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Ask For Food Nutrition Facts When Eating Out For Healthier EatingWhat To Look For When you ask for food nutrition facts, many restaurants will provide you with a sheet of paper or a card stating the calorie content of the various foods on the menu, the fat, sodium and even the carbohydrate content. If you're trying to eat low fat, you will see right away which foods you should eat and which ones you shouldn't. Keep in mind that condiments and sauces can add calories, fat, sodium and even carbs to any menu item. So even though a salad may seem very fattening when looking at the food nutrition facts, realize that it's probably the dressing that comes on the salad that provides most of those excess calories and fat. If They Don't Have Nutrition Facts If you happen to be out at a restaurant and you ask for food nutrition facts, but they don't have any available, you should still be able to make good food choices based on your knowledge of basic nutrition. For example, you should already know that a double cheeseburger with bacon is not the best menu item when it comes to trying to lose weight. Instead, you might want to choose a chicken sandwich, not fried, and a baked potato or even a salad with just a little bit of dressing. Most restaurants, though, will provide you with food nutrition facts. You just have to request them. The reason you have to request them is that many restaurant owners believe that if the food nutrition facts are placed on the menus next to the food items, some people would be dissuaded from eating the ones with the most fat or calorie content. If they don't know how much fat is in a food item, they're more likely to order it. |
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