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Milkman Dan
Joined: 10 Jan 2009
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 Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:33 am Post subject: Nutritional Database for Korean Food |
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I've recently begun heavily restricting my consumption of carbohydrates (e.g. Atkins Diet) - which is a pretty difficult thing to do here in Korea. One thing that always helped me out back in the states were the abundant online nutrition databases, like Fitday, CalorieKing and many others.
I was wondering if anyone had a link to an English or Korean nutritional database that featured Korean foods and recipes. The sites I previously listed are pretty lacking when it comes to Korean dishes. I usually have no problem counting calories/carbs when I cook at home, but this would really help whenever I want to go out and try something different. |
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ChilgokBlackHole
Joined: 21 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:36 am Post subject: Re: Nutritional Database for Korean Food |
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| Milkman Dan wrote: |
| I've recently begun heavily restricting my consumption of carbohydrates (e.g. Atkins Diet) - which is a pretty difficult thing to do here in Korea. |
How is that difficult? |
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Milkman Dan
Joined: 10 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:53 am Post subject: Re: Nutritional Database for Korean Food |
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| ChilgokBlackHole wrote: |
| Milkman Dan wrote: |
| I've recently begun heavily restricting my consumption of carbohydrates (e.g. Atkins Diet) - which is a pretty difficult thing to do here in Korea. |
How is that difficult? |
It's difficult from a couple different angles.
First of all, most chicken/beef dishes served in Korea are marinated in a sauce that contains either sugar or honey. With the exception of Samgeopsal (sp?), all meat served at Korean BBQ places contain a decent amount of carbs. I assume most fish dishes are ok, but I'm not sure about that - Hence the purpose of this thread.
Secondly, it's a pain in the ass to refuse rice when in public. Every Korean I've eaten out with has thought that I was completely insane/retarded for thinking white rice was not incredibly healthy for me. Even after trying to explain things like insulin response and promoting healthy fats to achieve my weight goals, most are not convinced. |
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ChilgokBlackHole
Joined: 21 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:25 am Post subject: |
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| It sounds like you have it all figured out. Refuse the rice, don't eat the galbi. Any other questions? |
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jiberish
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: The Carribean Bay Wrestler
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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Although I don't agree with people who go for low carb. As long as you have the right amount required amounts of protein and fats then it is fine to fill in the gaps with carbs.
Trying bringing your own food out? That is what I do. Cheaper and easy. However if you are forced to eat out. I would recommend things like grilled fish. They give you a grilled fish with rice and sidedishes. Usually the side dishes are pretty healthy and you can't go wrong with fish.
Tofu kimchi is another one which I think is ok but I always take off the fat from the meat(only good fats for me). Bibimbap is also very healthy. Jimdak the chicken with noodles and potato is also ok I guess. I always steal all the chicken breast though.
I know there are some sites but they are all in Korean. So ask a korean...? |
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Banana_Man
Joined: 01 Mar 2010
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| My wife knows a few of those sites - she goes through nate or naver and searches - you can search in English on naver or learn korean for nutritional facts and type in. Or ask a colleague/friend who speaks Korean. As for the food, home cooking is your best bet - good grain rice / vegetable rice is a staple of most Korean homes - for the most part everytime I eat with Koreans in their homes they never eat white rice - usually has pulses or nuts/grains mixed in. Anyway, the information is there if you can find it. Good luck, although I think carbs are the bomb^^* |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| jiberish wrote: |
Although I don't agree with people who go for low carb. As long as you have the right amount required amounts of protein and fats then it is fine to fill in the gaps with carbs.
Trying bringing your own food out? That is what I do. Cheaper and easy. However if you are forced to eat out. I would recommend things like grilled fish. They give you a grilled fish with rice and sidedishes. Usually the side dishes are pretty healthy and you can't go wrong with fish.
Tofu kimchi is another one which I think is ok but I always take off the fat from the meat(only good fats for me). Bibimbap is also very healthy. Jimdak the chicken with noodles and potato is also ok I guess. I always steal all the chicken breast though.
I know there are some sites but they are all in Korean. So ask a korean...? |
This made me laugh. Actually read the literature and do your research. There is zero evidence that animal fats are bad for you.
He wants to follow a low carb diet. You just recommended pretty much the opposite of what he should be eating. |
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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Senior, we should start our own health series on SBS. |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Bloopity Bloop wrote: |
| Senior, we should start our own health series on SBS. |
Haha, probably more constructive than derailing threads here. |
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uhnothanks
Joined: 23 Nov 2009
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jiberish
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: The Carribean Bay Wrestler
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:34 am Post subject: |
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I said for me. For my clean diet I want the majority of my fats to come from monounsaturated or polyunsaturated sources. Not the satured fats on the edge of the meat. Because unlike the poster I am not reducing my carbs.
Are you saying grilled fish is bad? Tofu is bad? Meat is bad? Kimchi is bad? 3 grams of carbs per 100 grams, half of which is fibre?
Pretty dumb if you think this is the opposite...
Unless atikins is a keto style of diet (I have no idea) then I see no problems. Jimdak I guess you would want to stay away from if it is really low carbs. |
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Milkman Dan
Joined: 10 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome! That's exactly what I've been looking for - Thanks a lot!
I know that I didn't really elaborate on what I meant by "low carb", but I'm currently trying to maintain a ketogenic diet. So I'm aiming to consume as little as 20g - 30g of carbs per day. That's why I needed to find something like the previously posted nutrition sites.
If only it was as easy as just laying off the rice... |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| jiberish wrote: |
I said for me. For my clean diet I want the majority of my fats to come from monounsaturated or polyunsaturated sources. Not the satured fats on the edge of the meat. Because unlike the poster I am not reducing my carbs.
Are you saying grilled fish is bad? Tofu is bad? Meat is bad? Kimchi is bad? 3 grams of carbs per 100 grams, half of which is fibre?
Pretty dumb if you think this is the opposite...
Unless atikins is a keto style of diet (I have no idea) then I see no problems. Jimdak I guess you would want to stay away from if it is really low carbs. |
Tofu is pretty bad. It's the byproduct of an industrial process ffs. Where did the 3/100 drams of carbs come from? The diet you described would contain more than that. I eat no where near that low amount of carbs, and I consider my diet pretty low in carbs. |
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carpetdope
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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I recently did the induction phase of that particular diet and the carb restriction during the first 2-3 weeks pretty much prohibits eating anything that you haven't made yourself. As I'm sure you're aware, added sugar in all it's forms is pretty much in all processed food so a goodly portion of your time might be spent cooking or preparing stuff for future lunches and dinners. If you want to get yourself into ketosis you may have to resign yourself to not eating at restaurants and school caf for a few weeks. It's not the end of the world, though, if you're a decent cook (with a bit of spare time).
btw gmarket has a low carb protein powder if you're interested: http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=108580118 |
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jiberish
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: The Carribean Bay Wrestler
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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I looked up kimchi on a korean site
3 carbs per 100grams, 1.7 of that was fibre.
Tofu is just a by product of soybean milk. It is hardly bad.
Are you a paelo diet nut? |
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