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Post by Aj_June on Sept 17, 2018 22:47:26 GMT
If you search for the healthiest ethnic cuisines on internet you may see a lot of lists. While individual rankings may be different for each of those lists you are most likely to find following 4 on top of the lists.
1) Greek - Most of the lists and rankings recognize Greek food as the healthiest food in the world. What are the reasons? Well the Greek food include a lot of dark green veggies, fresh fruits, high fibre beans, olive oil (one of the better oils) and omega 3 rich foods. All these foods provide you a very well balanced diet.
2) Japanese - Japanese people have longest lives. While I agree that their longest average life may be for variety of different reasons, I believe their food is also one of those reasons. Japanese foods are rich in antioxidants - Green tea, yams etc. Seafood are excellent sources of protein.
3) Indian foods - Indian ethnic cuisines also cut in most of the lists of healthiest foods. Spices like turmeric, garam masala, ginger etc. are extremely good in increasing your immunity and are often considered natural antiseptic. Recent studies indicate turmeric fights against Alzheimer. Indian foods also include a lot of lentils and other plant sources of protein.
4) Vietnamese - They fresh herbs as well as lots of veggies and seafood. Very well balanced diet.
After these you may see different entries on various lists depending on personal views of the author.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Sept 17, 2018 23:18:16 GMT
Dr. Andrew Weils' favorite diet is the Mediterranean Diet.
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Post by Aj_June on Sept 17, 2018 23:41:00 GMT
Dr. Andrew Weils' favorite diet is the Mediterranean Diet. I think that's close to Greek cuisines (Mediterranean deit has things in common with Greek cuisines). |
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Sept 18, 2018 19:00:40 GMT
I think the healthiest eating I ever did as when I lived in Greece. I had no food allergies at the time so I ate a lot of fresh caught fish on the waterfronts, my favorite was tiny fish served with seaweed. Delicious. I also loved their stuffed tomatoes. The street food in the 70's was also delicious and safe to eat, souvlaki on a stick toped with a piece of bread was a favorite. The Greeks also did some wonderful things with green beans. I only ate at the restaurants frequented by the Greek people, in Athens many of these places had no menu, you just went into the basement where they had the food for the day displayed, pointed out what you wanted and later on a waiter would bring it to your table (usually outside.) I also learned the art of cleaning my plate with a piece of the wonderful read they baked. Yum. I wonder if the food is still as wonderful. There was no MacDonalds in Greece at the time, the closest they had was a McMiltons.
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Post by Aj_June on Sept 19, 2018 8:07:14 GMT
I think the healthiest eating I ever did as when I lived in Greece. I had no food allergies at the time so I ate a lot of fresh caught fish on the waterfronts, my favorite was tiny fish served with seaweed. Delicious. I also loved their stuffed tomatoes. The street food in the 70's was also delicious and safe to eat, souvlaki on a stick toped with a piece of bread was a favorite. The Greeks also did some wonderful things with green beans. I only ate at the restaurants frequented by the Greek people, in Athens many of these places had no menu, you just went into the basement where they had the food for the day displayed, pointed out what you wanted and later on a waiter would bring it to your table (usually outside.) I also learned the art of cleaning my plate with a piece of the wonderful read they baked. Yum. I wonder if the food is still as wonderful. There was no MacDonalds in Greece at the time, the closest they had was a McMiltons. Thanks for sharing your experiences of living in Greece. It seems the best food is the one that is closest to nature! |
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Post by sunshine on Sept 20, 2018 19:01:34 GMT
Thanks for sharing. I love Greek food. Have only had Japanese food a couple of times and have never had the last two mentioned. I'd love to try them sometime and I know we have those restaurants in the city.
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Post by divtal on Sept 20, 2018 19:30:45 GMT
I think the healthiest eating I ever did as when I lived in Greece. I had no food allergies at the time so I ate a lot of fresh caught fish on the waterfronts, my favorite was tiny fish served with seaweed. Delicious. I also loved their stuffed tomatoes. The street food in the 70's was also delicious and safe to eat, souvlaki on a stick toped with a piece of bread was a favorite. The Greeks also did some wonderful things with green beans. I only ate at the restaurants frequented by the Greek people, in Athens many of these places had no menu, you just went into the basement where they had the food for the day displayed, pointed out what you wanted and later on a waiter would bring it to your table (usually outside.) I also learned the art of cleaning my plate with a piece of the wonderful read they baked. Yum. I wonder if the food is still as wonderful. There was no MacDonalds in Greece at the time, the closest they had was a McMiltons. What a wonderful opportunity for you, to have lived in Greece. It's still on my "to visit" list. My upstairs neighbors are from Japan, and have invited me to dine with them a couple of times. The focus has been on seafood and vegetables. Everything has been fresh (and delicious). Many of the local Japanese restaurants offer deep fried Tempura-style foods. But, they haven't served anything like that. They cook with a fair amount of curry ... not in the dishes that I've had, but the lovely aroma throughout the building "tells the tale." I don't associate curry with Japanese cooking, so I don't know if it's a tradition that I'm unaware of, or if it's just a personal preference. |
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Post by Lucy on Sept 21, 2018 6:09:20 GMT
Very interesting. I knew Japanese cuisine would be listed. I've tried Japanese tea.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Sept 22, 2018 8:50:48 GMT
huge fan of Vietnamese cuisine. great beer too. still haven't found out why "33" is in quotes. who is being quoted?!  |
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Sept 28, 2018 1:56:35 GMT
Aj_June: I don't want to be a downer, because I generally agree with you about Indian cuisine being healthy, but one notable downside to Indian cuisine is all those sugary Indian Sweets. They make a large variety of sugary things dipped in syrups and whatnot. Diabetes is a growing health concern in India. It's also prevalent in immigrant communities, such as in Vancouver, Canada. When I was up in Vancouver visiting my sister, we went to an Indian restaurant in a predominantly Indian part of town (it's called "Little Punjab"). I was amazed at the number of overweight Indian people I saw there... my sister said it was from their love of Indian Sweets!
