Sunday, May 31, 2015

The Benefits Of Eating Korean Seafood Dishes

By Ericka Marsh


Korea is a small peninsula, so most of their cuisines has a very wealthy seafood dishes. They are often prepared in various ways like being fermented, roasted, grilled, braised, boiled, raw and dried. If you are going to name something that came quickly to mind when you hear about Korean food, you will probably think on their barbecued meat, spicy foods and perhaps their kimchi.

Korean cuisines are considered as a defining element of their culture for many reasons. One is that, food is related to the overall environment of the country, the location and its climate as well as its geography. Most of the locals eat a lot of Korean seafood. Koreans are sea food lovers and seek out the best specialties of each region.

Most Koreans love to eat three types of seafood at a time. One of these is the small dried sardine. They are considered as condiments and not as a main dish. It can be eaten with other dishes. Bowls of these may also appear every meal especially during breakfast. Dried cuttlefish on the other hand is a recipe most people can't eat without. Dried cuttlefish is also one of the most popular snack foods and can be sold in different vending machine.

A lot of people are eating these kinds of seafood dishes such as seaweeds. As you know, seaweeds are very nutritious that endures long winter seasons. Babies can be fed with seaweed soups and most of their birthday celebrations include seaweed soup on the menu. Basically, there are many reasons why Korean foods are healthy.

For many years, people in Redondo Beach, CA especially the Koreans have tried and eaten products of the field, sea and the mountain because of the distinguish climate which makes Korean dishes more abundant. Most of their foods are exotic, special and particular. The most distinguishing feature of their cuisine is the spiciness. The basic seasonings include green onion, red pepper, bean, paste, soy sauce and a lot more have been combined in different ways of enhancing their dishes.

In addition of their seafood dishes, they also like eat products and famous to Westerners. They often love to marinate meat with different seasonings such as sugar, garlic, soy sauce and a lot more. The marinated meats will be cooked over a heat in front of table. Also, they like ribs of beef or pork.

Vegetable dish is also popular. Traditionally, individuals are eating more vegetables than red meats. This is because, it can halve the chances of getting heart diseases and to avoid heart attack. Once this is included to your daily diet, it will also help you a lot. Prawns, crabs, squid and octopus are mostly packed with vitamins and minerals which are good for the heart health.

Although any seafood has higher level of cholesterol, but saturated fats can also be found which can be commonly found in red meat, fast food and cheese that increases levels of bad cholesterol in the body. Thus, sea food is unlikely to have major effects to the levels of your cholesterol.

Finally, studies show that eating seafoods regularly is beneficial to your health in many ways. Evidence also suggests that a diet with fish oils can help protect you from major diseases and help to improve your overall well being.




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