Hotpot Hacks For A Healthier Meal: Which Broth Has The Most Calories? | Talking Point | Full Episode

[@joycegoh8628]

Dangers of hot pot meals is most of us tend to up end ordering more than what we normally eat, then so as not to waste food, we would stuff ourselves silly. That’s why many times, we feel super full after a hot pot meal.

[@rainy199x]

As a hot-pot lover myself, I extremely feel thankful for this report! I also mistakenly think that eating a bunch of vegetables in hot pot is making me healthy, but now I know it very much depends on which broth I’m taking !!!

[@Mary-sh2bp]

I actually lost weight eating hotpot because I used clean broth and used peanut butter with soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, cilantro, and a packet of sugar for my sauce. Used more vegetables and than meat. I cut the thin meat into halves, so I thought I had more meat than the serving. The broth turned out so good and I used garlic and onions to bring out more flavor and rice noodles to end my meal. It was so good! 😊

[@martinbrock713]

most families cooked at home, occasionally indulging in hawker food. It was only in the 80s, where we had a larger population with greater spending power, that hawker food seemed in comparison to be cheaper.

[@AlanSmith88888]

When you eat hotpot, nobody is caring about calories lol.

[@thomasthetrainful]

The increase in sodium content in vegetables by 200% is a misleading representation. Vegetables themselves have negligible sodium content. The fibres in vegetables absorb sodium easily when they're cooked in broth. So obviously the sodium in vegetables will skyrocket. But it doesn't mean that the actual sodium content in processed food and meat are lower than vegetables.

[@hustlefitness6008]

It's not a misrepresentation. The increased absorption is easily understood via the comparison with the control.

[@Aeybiseediy]

The total amount of sodium absorbed in vege is comparable to processed food. So even if you feel like you're eating 'healthy' with lots of vege its actually similar as eating lots of fishballs/luncheon/etc. Probably only lesser fat amount

[@thomasthetrainful]

@@hustlefitness6008 still, misleading people into thinking eating vegetables are not healthy

[@thomasthetrainful]

@@Aeybiseediy Did the video published the exact sodium content of vege and processed food? They only highlighted the 200% increased in sodium, which is misleading in telling people eating vegetables are unhealthy.

[@jasonhuang3271]

yeah that part seems very misleading to me as well... they are comparing the values to cooking in water, but almost no one consumes boiled vegetables without any seasoning. If you compare the hot pot vegetables to stir fried, or even seasoned steamed vegetables, the sodium content won't differ by much I would bet.

[@martinbrock713]

Hawker food was always an occasional treat for the working-class in the 60s and the 70s. At that time, most families cooked at home, occasionally indulging in hawker food.

[@madamcuriouss]

they forgot to consider that most people do not drink the mala broth as its more of a dipping sauce. so the calories of mala is not comparable with other soup like chicken broth where it is actually drinkable.

[@thomasthetrainful]

Not true, there are quite a number of people who drink the mala broth, that's why last year Haidilao introduced the mala milk broth. You should try, it's very tasty!

[@madamcuriouss]

@thomasthetrainful yes im one of the few people who does that but I've never seen anyone else scope ladles and ladles of mala soup and drink it as if it's chicken broth like I do

[@Strawation]

it depends on the type of soup and you also have to remember that fat floats and will stick to whatever you dip into the broth. I've eaten from mala broths where it's more fat than soup so no one drank the soup, but it was more stomachache-inducing than the low-fat soups where you can drink the soup just because the fat had stuck to the food we dipped in

[@yukisnoww]

same as when eating instant noodle, don't drink the broth, lol.

[@007JayP]

@@thomasthetrainfulyou probably did not read the OP carefully as he mentioned Mala broth. My missus is from Chongqing, and I have never seen anyone from her hometown drink any mala broth as it is all beef fat and gets super spicy as the hot pot progresses. The closest thing to “tasting” some soup they do is to scoop up a little bit of the broth to add into their dipping sauce, mostly from the clear soup if available.

