ohhh i LOVE sushi and i tend to eat a lot of it. unfortunately, my favorite place doesn't have brown rice. i usually order edamame, and a six piece order of chicken teriyaki rolls and pick at the rice...and use low-sodium soy sauce. i used to get california rolls all the time. one time my friend and i went and we ate about 15 plates of sushi. this place has a conveyor belt of sushi, so you just grab whatever you want, and a plate has one-four pieces of sushi. that was ridiculous.

I just tried a "Natto Roll" the other night. My favorites are the Philly, Spicy Tuna and Crab Crunch rolls but I wanted to try something different so I picked Natto because I had never heard of it and had no idea what it was, well we had takeout and when I picked it up I made the mistake of asking... fermented soybeans "good for the stomach, has strong smell but good taste" um... no, I nicknamed it the "garbage roll" because to me it tasted like what dumpsters smell like outside of restaurants on a hot day-AND to top it off, it is gooey in the center with spiderweb like strings when you pick it up. It looks harmless though like crushed peanuts... it's not. I crammed the pieces full of wasabi, ginger and soy sauce and forced myself to eat it thinking "good for the stomach, good for the stomach..." I had my boyfriend try a piece - or challenged him to rather- and he promptly spit it out.... this is a long post but for anyone who actually reads it... STAY AWAY FROM THE NATTO ROLL!!!

I really don't like the rolls a lot (except spicy salmon, which are hard to come by where I live). I love nigiri though and will eat 6 pieces by myself: salmon, shrimp, yellowtail, i don't care. I try to just have sashimi and a bowl of brown rice when I'm craving it. Edamame is my favorite work hour snack, they're fun to pop out of their pods!! Thanks for the breakdown!

something is wrong with chart---is sugar supposed to be sodium? and sugar is not on chart where it should be

i love sushi, this makes me sad

Sushi is so good though!

Cravin, just checked out the chart -- Nothing looks wrong to me. Let me know if you see any more problems.

Thanks Fit! the screen still looks the same to me, but I can read it!

Well there goes my diet!

Great to know! Tahnks Fit!

Cravin, I see what you mean -- my screen is making the "sugar" row go above the rest of the chart. Still readable, though, so no worries. When I eat sushi, I only eat Philly rolls, but geez, they are high in calories. But I was saying the other day that Chinese food and sushi are my two diet sacrifices...because they are SO worth it.

It figures my favorite roll (Philly) would be the woest one.

oh man! wow. never realized how many calories were in sushi.
whenever i get sushi i'm getting a days worth of calories!
so sad

Yum, I love sushi. It really is not that high in calories, however... do you all realize one roll translates to 8 or 10 pieces of sushi?

Huh. Dragon and Spider rolls are my favorite...and probably the least healthy

I'm going to pretend I didn't just read that

I had a rainbow roll the other night, and it was delicious. This chart can't make me feel bad about enjoying what I eat! Moderation in diet and exercise is key - don't cross sushi off your list now - it still is a source of fresh fish and vegetables (usually), and rice is a diet staple for half of the world. Relax and enjoy what you eat - don't get hung up on calorie count!

I don't really eat the rolls, although once in a while I like a piece or two - I usually eat sashimi and I *think* those are less calories (I could be wrong?), although I know that's a stretch for people as raw fish is kind of hard to swallow for some! (no pun intended )

PennyCheesecake, thank you for the comment, I think you brought up a very good point. The point of the post is not by any means to make anyone feel bad about eating sushi - Sushi is wonderful! I eat it ALL the time. The post is just there to inform you about the food you chose to put in your body and gives you tools to pick healthier sushi items if so desired.

Hey Fit, what about the Ngiri Sushi? My all time favorite is the smoked salmon...you know, 2 pieces of smoked salmon, each set on its own little ball of rice and wrapped with seaweed. MMMMMMM

Wow, I never really thought about this when it came to sushi. At least now I can make a better choice about which roll I choose.

CravinSugar, salmon nigiri is on the breakdown! Not sure of the nutritional differences between regular salmon and smoked, but I'll try to find out.

