Why the Chinese don't count calories / Lorraine Clissold.
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TextPublication details: London : Constable, 2008Description: xxx, 223 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: 184529842X (pbk.); 9781845298425 (pbk.)Subject(s): Nutrition -- China | Food habits -- China | Diet -- China | Lifestyles -- Health aspects -- ChinaDDC classification: 613.20951 LOC classification: TX360.C6 | C55 2008Summary: FITNESS & DIET. Learn how the Chinese can eat as much as they want without worrying about their weight. A favourite Chinese greeting is Ni chi le fan ma? - Have you eaten yet? Unlike many in he West, the Chinese see food not as a chore to prepare and source of unwanted calories, but a health giving pleasure. Lorraine Clissold shows us how to do the same. Clissold explains in 16 captivating chapters the 16 secrets of China's food culture. With examples and recipes she shows how the Chinese balance their diet by satisfying the taste buds with five flavours, by eating a mixture of staple foods and carefully prepared dishes, and the right proportion of solids and liquids, and heating and cooling foods.
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"Fifteen age-old secrets that can change your life".
Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-223)
FITNESS & DIET. Learn how the Chinese can eat as much as they want without worrying about their weight. A favourite Chinese greeting is Ni chi le fan ma? - Have you eaten yet? Unlike many in he West, the Chinese see food not as a chore to prepare and source of unwanted calories, but a health giving pleasure. Lorraine Clissold shows us how to do the same. Clissold explains in 16 captivating chapters the 16 secrets of China's food culture. With examples and recipes she shows how the Chinese balance their diet by satisfying the taste buds with five flavours, by eating a mixture of staple foods and carefully prepared dishes, and the right proportion of solids and liquids, and heating and cooling foods.
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