[@maverick2161]

13.5 kg = 30 lbs 30 lbs / 9 years = 3.3 lbs/year A woman gained 3.3 lbs per year over a 9 year period, and this is what you're basing your story on? You're blaming eating hot pot 5 times/month?! The most caloric-dense broth is 165 cals/serving. A 12 fl oz serving of cola has 140 calories, of which 39 grams is fructose corn syrup. Do you still want to blame the hot pot?? What was this woman munching on the remaining 25 days of the month when she wasn't eating hot pot? It's not fat or sodium you should be worried about, it's highly processed grains, sugar, and syrups.

[@jackm9804]

I agree with you 100%

[@weadog]

finally someone is on it, the video is pushing an agenda for sure

[@s._3560]

The real sugar, fats, salt are hidden in all your processed food, sausages, cheese, butter, fat steaks, burgers, fries, ice frappes and carbs like even maki, sushi (rice often has sugar mixed into it) and inactivity sitting in the office with long stressful hours unable to exercise!

[@Jinkypigs]

Precisely

[@michellecheung5986]

Stopped the video two minutes in to look for this comment. Totally nonsense to blame the weight gain of the women on hotpot that she only had for 5 times a month and disregard other meals she might be having or her lifestyle.

[@madamcuriouss]

please please consider doing a video on how teachers are overworked in schools as their job now include counselling due to the shortage of school counsellors as mentioned by MP louis ng in parliament

[@jiahaotan696]

Sounds like the teachers need some counselling themselves...

[@raeannseah1381]

honestly the macro ratio in a hotpot meal is pretty decent, so just eat a smaller portion and i can be very nutritious

[@nahyeahgara]

Just enjoy in moderation lah 😅

[@Homemadespirit]

Healthy or not, moderation either way. So then; problem should be fixed and change recipe to make it healthy. What is “healthy” do research. Oils good and bad kinds, sugars fats sodium carbs proteins ect. What’s good and what’s bad, and how much of them….

[@MajorBlitz]

People need to stop worrying about sodium intake unless already hypertensive. Everything in moderation and eating whole foods most of the time along with regular exercise solves most issues. If high sodium intake really does cause high blood pressure, then salt would be given as treatment for low blood pressure, which is definitely not the case

[@worldcurious8184]

we also add seasoning when we pan fried vegetables too and I bet the increase in sodium there will be equal or great. Cooking vegetable in broth is already one of the healier way consume vegetable.

[@haitruong189]

The sodium content in the vegetables is misleading, it doesn't add more sodium from thin air. The sodium from the broth moves into the vegetables so the total amount of sodium remains the same, it's just adding flavor to the vegetables. If you drink one bowl of broth with 1000 sodium and you add raw vegetable to it, it's still only 1000 sodium. If you want to cut your sodium don't drink the broth. Also soy sauce and sesame oil is sodium and fat (which are not bad) but you aren't avoiding sodium and fat by using those instead. Just eat a reasonable portion and don't be so crazy about the numbers.

[@d0k0night]

I'm a simple man. I see Diana Ser, I click.

[@zhgfng]

Maybe CNA shouldn't consider a dish healthy or unhealthy just based on the calories. This will contribute toward the stigma that low calorie dishes are healthy, and high calorie dishes are unhealthy, when that couldn't be further from the truth. Can contribute towards eating disorders too

[@deschan2246]

😂

[@elenaWYE]

exactly, people don’t eat those foods as regularly as how they eat their staple foods

[@Wenshun-n7e]

Believe it or not.. whatever we consume is breakdown in our body digestive system... the body will know what it needs to absorb and what it needs to excrete out.... if our immune system is in good shape. I just eat what I like in moderate, have about half an hour of morning sun exposure, and keep my immune system in shape, which I reckon is critical.. so far, I suffer no illness or negative effects in my mid-60s..

[@shadertheboi]

"You need to put your chopsticks at least 45s to kill all bacteria." Me: **SOAKING MY CHOPSTICKS IN THE HOT SOUP" Friend: What are you doing? Me: Just cleansing my dirty stick.

