# Chinese Food **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 19, 1999, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-food/3323 "1999-09-19T21:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnh\_metalgod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@johnh\_metalgod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnh_metalgod)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-food/3323/1 "1999-09-19T21:14:00Z")
How come I am hungry one hour after I eat Chinese food? ---
**Author:** ![DW3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@DW3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DW3)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-food/3323/2 "1999-09-19T21:17:00Z")
Because the rice or noodles puts your blood sugar out of what. Basically you produce more insulin than needed so the extra insulin lowers your blood sugar and makes you hungry ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 1999, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-food/3323/3 "1999-09-20T09:45:00Z")
What? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 1999, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-food/3323/4 "1999-09-20T14:23:00Z")
Whack? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 1999, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-food/3323/5 "1999-09-20T15:51:00Z")
It’s one of the first questions I asked here & the answer should be in the archives. Why don’t chinese people like american food? Cause three hours later they aren’t hungry anymore.