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专家：真正的中餐可治疗肥胖

中餐在英国的名声非常差，许多英国人认为中餐米饭含量太高，肉菜油腻，长期食用会导致心脏病，造成肥胖。但是英国中餐专家罗琳·克利索德却表示事实正相反：如果合理烹调，吃中餐不但健康，而且饱腹，还能防病和延寿。

这位专家在她的书《为什么中国人不计算卡路里》中坚称，真正的中餐不会让人肥胖。中国肥胖率上升，主要原因是摄取了太多含糖量高、过度加工的西方食物。以下是克利索德在书中揭示的中餐的奥秘，还有两位西方营养学专家帕特里克·霍福德和伊恩·马贝对中餐给出的评价。

1. Think of vegetables as dishes

在中国，蔬菜也是主菜

Rather than an uninspiring accompaniment to meat or fish, the Chinese treat vegetables as meals in their own right, rather than add-ons, as in the West.

在西方，蔬菜一般只作为肉类或鱼类的配菜，而在中餐里，蔬菜也被当成主菜来食用。

Holford says: "Vegetables should make up half of what's on your plate in any given meal, so this fits perfectly with the Chinese diet."

霍福德表示：“蔬菜应该占到每餐的一半，中餐在这点上做得很好。”

2. Fill up on staple foods

吃饱靠主食

Without rice, which is low in fat and high in nutrients and fibre, claims Clissold, it is impossible to eat until you are full. Low-carb diets promise to burn fat, but Clissold says that replacing carbs with food that is higher in fat and lower in nutrients is not a long-term answer to weight loss.