[sallyjayd]

any one that counts their calorie know of any good site for calories & fat on chinese food???
I love chinese and I write calories & fat on all my foods. I'm getting hunger for chinese and the book I use "NutriBase Complete Book of Food counts" doesn't have it over 40,000 foods and not my chinese.

I tried to search the net I can't find anything.

Please someone must know.
I get either:
1. shrimp With chinese veg (white sauce)
2. shrimp w/ broccoli (Brown sauce)
3. shrimp w/ snowpeas (White sause)
4. shrimp w/ mushrooms (brown sauce)
5. shrimp fried rice
6. beef sticks (teryaski) (I love these, but try not to get often, I think they would have more fat then I want)

[a broad abroad]

Sally - I am thinking of purchasing that calorie counting book. How do you like it? Can you give a brief description of it? Any info would help. Thanks

I found these sites for chinese food calories:
http://www.healthyweightforum.org/en..._chinese_food/
http://chinesefood.about.com/library...iecounters.htm

good luck

[Vasquoy]

Although it doesn't have chinese specifically in it, the Collins Mini Gem book is so handy for general calorie counting - it has branded fast food like McDonalds, Pizza Express etc and almost every branded food you can think of. Except marshmallows for some reason???

The only problem with it is that it rounds most things upt o 100g or 100ml of the product which in a round about way IS good because it encourages you to weigh everything just tobe sure....

[sallyjayd]

I love the "The NutriBase complete book of Food count" book it has calories, protein g, carbohydrates g, sodium mg, fiber g, fat g, Cholesterol mg in alot of foods (almost everthing I look for **except chinese**)
40,000 different foods products

If you are looking for just calories & fat g " The Complete & Up to Date Fat Book". It has alot of foods even has asian!! (but I can't find 'cherry tomatoes') Great book. 30,000 foods products THIS ONE ALSO HAS homemade/USDA standard home recipe & generic on alot of foods

Both has populer restaurants.

I also have " Carbohydrates Calories & Fat In Your Food' same thing as the others extept it has carbs cal fatg 30,000 NO RESTAURANTS

all count same food different brand names (alots of repeats). all different brand name about the same types of food.

All has a little run down on fat calories & the food pyramid. But not much on dieting All the book is food counts. no points or red groups (nothing about with foods are better then others) Just food calories.

The nutribase has 704 pages and pages 3-704 food list is filled with foods. restaurants 631-704 I paid $15.00. I think it worth it

the complete & up to date 870 pages but is 1/2 about the size pages 23-869 food list
785-869 are restaurants aren't really to up to date (I bought it back in 96 after my dogs ate my first copy) I paid $7.00 use to use hard. until I got "nutribase"
GREAT BOOK I would high recommend

Carbohydrates Calories & Fat In Your Food has 682 pages same size as 'the complete fat" BUT has NO restaurants & 1 -682 foods lists. don't use as much

If I can find it in one I can find it in the other.

I have been using the "NutriBase food counter" the most lately. but if I can find it in one I can in one of the others I think they compement each one quick nicely

the calories tracking site I'm using below wants to know carbs fiber (only in Nutribase book) protein (only in Nutribase book) Thats why I'm using Nutribase more. I use lables off the foods as much as I can.


If you counting calories the books are great. just use them


also I down loaded a free trial of nutribase tracker (yesterday) so far its helpful if for nothing else Finding foods. with out the book DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE SITE. http://www.download.com/NutriBase-EZ...-10247228.html

[sallyjayd]

still looking for a site those site were great but still I can find calories, carbs protein. on shrimp dishes.
my main chinese meal is shrimp with chinese veg.
I found alot of site with chicken and beef but not much with shrimp???

I hope the info on the books helped if not let me know I will rattle on more about them. (I love to rattle)

they are Great books



thanks again for the site do you know any more?

[a broad abroad]

Thanks for the information about the calorie books. I think I'm going to get the Nurtibase one, but I'm intrigued by the Complete and Up-to-Date because of the homemade recipe info. Today I was trying to find calories for Gulasch soup but no luck.

As for your favorite chinese dish you will probably have to get the info for a similar dish and substitute the shrimp nutrition info. Here is where you will get to practice what you have been learning Most chinese food cooked for westerners has a lot of fat in it. Remember portion sizes and stay away from the fried rice (one of my favorite things) and stuff like lo mein. Here is another site that may help you extrapolate a calorie count for the shrimp dish you seek: http://www.famouschinese.com/virtual...e_Chinese_Food

Also here is an article that list the fat content of some dishes including two shrimp: http://www.cspinet.org/nah/chinese.html

They recommend a 1-cup serving size portion of the entree and 1 cup of plain steamed rice, and to use the chopstix so you don't get too much sauce.

[sallyjayd]

Gulasch soup?? I don't see it in any of my books. I never heard of it. sorry
Spelling??
or Is there another name it could be called or whats some of the ingrediance?

I looked under soup & gulasch.
is this homemade or who makes it? campbells swanson?

they have them listed all different ways.

If you check out what I eat I am Soooo boring.
I'm no




going to excise now
then check out those sites