Is PHO healthy for you?!
Answers: I am a big fan of PHO and eat it a lot when I'm gtting sick, when it gets cld out, or after a long Friday night out. I've always thought that it's healthy, and one of the best culinary inventions ever. But some of my friends keep saying it's fattening, and really doesn't do much in terms of health and nutritional benefits ... I still love PHO...but what do you think?
PHO better, PHO worse, eat it because you enjoy it and not so much because of its health benefits (mostly carbo). And like most things edible, practise "moderation" - 3 times PHO a week is NOT excessive; unlike health endangering McDonald's creams, sugars, salts and fats - "killer food" when consumed regularly.
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It won't be nearly as fattening as majority of the American food, I don't see why you should be concerned about it.
In my opinion it is a lot healthier than say, hamburger, hot dogs, chili, french fries, meat ball and pasta, smashed potatoes, meat loaf, lasagna, tacos, chimichanga, omletes,
.steaks, porkchop,.....to name a few. Plus the broth is always gentler to your system and excellent for you when you are under the weather.
Your friends don't have a clue what they are talking about.
It's one of the lightest Asian dishes known to man as far as I'm concerned, so I have no clue what they are talking about.
I've always found it very soothing too when I have a cold or upset stomach.
If the stock is made with real beef bones and chicken, it's extremely nourishing. Plus the garlic, basil, ginger, lemongrass, etc... that's the death knell to a cold virus.
You keep eating what you like.
1. Pho is the real test of a good Vietnamese resto. If the soup stock is super, you can pretty much bet it's a good resto.
2. Really good restos use beef bones and chicken carcasses to make the soup stock, not ready made packaged soup mixes. You can tell immediately by tasting it. So all the goodness of the marrow goes into the soup stock.
3. There's lots of herby goodness, like basil and Chinese parsley, and bean sprouts, and that is always good no matter what.
4. If you like spice, there is always sambal olek or chilli garlic sauce to add a notch or two of spicy goodness. I don`t care what anyone else says, that alone is enough to kill any cold bug dead.
depends on your carb requirement, because carb is the main thing in pho, so fattening or not, it depends on you.
there are different ways of preparing it, and that will influence the nutritional levels, eg. if it's fried it's definitely more fattening, if it's soup based then it's no so. but it's good food though. haha
I love pho also, but I think it is not as healthy as it looks. The clear broth kind of give you illusion that is healthy, but it is actually very greasy and fattening. It also contain high sodium and sugar. If you order the specialty one with all the internal things (organs), that is high cholesterol (fattening).