[@MidnightClaer]

Wish they tested the ingredients in the less healthy broths like mala which we are more likely to order

[@marthaelenacorral3042]

I love crockpot broths - my version of "hot pot." Lightest chicken broth (3 chicken quarters + 2tsp salt in 7Qt pot) x 6hrs Hi. Place broth in plastic containers and finish cooling in fridge: remove all fat on top using a knife utensil. Use the broth to prepare healthy meals and remember that it already has salt. Next best is collagen broth: use pig feet. after cooling you hardly see any fat at all and the broth becomes jello-like. I freeze all and use as I need for a month. I do the chicken broth for my dogs' morning hydration: serve one cup for each dog who love it!

[@SecretCollage]

Good reporting. Thank you🎉

[@omega_3_998]

21:54 "..make sure your raw meats are a safe distance away from your cooked food ..." Next screen: 22:02 ... Raw and cooked food placed extremely close beside each other. HAHAHAHA! Cute la Diana

[@heotak3408]

Isn’t all her ingredients raw since it’s going in the hotpot? What they meant by cooked food is food you’re not cooking in the hotpot which can cause cross contamination with raw meat.

[@007JayP]

I don’t see many overweight people in Sichuan or Chongqing provinces, on the contrary, most of them can’t get enough of hotpot and seem to be slim and glowing

[@FrankWu]

Mala broth in Chinese hotpot is very new trend food.Is very appealing to younger generation people .

[@tituslzh]

Eat one hotpot so many things to follow. If so particular then may as well don't eat, save the hassle.

[@thienquang665]

you pay for the meal, to have fun so please eat what you want and go to the gym later

[@ezekielk.3629]

gym is not a single solution to your unhealthy eating habits

[@ABC-ed8cg]

Gym won’t take away the sodium.. Healthy food choice will.

[@jowechu4153]

Ver good show… it’s educational plus revealing to observe the choices made by the guests 😅

[@deschan2246]

Propaganda

[@MrYongle383]

convivial = vibes. for anyone wondering.

[@BigRiceEnergy]

I go to hotpot as a way to treat myself. I couldn’t care less about the calories while I’m enjoying my hotpot. lol.

[@evolancer211]

Over nine years, that doesn't seem horrible

[@matlepak9694]

This seems to suggest that calories are unhealthy, fats are unhealthy.. that doesn't sound right

[@jj96432]

?

[@minzzles]

​@@jj96432read the obesity code by Dr Jason fung

[@rr-yw1on]

consuming too many calories and fats is unhealthy.

[@kklchau]

Everyone still avoiding fat and eating tons of sugar instead

[@zefcypher]

We all need calories and fats. It's a surplus of these that causes problems.

[@apfyang]

Great video!

[@lplp7656]

Appreciate for a more insightful and detailed lab test report research on the other soups for mala , and how much approx calories per 1 avg session of hotpot . That’s would be so much better information relayed and to keep the audiences informed on how much of total calories /fat / sodium’s/ per hot pot session, or if short or longer hours of session will after effect or side effects may happen ?

[@willliam1420]

Not all oils are equal health wise, neither are all calories created equal. As for salt, as long as it doesn't taste salty, it's good to go

[@elenaWYE]

she has only talked about the soup broth but she did not mention about a healthier ingredient list; people should minimise cooking processed foods like crabsticks and fishballs in hot pot

[@schadenfreude6274]

People should learn to do Fasting on Alternate Days. Eat whatever you want for 1 day, then completely No Food for next day and drink only Plain Water. Then repeat the cycle. My Uncle did it for 16 years and he was a very Healthy and Fit Man. He only recently committed s*icide due to Depression. 🙂

[@deschan2246]

Depression cause by not eating normally 😂

[@lijinzhou9902]

Just live normally lah

[@martinbrock713]

The most common misconception is how Hawker Food is supposed to be cheap food. This has never been the case historically.

[@sleepy_dobe]

Question about the recommended daily intake levels for sodium and fat. But let's stick to sodium for now. The rec level is 2gm, but as the lab results showed, the food ingredients for one meal, cooked in water, already hits the rec daily level of 2gm. We still need to eat two more meals for the day. Even if we drink water for all our liquid needs for the whole day, and have healthy home-cooked meals for the other two meals, there will definitely be some sodium that's naturally in the food in those meals. How to stay under the rec daily intake? Are those recommended daily intake levels realistic, or are they at the levels they're at simply because that's the level that gives one the best chance of avoiding certain diseases/health issues?

