Japanese
If anyone has perfected low-fat cuisine, it's the Japanese. Japanese cuisine highlights rice and vegetables and relies on food preparation methods that require little or no fat or oil. Because of this, most of the fat you eat comes directly from the food you choose, so stick with chicken, shellfish and seafood over beef. Typically portions are smaller, too.
Tips: Ask the cook to prepare your food without high-sodium marinades, sauces and salt. And ask that sauces be served on the side. Avoid deep-fried, battered or breaded foods.
Instead of
Try
Vegetable tempura (lightly battered and fried vegetables served with sauce)
Steamed vegetables
Shrimp tempura
Fish or vegetable sushi
Pickled fish
Sashimi (filet of fresh, raw fish served with wasabi and dipping sauce)
Tonkatsu (breaded pork cutlet)
Nabemono (casseroles); Yosenabe (seafood and vegetables in broth);
Shabu-Shabu (sliced beef and noodles cooked and served at the table with dipping sauce)
