The reason why foreign fast food such as McDonald's is labeled as "junk food" which is easy to get fat is largely because of its high calorie. This kind of fast food lacks vegetables and fruits, because the essence of fast food must be prepared in advance, so most vegetables that are not easy to preserve cannot exist in large quantities, so only one kind of lettuce is left. Lettuce, on the other hand, is almost full of water, which is actually negligible. In addition, there is the low quality of staple food, which is not only a problem of McDonald's and KFC, but also exists in all western-style diets. Even if you go to a more advanced restaurant, the staple food they provide you is generally-French fries, mashed potatoes and the like.
However, is the calorie of Chinese food necessarily low? For example, the calorie of a McDonald's Big Mac hamburger is 257 calories/100g. Accordingly, taking the common dishes in several Chinese restaurants as an example, the calorie and sugar content of rice are 15 1 kcal/100g respectively, and the calorie of sweet and sour tenderloin is 270 kcal /65438. From this perspective, the calorie level of the Big Mac is also the level of a Chinese hard dish.
Why does McDonald's give the impression of "junk food"? I think the biggest reason is unreasonable collocation. I think this is really a place where people criticize, and it is also a really unhealthy behavior, and it is also a place where these two fast food giants need to really repent. McDonald's and other fast food restaurants have a problem, that is, they keep urging you to buy their set meal, buy extra snacks, add coke for free, upgrade French fries for free, and add more than one yuan to an egg cone. I think the combination of eating fast food is diverse, and it is ok to be full. The important thing is that if you give up sweet drinks and French fries, fast food will be much healthier.
Back to Chinese food, Chinese fast food is not necessarily more nutritious than KFC and McDonald's. The nutritional structure of Chinese fast food is generally "high protein, high fat and low carbohydrate", which is unhealthy. Some recognized "junk food", such as fried food, barbecue food and pickled food, are not uncommon in Chinese fast food. Therefore, it is not eating western food that leads to obesity, but the unreasonable diet structure.
When it comes to food health, hygiene must also be considered. I don't know if you have heard that chefs in Chinese restaurants can't go in casually, or they will lose their appetite to eat. Frying, roasting, frying and stewing, you can't even think about the kitchen of many fly restaurants.
But in western restaurants, because it is convenient and simple to handle, and mostly fried and cold food, it is more hygienic, similar to McDonald's. I used to be a part-time worker, specializing in making hamburgers, and their workshop was strictly hygienic. This is why McDonald's even junk food is healthier than Chinese food.