Can sushi be included in a healthy diet?

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Scalesareforthefishes
Scalesareforthefishes Posts: 92 Member
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I don't get anything fried or with cream cheese.
Sometimes If they aren't in a bad mood they'll make me brown rice sushi ( lol )
I usually get shrimp and avocado
and crab and avocado

It usually come's to 300 calories with a pretty good amount of protein and fat.
I don't add soy sauce or anything.
Sometimes wasabi though.
Is it ok to indulge in sushi once and awhile? ( usually 3 time's a month )
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  • chris1816
    chris1816 Posts: 715 Member
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    Unless you have an aversion, try sashimi.

    Otherwise yes, sushi is fine, though the white rice is meh; its a simple carb and a waste of calories.

    Start eating salmon, tuna, yellowtail, snapper etc

    Tuna and Salmon specifically are considered super foods; they are protein rich, packed with omega 3s, salmon gives you *kitten* loads of potassium etc. You should be getting most of your fat intake from things like the aforementioned fish, along with avocado, almonds, cashews etc.
  • cbevan1229
    cbevan1229 Posts: 326 Member
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    Sure, why not? I love salmon rolls and tuna rolls, regular or spicy. I always use soy sauce, and ginger, and wasabi.

    Yum.
  • small_ninja
    small_ninja Posts: 365 Member
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    I'm always surprised at how low calorie sushi is - you can eat a bunch of tuna sashimi and egg nigiri and only come to about 300-400 calories for lunch, it's awesome. I don't see why you can't consider it healthy eating?
  • Scalesareforthefishes
    Scalesareforthefishes Posts: 92 Member
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    I ended up getting 10 pieces of avocado and crab sushi for 280 calories :D
  • lkm111
    lkm111 Posts: 629 Member
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    If I could afford it and avoid huge levels of mercury in my body, I would eat it five times a week! :smile:
  • KALMdown
    KALMdown Posts: 211 Member
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    I love sushi, which is a good thing since I'm currently living in Japan. They aren't big on the brown rice but make up for it by super fresh fish and eel. The chefs cut up an entire Hamachi as you sit and watch and pick rolls from the conveyor belt. So much variety, all yummy!
  • BigRich822
    BigRich822 Posts: 681
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    Is is actually really good for you and is loaded with protein. ITs too bad I hate it. Dam
  • Scalesareforthefishes
    Scalesareforthefishes Posts: 92 Member
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    Is is actually really good for you and is loaded with protein. ITs too bad I hate it. Dam

    YOU HATE SUSHI :noway:
  • saustin201
    saustin201 Posts: 270 Member
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    I love sushi, but in rural southern Minnesota it's impossible to find.

    My hubby travels for IBM to Japan several times per year and hates sushi. I don't understand it. He's even taken to the sushi train by his male IBM coworkers. The sushi train is a strip joint in Tokyo that serves sushi on a conveyor belt while the dancers "dance". LOL I was actually hoping he'd take me there when I went to Tokyo with him because I was dying of curiosity how it's done. He didn't take me. His coworkers took him after work, but I was left to fend for myself in the hotel dining room :((( Hmphf!
  • Scalesareforthefishes
    Scalesareforthefishes Posts: 92 Member
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    I love sushi, but in rural southern Minnesota it's impossible to find.

    Make you're own?
    It's super easy!
    There are a BUNCH of tutorial's on youtube.
  • 0somuchbetter0
    0somuchbetter0 Posts: 1,335 Member
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    I love sushi, but in rural southern Minnesota it's impossible to find.

    Make you're own?
    It's super easy!
    There are a BUNCH of tutorial's on youtube.

    You'd have to have access to really fresh seafood, which I doubt is available in rural southern MN.
  • mrsjack623
    mrsjack623 Posts: 6
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    Sushi is great, fish is one of the best things for you. If you are eating sushi you should always include at least a small amount of wasabi especially with anything raw as it helps kill any parasites that could be in the fish.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,704 Member
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    I eat sushi at least once a week.......................................for the past 35 years. Healthier than many 20 year olds.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
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  • saustin201
    saustin201 Posts: 270 Member
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    I love sushi, but in rural southern Minnesota it's impossible to find.

    Make you're own?
    It's super easy!
    There are a BUNCH of tutorial's on youtube.

    You'd have to have access to really fresh seafood, which I doubt is available in rural southern MN.

    ^^^ This. We have lots of fresh water fish:trout, walleye and such, but not SEA food.We are at least 1300 miles from the nearest ocean.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
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    hell yes. food of the gods. give me a chirashi bowl any day. i'd eat it every day if i could.
  • Scalesareforthefishes
    Scalesareforthefishes Posts: 92 Member
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    Wasabi make's everything better and clears out my sinuses ( Once I got a bloody nose because of that stuff. Still can't eat sushi without wasabi though )
  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
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    Mmmmm...sushi.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,704 Member
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    I love sushi, but in rural southern Minnesota it's impossible to find.
    You mean Lutefisk isn't Minnesota sushi?:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
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    Wasabi make's everything better and clears out my sinuses ( Once I got a bloody nose because of that stuff. Still can't eat sushi without wasabi though )

    Wasabi + Sriracha = even better.

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