[@slickswings]

Hotpot - where everything gets thrown into the same broth and everything tastes the same

[@JC-ih9tp]

Need to consider sauces too

[@JasonYJS_xoxo]

Sauce goes to a different topic. This covers only broth calories and dipping ingredients

[@ursaminor3740]

I think pork bone broth and mushroom soup base these two are the best, whether in flavor or health.

[@tkyap2524]

We eat to enjoy. It defeats the purpose worrying about this and that.

[@FrankWu]

I believe a way to making hotpot meal more healthier is to limit meat instead eat more vegetable letters etc.

[@masterweaver]

I use 2 portion of plain water at Haidilao. When one get too oily, I change to a fresh one.

[@LizBall-lj8fn]

Mmmmmm I want to try hot pot ❤

[@TheTeaParty320]

I used to love hotpot and steamboat until I watched the Seinfeld episode on double dipping chips. Thanks George!

[@lang-ed3bk]

Hotpot is over a rolling boil or simmer; it is constantly killing off germs.

[@Jinkypigs]

LOL. You based your dietary preferences on a stupid Seinfeld episode? LOL.

[@TheTeaParty320]

@@Jinkypigs Ah, yeah!

[@dennistan4663]

Eat at hawker centre is the best. Cheap and good. 🤗🤗🌈

[@blurryface6261]

well this would have been useful if it came out before chinese new year.

[@ezekielk.3629]

Take it from a trainer POV - Don't drink the soup - Dip & not dunk the meat into the soup - Skip the rice if you wanna have less carbs - More greens - Eat everything in moderation - Ling Ling rolls are a killer - avoid at all cost

[@Logic807]

I don’t think salts are bad. Sugar is. Salts increase your blood pressure because of retained fluid, but itself I don’t think is that harmful. Take msg that will reduce your salt content. And if you are a believer that fats are good for you and that it keeps you satieted longer, ie. you will eat less later, well …

[@jamie68560]

Me: Y'all finish the broths???? 😂

[@Timholle]

The nutritionist Malaysian accent so strong

[@Gehslol]

This was an example of a bad documentary. Firstly, 5 times/month hotpot is literally like less than 16% of the meals one would eat in a year if one ONLY ate one meal a day. Why is there a leap of logic to assume hotpot caused that random woman's weight gain? Secondly, they are comparing random broths of different flavours and then utilising the flavours as basis for comparison instead of the composition. Brand X's mala might have less oil than Brand Y's collagen broth, then what? This just made information more confusing instead of clearer. And then like another commentator said, the sodiom results in the lab test was "?". The control was boiling items in water, as expected, but who even regularly boils items in water? A better lab test would be testing how unhealthy hotpot can be compared to other common meals we eat often e.g. vegetables found in (a) hotpot (b) caifan (c) random homemaker's vegetable dish. There was very little useful fact finding and presentation in this one. Disappointed. Who produced this video?!?!?

[@suryayunawan7201]

Of course, percentage-wise the increase in sodium will be more in vegetables, they had none previously, compared to the imitation crab and spam........

[@yeosiaueyn63]

- Adding more vegetables to broth doesn't necessarily make it healthier, as vegetables can absorb sodium from the broth, causing a 200% increase in sodium content. - Customers tend to prefer richer and more flavorful soup since they have already paid for it. - Raw meat should not be mixed with cooked meat in broth. - Keep raw food and cooked food separate when enjoying hotpot. . Reflection: Our daily consumption of sodium and fat may exceed our requirements due to the natural sodium content in vegetables. To reduce sodium intake, consider steaming and opting for a clean-eating approach.

[@nicholaswoof88]

Always do your own broth.. carrots, onions, corns and cabbage (don't add salt or msg as these will release the natural flavour) as the base of the soup. Then add in bah choy and cabbage. Then the fishballs, ngon hiang, meat slices, fresh fish slices, and other stuff. But not yam, instant noodles etc like the boys in Taiwan / China / Hongkong.. And don't get the prepackaged soup based as there's more msg and salt.. We aren't from China, but we are Singaporeans

[@deschan2246]

Dont think too much if u choose to eat.

