REPORT ABUSE ]nice to know the views i agree to u its alarming now too see wat kind of diet we have
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