We can often observe slim Japanese people who live for many years, while remaining happy and healthy. This example is contagious and our people have already begun to become familiar with Japanese cuisine. Instead of borscht, which people prepare rich and satisfying, they start eating soup with seaweed, and instead of fried potatoes, raw tuna appears on the menu, instead of sandwiches with red caviar on them, they try rice with flying fish eggs. But almost all nutritionists do not approve of such a choice.
Food enzymes are adapted to digest certain local foods. As a last resort, products from those regions that are located nearby (Uzbek pilaf, Italian pasta, German sausages). As for exotic spices and ingredients, our body may not react very well, so you should not abuse them. And it’s not just the famous puffer fish that needs to be seen as a danger. This also applies to harmless treats (rolls, tuna sushi, sashimi, etc.).
Is it possible to eat rolls and sushi while losing weight?
Anyone who has encountered this traditional Asian dish at least once in their life knows what its main ingredients are. The rolls are boiled rice and sea fish in all its diversity wrapped in nori (a type of seaweed). It could be salmon, tuna, eel. Often added to rolls and seafood: shrimp, squid, crab meat.
There are also vegetable versions of the Asian delicacy with cucumber, avocado, and chukka seaweed. Sushi differs from rolls only in the method of preparation and shape.
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Baked rolls: it's all in the bag, or rather, in the bag
First, let's figure out what is being baked? Since a professional grill has a heating element on top, not the entire roll is baked, but only the cap. This explains the design of all proper “baked bakes”: rice, cheese, cucumber or avocado are rolled into a roll, and the filling mixed with sauce is placed on top. Only this cooking technology guarantees heat treatment of all the necessary ingredients. Some consumers are confused by pseudo-baked rolls, the cap of which consists only of mayonnaise or sauce, and all the ingredients are placed inside. Such a departure from the rules can be costly - many products, such as sea bass, are dangerous to eat raw, and the inside of the roll is not baked.
A large cap with filling in a baked roll from Sushi Premium and a mayonnaise cap in a standard roll from one of the city’s companies (for comparison, rolls with the same filling were taken).
Benefits and disadvantages of the dish
Many people are interested in the question of whether it is possible to lose weight by eating only these dishes. It all depends on what is included in their composition. Rolls and sushi come in a variety of variations, and the calorie content is determined solely by the ingredients.
But it is worth noting that the main component of the exotic delicacy, rice, contains a lot of calories, which does not put you in the best mood. In addition, it is able to saturate the body for a short time, so very soon after a hearty lunch or dinner a person again feels the urge to snack. Nevertheless, you can include rolls and sushi in your diet if you eat them correctly. For them to be beneficial, you need to follow a diet.
The secret of success is in the team
Despite the popularity of sushi, there are still few chefs in Petrozavodsk who can not only professionally roll rolls, but also understand the ingredients, compositions and rules for combining products. Many sushi makers are self-taught; some were only taught how to roll rolls at speed, without paying attention to quality or deep immersion in the basics of Japanese cuisine. There are cooks who don't even know how to cook rice properly. As a result, the quality of sushi suffers, mistakes are made and repeated, affecting both the taste and safety of the product. You can come up with a great project with complex recipes, but if the team can't handle it, it's doomed to fail. And it’s also more difficult to work at Sushi Premium - there are high requirements for the appearance of sushi, a lot of additional decorations, jewelry work on the preparations: for example, this is almost the only company where they cut the peel from cucumbers. Therefore, even an experienced sushi chef here starts from the position of a trainee, absorbs values, remembers rules and recipes that were not taught in other companies, and tries to make round rolls. The specialists at Sushi Premium are wondering: where else will they cook from premium quality products, do their work conscientiously, and not deceive the consumer by replacing natural ingredients with analogues? During the work, a core of professionals was formed, but along with the growth of the company, the need for strong chefs increases.
This is what the daily work of the sushi chefs at Sushi Premium looks like.
What and how much can you eat?
It’s clear that you shouldn’t overeat on rolls and sushi. This is fraught with a feeling of heaviness in the stomach. But with their help you can diversify your menu when losing weight. If you eat only this kind of food, it is optimal to eat 20 - 25 rolls a day, while at breakfast it is better to eat the largest portion - 8 - 10 pieces. At dinner, on the contrary, there is no need to be overzealous; just four are enough, otherwise the stomach will not have time to digest everything, and excess fat will still begin to be deposited.
For lunch, a standard portion of 6 pieces is recommended. You can simply replace one of your meals with an “exotic” one.
The diet itself should be short-lived and take no more than three days, otherwise those losing weight risk stomach problems and poor health. As you know, a monotonous diet is harmful to health and leads to a lack of essential microelements and vitamins in the body.
When losing weight, you can eat diet rolls, the number of calories in which is minimal. In order not to harm your figure, you will have to give up some ingredients, such as avocado, cream cheese, mayonnaise.
