Healthy Eating: Get the Food Nutrition Facts at Restaraunts

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Healthy Eating: Get the Food Nutrition Facts at Restaraunts

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed

Usually, you avoid eating at restaurants while trying to lose weight. There are too many unhealthy options on restaurant menus and most restaurant nutrition choices are not helpful when you are trying to lose weight. It is possible, however, to eat out and still make good decisions. To do this, ask the waiter or the manager of the establishment for the food nutrition facts of the menu items they serve. You still get to enjoy a meal out without going off plan when you obtain the food nutrition facts before ordering.

What are You Looking For?

When you request food nutrition facts most restaurants will provide you with detailed information including the calorie, fat, sodium, and carbohydrate content of most items on their menu. So if you are looking for low fat items, it will be easy to know which menu items will suit you. Keep in mind that condiments and sauces can add calories, fat, sodium and even carbs to any menu item. If a salad looks fattening on the food nutrition facts, it probably includes a high fat dressing which you do not have to order.

If They Don’t Have Nutrition Facts

When there are no available food nutrition facts, you can still make a smart ordering decision if you now some basic facts about nutrition. You know for instance, that a double bacon cheeseburger and fries is not going to be your best weight loss option. An example of a healthy choice might be a grilled chicken breast added to a salad, low fat dressing on the side.

Most restaurants, though, will provide you with food nutrition facts. You may just have to ask for them. Perhaps restaurants are afraid that leaving the food nutrition facts along with the menu might cause a rapid drop in orders of the unhealthy options. If they don’t know how much fat is in a food item, they’re more likely to order it.

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