magnulus wrote:
>
> Many people have connecetd Chinese/Asian food with rice, but actually rice
> was often eaten in large amounts because of poverty, and because the people
> did alot of manual labor and physical activity (thus they burned more
> calories, especially glucose/carbs, right away).

Is this Atkins historical revisionism? In fact, in Japan at least, rice
was not a mark of poverty, but rather a measure of wealth. A medieval
fief's worth was counted in volume of rice. Most Asians today continue
to eat rice or noodles (or bread) at every meal. Their lower incidence
of obesity, compared to us Americans, is probably attributed to how much
they eat -- and what they don't eat.

--crymad