It is also better to avoid rolls with smoked and salted fish, since they retain water in the body and prevent weight loss. It is recommended to use raw, lightly salted or steamed. But you need to be careful and choose only fresh fish, since poor quality or poorly processed fish can be infected with parasites.
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Shrimp and crab meat will not cause any harm to your figure; you can safely put them in rolls. For fish, those that contain little fat are suitable, for example, tuna or pink salmon. Before preparing the dish, rice should be washed several times and only then boiled. Some people recommend replacing regular rice with brown rice; it is considered healthier.
You should also diversify your menu throughout the day so that your body receives the maximum amount of useful vitamins and substances. To do this, you need to change the filling, combine rice with fish or shrimp, and with cucumber or chukka.
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Why can sushi be harmful?
Let’s say right away that the main harm of sushi lies in its modern interpretation: in the 70-80s, Japanese chefs who moved to Canada and the USA came up with the famous “California”. And then, like mushrooms after the rain, rolls with bacon, olives, curd cheese, mayonnaise, etc. began to appear.
And now the low-calorie dish becomes no better than a portion of a fatty burger.
The fish itself is especially dangerous - if the raw material is of poor quality, you can get seriously poisoned, introduce parasites into the body, and cause liver problems.
Another minus of sushi is salt. Soy sauce, spices and oils, which are traditionally used to prepare the dish, contain large amounts of salt - this negatively affects the functioning of the heart, aggravates arthritis, and increases the risk of kidney stones.
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How to choose the right rolls and sushi
The decision about what kind of rolls you can eat while losing weight will depend on the type of diet you decide to follow. If it is aimed at reducing the consumption of proteins and carbohydrates, then Japanese cuisine is unlikely to be suitable. The culprit for this will be the main ingredient of the dish - rice. It contains a large amount of carbohydrates, so eating only rolls and sushi will not show good results with such a diet.
If the emphasis is on limiting the amount of food consumed, then this food will be an excellent aid in losing weight if it does not contain a large number of calories.
There are a number of tips suitable for both types of diets that will help you choose the right rolls. If you set a goal to lose weight, and your diet is based on Japanese cuisine, then you need to:
- Give preference to brown rice over regular white rice. It is much healthier, containing magnesium and selenium, which the body needs. Moreover, unprocessed brown rice is rich in fiber, which is very effective in weight loss.
- Avoid seasonings. Traditionally, a serving of rolls is accompanied by spicy wasabi and pickled ginger. Those who eat rolls for weight loss should not even look at these snacks, they will only whet their appetite.
- Don't go overboard with soy sauce. It prevents the removal of water from the body, so it is better to reduce its consumption or avoid it altogether.
- Do not choose rolls with cheese and mayonnaise. These ingredients contain a lot of fat and calories, which will definitely not reduce inches from your waist.
- Omit tempura (breading). Fried rolls are a calorie bomb because they are cooked in a lot of oil, which is unhealthy.
- Wash down your meal with green tea without sugar. This excellent source of antioxidants easily quenches the thirst that comes with eating salty foods.
- Enjoy all the variety of Japanese cuisine. In addition to rolls and sushi, various low-calorie salads and miso soup are suitable for consumption during the diet. It perfectly warms the stomach, fills it, dulling a strong appetite. In total, the soup contains 75 kcal - less than a serving of rolls.
If you choose all the ingredients correctly, the calorie content of a serving can be reduced to 200 - 300 kcal. But sometimes it doesn’t hurt to celebrate your stomach and eat some rolls with cheese and smoked salmon. The only thing is to do it better in the first half of the day.
Calorie content of sushi and rolls
Cheese in rolls – what kind?
Many people love rolls with cream cheese, but this ingredient also has its secrets. The main products for the production of real cream cheese are cottage cheese and milk. There are also substitutes - a creamy product made from vegetable fats based on powder mixtures. To understand the difference between taste and composition, simply compare live milk and ultra-pasteurized milk with a shelf life of several months. And unnatural cheese does not melt at all, maintaining its ideal shape, has a plastic taste, and sometimes can even be bitter.
To create a cheese cap, you also don’t always take cheese in its pure form; you can always mix cheese with mayonnaise or completely replace it with cheese sauce. A less attentive client is unlikely to understand.
If you pay attention to the flavor notes, you can always distinguish real cheese from an imitation, just listen to yourself and savor every bite, trying to feel the ingredients and the whole palette of taste. The habit of eating this way will once and for all discourage the desire to order rolls anywhere.
Well, as usual, be interested in the names of the products. Those who work with quality ingredients have nothing to hide. Sushi Premium rolls contain Cremette cream cheese and hard Mozzarella cheese.
“Tender Crab” roll with baked slices of Mozzarella cheese on top and “Royal” roll with delicate Cremette cream cheese from Sushi Premium.
Is the sushi diet effective?