[@stargazeronesixseven]

🙏 With respect to All Sides , please use Common Sense by ordering healthier vegetables & white meats , drinking unsweethened black tea & eating more fresh fruits will be healthier than consuming a lot of red meats , flour-laden desserts & drinking sugarly drinks during our meals! Thank You So Much CNA for the illumination! 😊🙏🌷🌿🌏✌💜🕊🇸🇬

[@chocolatecookie8571]

Don't worry about calories. All broth is healthy for you. Enjoy

[@deschan2246]

Broth healthy? Not always.

[@chocolatecookie8571]

Yes, it is always healthy@@deschan2246 If people want to lose weight they better focus on minimizing carbs and sugars and eat less frequently.

[@JasonYJS_xoxo]

Nope, hotpot is to enjoy, haha :) To be healthy, just control your portion and plot your hotpot days. Oh, and don't forget exercise

[@hiatusinc]

Hot pot always seems better than it actually is. I am usually always disappointed So maybe I eat it once every 5 years XD

[@sakurachristineito6428]

Eat shabu shabu guys!!! It's pricier but better quality

[@marvinmercado2867]

Enjoy the food.. We'll all die anyway.. 😅

[@unboxingdoomdays5949]

Msg is safer than hotpot

[@KP-xi4bj]

Uncle Roger would agree with you.

[@letsgoletsgoletsgoletsgoletsgo]

in my opinion , i dont care when it comes to hotpot , why ? because its a celebratory meal , its not often , myself no more than 5 times in a year , and most importantly my daily lifestyle and diet is healthy and i exercise a lot

[@dotaallstars8081]

These episodes are nice, until they become an ad

[@whirlx87]

whoever follows whatever is recommended in this piece is sure to find themselves uninvited to every hotpot gathering ever in the future

[@KucingJinak000]

Let's be honest here.. 13 kg in 5 years is acceptable.

[@fusiapink5593]

I never eat steamboat outside … the hotpot ….esp mala . I find them extremely unhealthy. The broth is very questionable. And I find it so much more expensive than having it at home.

[@deschan2246]

If U need to count calories, Dont Eat.😂

[@AlonzoNT]

how is pork belly processed food

[@DagaenGolomb]

This is modern enough to know that many of the sodium recommendations are misguided for many adults, right? Only some people are highly reactive to sodium, and without previous conditions like high blood pressure "high" sodium by 2g standards is not a particularly large risk.

[@kongwee1978]

As a family of three, we can't finish the experimental dish.

[@lijinzhou9902]

Aiyoh, reduce the portion accordingly lah

[@sys434]

knn, cannot come out 5 days earlier?

[@BlasitoGinawang]

That's odd I've eaten food with animal fat on it, but it makes me full the whole day, and once never snacked or over eat, than eating food with less animal fat makes me hungry and over indulge on food with less animal fat.

[@Logic807]

That is what the studies show. Fats are good especially animals fats

[@yeoowoya]

But who will actually drink finish the broth for hotpots ? For mala most would not even drink 1/4 of it

[@JasonYJS_xoxo]

Good point, and mala is super spicy and I would avoid it for sure. This is making me second guess the tomato soup, bc I love the tomato soup from Haidilao

[@jennypopsia5668]

you are right,we don't drink Mala soup,actually try not to drink the soup will be better.

[@williamlee2468]

I hope the hotpot outlets do not recycle the meats that are not sold on the day it's defrosted. This must be monitored closely because i've heard many hotpot places do this. My first experience caused me to have a massive upset stomach.

[@diff1980]

Why are we still talking about calories in 2024? Human body is not a machine so you can apply thermodynamics theory to it directly. It is all about hormonal responses to the substances we put into our mouths and thru digestive tract.

[@kklchau]

8-10 hot pot girl looks exactly how you would expect her to look

[@JasonYJS_xoxo]

The host?

[@nelswolf]

The increase in sodium. Doesnt just came out of no where. It comes from the broth. Only way to avoid this sodium is to not drink the broth

[@irenekoo]

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[@balonh1052]

It seems to me thay the nutritionist have graduated 😂

[@kit33389]

the hate train against FATS and SODIUM has to stop. Sugar is the root of all nutritional evil. The end

[@sumosumo888]

the focus on the broth overlooks the processed luncheon meat that they are consuming .. which has carcinogens, chemicals, fat and sodium hidden in the processed meat.......