Thanks for being patient with me fit! Long week and apparently I have a reading diability where i can't see the word ngiri. good thing it doesn't come up too often haha.

Is one roll considered one piece, like when you get the rolls their cut in 8 pieces, is one piece considered a serving, a row of four or all eight. The place I go has lots of specialty rolls, my favorite has slice mango on the top it's soo good. And I could live on edamame

I ♥ sushi & tempura vegetables are my weakness

I hope my comment didnt come off as obnoxious - if it did, I apologize, because that wasnt my intention! I just had an argument with this woman at work who, before we ordered in for lunch, wanted to Google all nutrition facts of the food choices!

I lost a lot of weight a few years ago, and I found that making smart, informed choices - charts like this one are helpful, especially when considering sodium and sugar intake! - without denying my body what it wanted was the most successful way for me to keep my weight down. Previous to that I had very unsuccessfully did the calorie count thing, and it left me with some major food issues. But maybe that is my personal bias.

FYI, I guess!

My chart looks off, too- one row of numbers is above everything else, and I think cravinsugar was right about it being the sugar in the sodium row, because mine says soy sauce has 2mg of sodium, and that CAN'T be right.

I had no idea I was eating so many calories from sushi because I never feel stuffed afterward, even when my boyfriend and I split 5 or 6 rolls.

ahhh this is such a wake up call. Sushi, not so healthy as we think.

It's still healthy, i.e. fish, veggies, (if you can) brown rice. You jsut have to say no to the soy sauce, and eat it in moderation! Fits chart is helping us make better deicision, not helping us ban another food from our diets. Ignorance is NOT bliss!

mm... I love love love sushi! the tuna & avocado rolls are my absolute fave! I usually eat two rolls, which translates to kind of a lot of cals... dangit. thankfully I don't indulge THAT often! at least the chart reminds me to stay away from the fried and cream cheese rolls!!

salmon, egg(usually the cheapest too !), and eel nigiri are my favs!! I don't understand why people are spazing about the calorie counts here? f(o_O) Sushi is very healthy for you, and relatively low in calories! Plus, there aren't many calories added just to make the taste better like in a lot of foods (oils, fats, etc.) If the calories look like a lot to you, maybe your concept of what a serving means in this chart?
...lol and yah, "natto" is fermented soybeans, and is really great for the digestive system and your body, but the smell, is, well, hmm, seems like something fermenting, lol. Not even all Japanese people enjoy it! hehe Try it tho!

What about Inari ? Can you add that to the list, Fit-suga?

I am obsessed with sushi!!!!! I would never be able to live without it!

Hey Fit-I am not too keen on seaweed, but could you do a breakdown on whiskas or Fancy Feast? haha

Well this makes me glad I only like ebi (shrimp) nigiri anyways!

wow. when i went to okinawa i ate ate and ate a lot of sushi. esp spicy tuna and when i came back to the states so many ppl kept saying that i look thinner now. lol. idk. i thought sushi are always healthy. who knows? i just love sushi too much. i can't wait to have some when i am in louisiana. the friend i am staying with her sister works at sushi place. yay!

When I go to an Asian restaurant I normally get Edamame and then a veggie or california roll.
It may be higher in calories, but im sure its dramatically lower than orange chicken and fried rice.

I guess i'll consider sushi my weekly treat

I got a roll to be made with soy wrapper instead of seaweed (easier to eat) and asked them to just put in half of the rice...it was delicious!

I always always get a tuna roll,(plain) and cold soba noodles. Yummy!

Never in a million would I try that. I would have to loose a bet in order for someone to place that in front of me. And I still would not eat it.

I don't think this is that bad. I usually only eat one to two rolls... and that's a MUCH better option than most other restaurant dishes.

im a little confused as to the philly roll...my sushi place does nutritional breakdowns (they also serve brown rice and half-rice rolls) and their philly roll is about 300 calories and 5 g of fat. maybe their rolls are smaller?

Sounds like they may use a lower fat crema cheese