I will say, that stuff is delicious.
Gulab Jamun:
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Post by Aj_June on Sept 28, 2018 2:06:00 GMT
Aj_June : I don't want to be a downer, because I generally agree with you about Indian cuisine being healthy, but one notable downside to Indian cuisine is all those sugary Indian Sweets. They make a large variety of sugary things dipped in syrups and whatnot. Diabetes is a growing health concern in India. It's also prevalent in immigrant communities, such as in Vancouver, Canada. When I was up in Vancouver visiting my sister, we went to an Indian restaurant in a predominantly Indian part of town (it's called "Little Punjab"). I was amazed at the number of overweight Indian people I saw there... my sister said it was from their love of Indian Sweets!
I will say, that stuff is delicious.
Gulab Jamun:
Hi Zolo 
I think the Indian cuisine in terms of ethnic cuisines is very healthy. That is the cuisine normal residents of India eat. In the western countries only the tasty delicious foods have become famous. As a kid in India our food was very different. We had lots of lentils and chickpeas and green vegetables and healthy herbs ad spices. But Yes, I totally agree about the foods that you see in restaurants. They are fat rich food.
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Sept 28, 2018 3:25:52 GMT
Good point, Aj_June. And I agree that much Indian cuisine we see here in the West is, well, "westernized" and not the authentic thing that the population of India normally eats. Do you like those sweets, though?
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Post by Aj_June on Sept 28, 2018 3:38:55 GMT
Good point, Aj_June . And I agree that much Indian cuisine we see here in the West is, well, "westernized" and not the authentic thing that the population of India normally eats. Do you like those sweets, though? I like white sponge, Zolo. Gulab Jamun is Ok but I very rarely have that. There are less unhealthy sweets back in India. But sweets are like sweet poison in the long run. No matter which ones. Okay in moderation but too bad if not in moderation. My grandmother loved Gulab Jamuns but also suffered from diabetes. |
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Post by llanwydd on Sept 29, 2018 22:15:32 GMT
I first time I had gulab jamun was on Kuwait Airlines (an airline that was hijacked shortly after) on a flight from Newark, NJ to London UK. There were a large number of Indian passengers for some reason, so Indian food was served on board. I thought it was one of the best desserts I had ever tasted. I also had tandoori chicken with a side of very spicy mixed pickles and plain yogurt to soothe the burning tongue. I had only had Indian food once before but this made me like it much more. And to think it was airline food.  |
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Post by Aj_June on Sept 29, 2018 22:32:12 GMT
I first time I had gulab jamun was on Kuwait Airlines (an airline that was hijacked shortly after) on a flight from Newark, NJ to London UK. There were a large number of Indian passengers for some reason, so Indian food was served on board. I thought it was one of the best desserts I had ever tasted. I also had tandoori chicken with a side of very spicy mixed pickles and plain yogurt to soothe the burning tongue. I had only had Indian food once before but this made me like it much more. And to think it was airline food. That's really out of usual, llanwydd, because airline foods usually are very average. |
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Post by Aj_June on Sept 30, 2018 3:28:51 GMT
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Post by mmexis on Sept 30, 2018 3:49:48 GMT
As a Greek I have to say that we don't eat too much meat. And in the past not too much pasta either. Modern Greek food has, of course, changed with the times and there are lots of fat Greeks. Classical cuisine is more vegetable based and heavy on the beans. One could argue that the national dish is fasolada (bean soup)  |
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Post by maya55555 on Oct 1, 2018 4:34:41 GMT
AjJune:
I Did not know that ghee was healthy. Fr. Lobo from Goa, was told by his Cardiologist to substitute olive oil.
Italian diet is very healthy. Over doing the pasta is an American bastardization.
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Post by llanwydd on Oct 2, 2018 2:33:22 GMT
Would you mind telling us what that is, AJ? |
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Post by Aj_June on Oct 2, 2018 3:53:22 GMT
Would you mind telling us what that is, AJ? Sure, llanwydd. It is generally called rasgulla. Popular throughout India but people of Bengal province make it the best. I do recommend you this one. It is my favourite. Not healthy of course but nothing wrong in having it once in a month.
if you visit an Indian sweet shop just ask them for Rasgulla
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