[@user-wi2fw1jk9l]

I’m also shocked to know the vegetables actually absorb so much sodium.

[@minzzles]

Read the obesity code by dr jason fung. Fat and sodium is not the enemy

[@iamjoycheee]

I eat hotpot almost every other week and it is the only food that allows me to poop all i ate and feel like i've had flat stomach after my toilet endulgement. Definitely this video is misleading content. the ketogenic diet i love is happening right there the moment i dip my meat in that mala soup.

[@KiryuuKaitoChannelOfficial]

why the auntie host, sounds like someone from crazy rich asians film 😅

[@heroheng3840]

So simply put. We just simply don't care at all lol just yolo lol.

[@wl4006]

Don't understand the obsession over hotpot. It needs zero cooking skills. Make your own at home! The sauce can be homemade too. You need to know what's in the broth and the sauce. Sodium is just as bad as oil , and the spare parts they might add to the broth! I would not drink the collagen soup outside. Collagen is essentially what you add in your hotpot at home! Just add fresh meats, vegetables. No processed fish balls, fish cake and can food. That's all. Simple

[@vernier-colorado]

When I was saying it in 2019, I was like "I want to go to 奶奶 house and drink the hot hot sauce and sesame oil." But now I tried to reduced my consumption of it (p.s. I do not like spicy).

[@berrydustx]

if you keepon counting calories, how will you enjoy your food? Just eat and exercise later 😊

[@TheCandyvenom]

It is not the 90s anymore. Eat your hotpot.

[@pearlynlim9053]

Sugar content should be considered.

[@bordeux294]

But i love vegan hotpot

[@Cat-v1s]

This is shockingly shoddy reporting and the research conclusions are puzzling and highly misleading. In the lab report, the samples cooked with water still had an total sodium level of "only two grams", which was passed over as though it was acceptable. However, later the researcher points out the recommended daily sodium level is 2g. In fact, the total sodium for items cooked in water in the lab report is more correctly 2.2g. So that already exceeds the daily recommendation! Yet the focus was on the sodium content of items cooked in chicken broth. There is no mention that the processed foods (luncheon meat, fishballs and crabsticks) added a significant amount to the total sodium level. In fact if you remove them, the total sodium of the foods cooked in chicken broth is just 1.1g, which is way under the daily recommended level. The way it was reported made it sound as though it is okay to eat luncheon meat as long as it is boiled in plain water! When in fact the luncheon meat had a whopping 730g of sodium even when boiled in water, almost 3x more than the vegetables cooked in chicken broth! Instead, cooking in even chicken broth seemed to be painted as unhealthy. Perhaps the intention was to highlight the fact that the vegetables can absorb sodium from even the comparably low sodium chicken broth, and so what more from higher sodium broths, but this really did not seem to be portrayed well to me and seemed to demonise cooking in anything but plain water instead. Why not highlight how unhealthy luncheon meat and the other processed ingredients are as well? Especially when most people would add sauces or soy sauce to veggies even when steaming or boiling them. Furthermore, if cooking in chicken broth people will drink the soup anyways, it will not make much difference whether the sodium remains in the broth or gets absorbed by the veggies!

[@shekrahman2118]

Sharing saliva

[@kk22001]

Tell that to the hai di lau goers. Paying a premium to cook your own food. Biggest joke ever

[@lionellim1101]

its not just hai di lao. all your hotpot, pay so much for normal ingredients, service charge and gst and yet you still cook it yourself. people who go for hotpots are dumb people especially sinkie dogs

[@christianhadi873]

This is one of fine example of misleading statistics

[@WanderlassS]

its the MSG in the soupbase that is bad

[@noct2750]

down to the core wants to be healthier just eat salad and steamed food done,everything we consumed outside processed anyway unless u went to live in a village

[@deschan2246]

Y dont u try eating wat u hv commented n see how long u live? 😂

[@noct2750]

@@deschan2246 being sarcastic actually ,if rly wanted to be health conscious just be health conscious...stay away from other foods that's the issue with modern society lacks of focus