Shilin Night Market Chicken Fillet has over 600 calories per serving

Night market food has many calorie mines. If you don’t choose carefully, you may gain weight! In order to promote healthy food, the Taipei City Health Bureau announced the calorie count of the top 10 delicious snacks at the International Tourist Night Market. Among them, the crispy and juicy Hot-Star Large Chicken Steak has 657 calories per serving, which is equivalent to 2.3 bowls of rice. The accumulated fat is also "super heavyweight". Nutritionists recommend not eating fried skin to reduce fat intake.

The chicken fillet is breaded and deep-fried and absorbs a lot of oil, which increases the calories dramatically. The picture shows a simulation of eating chicken steak. (Photo/Photo from this website)

Among the top 10 high-calorie foods in Shilin Night Market, the top three are Hao-O chicken steak with 657 calories, oyster omelet with 525 calories, and fried stinky tofu with 496 calories. The others are tempura with 482 calories, Shilin large sausage with 385 calories, large pancake with small pancake with 355 calories, Shilin large fried bun with 340 calories, mixed fruit platter with 297 calories, stir-fried squid with 209 calories, and whole pork ribs with 175 calories.

How to eat night market food with high calorie content?

Xinguang Hospital nutritionist Xia Ziwen said that for the chicken steak, which ranks first on the list, chicken skin is the main source of calories. Especially after the chicken skin is coated with flour and fried, it will absorb a lot of fat and add more calories. If you eat one more chicken steak every day in addition to a normal diet (the recommended daily calorie intake is 1,500 calories), you will gain 1 kilogram in weight for 11.8 days. It is recommended to share the chicken steak with three or five friends, or remove the fried skin to avoid consuming too many calories.

The 2nd-placed oyster omelet and the 9th-placed stir-fried squid are both culprits that cause obesity because a lot of lard and cornstarch are added during the production process. It is recommended that you eat the ingredients first, eat less oyster omelet that only has the fried part without oysters, and eat squid without drinking the starch soup to reduce about one-third of calories.

Nutritionist Xia Ziwen reminds everyone that the daily fruit intake is 2 to 4 servings, as excessive intake will increase the risk of obesity. (Photo courtesy of Taipei City Health Bureau)

The 3rd and 4th night market calorie mines - fried stinky tofu and tempura, are protein products themselves and absorb a lot of oil after frying. It is recommended to share them with multiple people, or adopt alternative eating methods, that is, eat too much oil and too many calories today, and focus on light and low-fat diet in the next two days.

It is worth noting that many tourists love the fruit plate. Nutritionist Xia Ziwen said that the recommended daily fruit intake for each person is 2 to 4 servings, but a large mixed fruit plate has 5 servings of fruit and has nearly 300 calories. If one person eats it alone, the calories will definitely exceed the standard. It is recommended to share it with multiple people to reduce calorie intake.

Exercise to lose fat, do aerobic exercise and don't forget muscle endurance training

There are many tempting delicacies at night markets. How can gluttons smartly reduce calorie accumulation? Nutritionist Xia Ziwen said that in addition to following the above tips, the most important thing is exercise, and it should be exercise that takes into account both aerobic and muscle endurance. Aerobic exercise can consume calories, while muscle endurance can increase the body's basal metabolic rate and enhance the effect of weight loss.

In order to let the public understand the relationship between food at Shilin Night Market and calorie consumption, the Taipei City Health Bureau and the Chinese Culture University have collaborated to create a "Healthy Diet + Exercise Cloud Service Platform", set up two Shilin Night Market tourist health trails and a dynamic map of tourist food, so that the public can better understand the concept of nutrition and health.

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