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Dietitian Guide
- Serve Sauce Separately
The sweet soya sauce used for clay pot rice also contains high sodium content, as one tablespoon of soya sauce contains 684 grams of sodium. Condiments, like salt and soya sauce, and additives, like flavour enhancer and meat tenderiser, also contain sodium, which places an extra solute load on the kidneys and further increases the risk of hypertension and renal diseases.
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Eat Less Meat, More Fibre and Just Enough
If you still want to go out for a clay pot meal, Heidi recommends that you should choose one with high fibre content, that is, with ingredients like pumpkin, taro, eggplant and radish. Fish and shellfish are also healthier choices because they have lower calorific value and are equally delicious.
We also need to beware of eating too much, Heidi says. She recommends that we should order one to two vegetarian dishes to make sure our diet is well balanced. Heidi further suggests that we should choose healthier dishes from the menu. As chefs and restaurateurs become more aware of customers’ preference for healthy food options, they will create and serve up healthier and more delicious clay pot rice dishes.
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