# Why is it after you eat Chinese food, you are hungry again an hour later

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 27, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-after-you-eat-chinese-food-you-are-hungry-again-an-hour-later/242276 "2004-04-27T14:36:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-after-you-eat-chinese-food-you-are-hungry-again-an-hour-later/242276/21 "2004-04-28T11:45:51Z")

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Is boiled rice the same as steamed rice - light in color and sticky?

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**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-after-you-eat-chinese-food-you-are-hungry-again-an-hour-later/242276/22 "2004-04-28T11:53:37Z")

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> [@Mr2001](#):
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> Is boiled rice the same as steamed rice - light in color and sticky?

Pretty much, although a decent takeaway’s boiled rice won’t be too sticky.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-after-you-eat-chinese-food-you-are-hungry-again-an-hour-later/242276/23 "2004-04-28T12:01:49Z")

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But in the restaurants, you often have to ask for chopsticks, and then the people you’re with call you pretentious…

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**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-after-you-eat-chinese-food-you-are-hungry-again-an-hour-later/242276/24 "2004-04-28T12:29:48Z")

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As an American Chinese, I’d say that CHinese food’s pretty filling.

Hint to home-cooking of Chinese food: if you don’t want to use MSG and there’s an Aisan food store nearby, go in and ask if they have “hon da shi” (pronounced hone dah shee). It’s a fish extract that has a similar flavor without the headaches, etc.

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