Dietitians

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Healthy Home-made Sandwiches
Dietitian, Carmela LEE, encourages us to create our own sandwiches and burgers. She says, “One can make a simple and healthy sandwich by choosing a healthy combination of food Ingredients and a healthy Cooking Method.” Yet she points out that a light meal may not be enough to replace a full meal. If...
Choose Healthy Sandwich Fillings
Bacons, luncheon meat, hot dog sausages and corned beef are some of the most popular sandwich fillings. These foods are, however, high in fat and salt content. 100 grams of bacon, for instance, contains almost an adult's recommended daily intake of sodium, which is no more than 2440 mg. Moreover,...
Oven Fresh, and Healthy
Many Hong Kong people choose to eat a light meal of sandwich or hamburger when they are too busy to take a break for a proper meal. Anyway, a sandwich or hamburger is also perfect for a light and refreshing summer meal. However, some types of bread contain high level of fat, sugar and salt; over-consumption...
Tips for a healthy Hot Pot
Dietitian, Sylvia LAM, shares with us a few health tips about hot pot meal:

Selection of soup base: Healthier choices
Plain chicken broth, fish soup with bean curd, seafood soup with dried scallops, winter melon soup, tomato and potato soup, corn, carrot and sugarcane...
Vegetables and Noodles
Sylvia LAM, a dietitian, says "Plain soup, fish soup and vegetables soup are more healthy soup bases. Apart from vegetables, food Ingredients with rich carbohydrate content such as dumplings, Shirataki noodles, fresh noodles and Shanghai rice cake are also healthy food options." Sylvia...