Sushi

I'd rather have sashimi and put those saved rice carbs towards sake! :drinker:

Sushi will promote fat storage. It's white rice (high glycemic) mixed with sugar and dipped in refined salt (soy sauce). Ok for an occasional indulgence but NOT an everyday healthy choice. It will spike your insulin like nobody's business. If you go out to a sushi restaurant enjoy some nice sashimi instead

Nothing wrong with white rice or insulin.
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Individual foods are not inherently lipogenic. Caloric surpluses are.

I noticed you glossed over the refined salt

Spikes your insulin bro

As long as the sushi is rice with fish, it probably won't spike your insulin. Protein mixed with carbs keeps insulin level.

"Refined salt" isn't in sushi. You don't have to add soy sauce. And, even if you do, a little salt won't hurt you.

Not sure where the sugar you claim is in the sushi came from, except when your body breaks down the carbs and protein.

Why can't you have it because of rice?? You can eat whatever you want. If you are trying to lose weight and it fits in your macros, then of course you can have it??

Sushi is amazing, and a really good option for healthy eating in my opinion. I'm having it for dinner :-)

I love sushi and would eat more of it if I could afford it, lol. For a cheap sushi fix, I really like How do you Roll. Their website has nutrition information for each ingredient you could choose and adds it all up for you. I always get brown rice because I actually like it better than white and it's a nice bonus that it's better for you.

As with anything, I believe in moderation, but sushi is a way better option than a lot of other eat out foods.

i want to marry the daughter of a fishmonger so i can free sushi everyday.

There should be no food to "avoid'!! All in moderation. Gawd...if someone told me I couldn't have sushi - I'd kick their *kitten*!! I love sushi - there is the not so healthy variety and the more healthy versions. Yes it will push your carbs way up - even if you get brown rice and your sodium will probably bust too. so be mindful of what you eat the rest of the day. Avoid the rolls with cream cheese and/or fried. All the others - fair game in my opinion!!

Damn...I want some sushi now. :grumble:

I don't like it at all >.< I've tried giving it a chance but me and sushi just don't work out.
Buuuttt cooked fish is a WHOLE other story

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I had a rainbow roll and a dragon roll for lunch today. ♥

I would eat it every day of my life if it was free.....

Eat it...as often as you want. If you're diabetic, you should be managing your glucose count regularly. My late bride was Type-1...we ate Sushi REGULARLY 3-4 times a week.

As long as the sushi is rice with fish, it probably won't spike your insulin. Protein mixed with carbs keeps insulin level.

"Refined salt" isn't in sushi. You don't have to add soy sauce. And, even if you do, a little salt won't hurt you.

Not sure where the sugar you claim is in the sushi came from, except when your body breaks down the carbs and protein.

Depending on the carbs, mixing them with protein does not guarantee that your insulin will stay level. If it did, a diabetic could smuggle sugar into a balanced meal and not show a blood sugar spike 2 hours after eating. You can't smother carbs with protein and hope your body doesn't notice. (That being said, if you're not watching your carbs specifically for medical reasons or to follow a specific diet, this probably won't matter.)

The sugar in sushi is in the rice mixture: sushi rice is not just plain white rice -- it's made with sugar unless the establishment expressly says it is not.

Personally, I use low sodium soy sauce because while soy sauce is low in calories, it's high in sodium and I don't like retaining water (or risking high blood pressure).

Go to Japan and count the number of overweight people at the sushi counters. If you find one let me know.

This is what I was thinking.

I eat it weekly.
I also will never give up white rice.
I am not fat because of white rice.
I am fat because of portion sizes among many other things.

I usually get salmon or tuna sushi & Sashimi and enjoy it with coconut aminos instead of soy sauce

i love sushi, my kids love sushi...we eat sushi often...

there is no food that i cant eat, no restrictions here...

i watch my portions and i enjoy my food...i love Spicy Crunch Tuna rolls!!!!

My absolute favorite is called a Lotus Roll at the restaurant I go to. Cucumber + maguro, served with a spicy Ponzu (it's delicious without the sauce, too).

Lol I live in Japan, but cannot eat raw fish! But anyhow, i think the only thing that id worry about is sushi vinegar has sugar in it. I know my mom is Japanese, and whenever she makes the vinegar for the rice, i see her dumping sugar in it like its nothing lol. She says alot of Japanese food is smaller portioned and everything but we love to use sooo many condiments and spices in the authentic japanese food. Just a thought

Seriously agree on this. I lived in Japan for several years (just got back to the U.S. actually) and was always struck by the portions. A sushi meal there seems like its 5-6 pieces of nigiri and a bowl of miso soup. In the U.S. its often twice that size. Its not the rice, sugar, etc. its the total calories!