# How healthy IS Vietnamese food.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-healthy-is-vietnamese-food/594889>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 1, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-healthy-is-vietnamese-food/594889 "2011-09-01T21:42:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-healthy-is-vietnamese-food/594889/1 "2011-09-01T21:42:40Z")

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Note: This is inspired by my own [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=622299) in Cafe Society, but I’m looking for factual answers.

I’ve only seen a few fat Vietnamese. The food seems pretty healthy with all of its fresh foliage. The bánh xèo is fried, though. The things I eat have grilled pork, but in proportion to the rest of the dishes the portions do not seen excessive. I’m not sure what-all is in the fish sauce.

So how healthy _is_ Vietnamese food anyway, especially in comparison to other cuisines?

(Again, I’m only looking for factual answers – or as factual as possible – in this thread. The other thread is still open for Cafe Society stuff.)

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-healthy-is-vietnamese-food/594889/2 "2011-09-01T22:18:00Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> I’m not sure what-all is in the fish sauce.

As with many other things involving cooking, the answer to _What is in nuoc mam?_ is [_It depends_.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuoc_mam)