Losing weight by eating these exotic dishes will not be difficult if you follow a number of simple rules. The sushi diet is comparable in effectiveness to any other diet aimed at proper nutrition and avoidance of sweets and starchy foods. If you eat only healthy foods, vegetables, fruits, and alternate fish with meat, you can be sure that the kilograms will begin to fall off.
But rolls and sushi themselves do not contain special substances that help burn fat. Therefore, you should not count on rapid weight loss if you adhere to such a diet. But rolls containing few calories can be used as one of the dishes of the selected diet.
Among the advantages of this diet, one can note the improvement in the condition of the skin, hair and nails thanks to the phosphorus contained in fish. Also, Japanese cuisine improves digestion and normalizes the functioning of the thyroid gland.
History of sushi
Sushi (by the way, the correct pronunciation of the hieroglyph is “sushi”) was originally a way to store fish. The Japanese soaked rice with a special fermented composition using koji yeast, covered the fish with it and put it under pressure - in this form it was preserved for up to several months. The rice itself was then thrown away.
In the 19th century, Tokyo chef Hanaya Yohei came up with a version of nigiri sushi: he served slices of raw fish on rice seasoned with sugar and vinegar. It is believed that he was inspired to do this by the problem of eating sushi in the theater: now there was no need to throw away the rice and it was much more convenient.
Gradually, this combination took root in Japan, fell in love with local shopkeepers, and so spread throughout the country and beyond. Today there are about 120 thousand Japanese restaurants around the world.
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A few more interesting facts: the Japanese prefer to eat sushi with their hands and do not like to dip it in soy sauce - in good restaurants, the sushi master already prepares the dish with the addition of sauce in the amount that will fully reveal and not overwhelm the taste.
Opinions of experts and women about the product
Nutritionists believe that eating only rolls and sushi will not give good results. They advise using these dishes only to dilute the main diet - one serving 2 - 3 times a week will be enough.
If you build your diet exclusively on rolls and sushi, then there is a high risk of adverse consequences for your well-being: constipation, fatigue due to lack of necessary vitamins and substances, heaviness in the stomach. Also, you cannot sit on such a diet for a long time; it is best to arrange fasting days on such food.
Of course, experts note that this dish should be dietary, not containing smoked or salted fish, cheese, or mayonnaise. You should not get carried away with fried rolls, oil will only help you gain extra pounds.
Reviews from women who have tried this diet are varied. Someone was delighted with this diet and easily lost 2 - 3 kilograms in a week. It is especially noted that a positive emotional attitude in such a matter is important; it was thanks to it and the love for Asian food that women were able to achieve the desired result.
As another positive aspect, those losing weight called the quick saturation of the rolls, which allowed them to forget about food for a long time and not make useless snacks.
For others, dieting has become a real challenge. After eating rolls and sushi for several days, my stomach began to hurt, which discouraged any desire to continue holding on. Perhaps such effects arose due to non-compliance with basic recommendations, and above all, a monotonous diet.
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It is possible to lose weight on a sushi diet if you approach it rationally. You shouldn’t focus only on rolls; you need to include other Japanese dishes, fruits, vegetables, low-calorie and healthy foods in your diet. If you follow all the recommendations, the extra pounds will easily go away, and your health will be excellent.
Features of fish that affect weight loss
Protein foods are considered the main element of proper nutrition for weight loss. Fish and other seafood are a source of easily digestible protein. They simultaneously contain vitamins of group A, microelements - phosphorus, iron, magnesium, chlorine, manganese and calcium. Fish is rich in amino acids, including Omega-3 fatty acids, without which a healthy diet for weight loss is impossible. These products are also sources of iodine, microelements that are necessary for the health of the thyroid gland.
Another advantage of seafood and fish is that they are easily digested without giving a feeling of heaviness.
I sell and sell, I give it away for free!
Price matters. It's no secret that, like any other product, sushi is subject to a simple rule: the cost is proportional to the quality and naturalness of the product. Miracles do not happen, and not a single company, even the most popular or rich one, will be able to sell a quality product at the price of Krasnodar rice rolls. You have to either follow the path of total reduction in price, offering an attractively low price and frankly mediocre quality, or, conversely, buy the right products and prepare delicious sushi, albeit at a higher cost. This can also include a lot of marketing tricks from the “two for the price of one” series or too big discounts, generous promotions. All these “giveaways” are an indicator of the real cost of sushi in a particular location. A natural product will not be devalued like that. Of course, each product has its own buyer, but it is better to follow the rule: treat yourself less often, but with real sushi, than consume kilograms of rice and mayonnaise every week.
The fashion for sushi came to us from big cities. Nowadays, the tendency to make a choice in favor of natural and high-quality products is gaining more and more popularity, this also applies to Japanese cuisine. Sushi lovers are fed up with low-quality products and willingly choose companies that focus on taste. That is why Sushi Premium has gathered a considerable number of fans over the five months of its operation. And now the New Year's menu has appeared. It will remind you of the New Year's tastes of childhood: citrus fruits, herring under a fur coat... How did they make sushi from this? Hurry up and try it!
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