nytimes.com — "But the New York City Board of Health, the city?s powerful arbiter of public health rules, is considering a plan to make it much harder to avoid the cold, hard numbers by requiring some of New York?s 20,000 restaurants, including outlets of the nation?s fast-food chains, to list calories on menus and on clearly displayed menu boards."
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rickcarsonOct 30, 2006
Cashew nuts.Chocolate.Chips and dip. And don't go for the pansy olive and tomato dips, go for the creamy ones.To my surprise Muesli is quite high in calories compared to most other cereals. Eat it with chocolate milk. There is bugger all difference in calories between skinny milk and chocolate milk, but every bit helps.When shopping check out the health food section. There is heaps of high calorie food in there. Don't necessarily avoid the 'less than 1 nano gram of fat' foods, since they will usually pack them full of sugar (empty carbs) to make up for taste.The other place you will find lots of sugar is if you try to eat cheaply. Cheaper foods tend to be less healthy, which is why you will see fat poor people.Put an extra sugar in your coffee.Biscuits. Oreos and chocolate milk.With great calories comes great responsibility. I hope you are going to the gym a lot!
cprincipeOct 30, 2006
No no no no no no no no no.If I go to *any* restaurant, I know that the food has a higher fat and calorie content. I don't want to open a menu and see a freaking USDA nutitition chart.
llanOct 30, 2006
There is seriously a town named after a Russian town in Florida?
vuzmanOct 31, 2006
Yes, people have a right to know what they are buying and eating. A comprehensive ingredients list and nutrition information should be mandatory for all places that sell food.The only way to make an informed choice is to have all the information first!
creacherNov 1, 2006
Not sure how well this will sit with restaurant owners. By and large, the more calorically dense a meal is, the more expensive it is. Ignorance, as of right now, works in their favor. Consider the loss in revenue every time someone passes on a hamburger for a lower calorie (and effectively cheaper) entrée. And, as someone mentioned earlier: gathering these numbers and publishing them on wrappers, for instance, takes both time and money.I can't see this truely going into effect if restaurant owners have any say.
ethergnatNov 1, 2006
What? It's ridiculously cheap to make high fat, high calorie, deep fried, corn syrup laden food. That's why the menu at places like McDonald's will kill you. Good ingredients, healthy oils, and high quality meats cost much more. I'm sure restaurant owners would hate it but the reasons you list are ridiculous.
abchealtMay 7, 2008
I think it's a great idea restaurants are being asked to post info. It's amazing how hard restaurant chains are fighting to hide their nutrition information. It's hard to eat well when eating out, especially when you have dietary needs or want to watch your calorie intake. Often food items that seem healthy and are marketed that way are not. For this reason, Wellsphere just launched a new service called Wellternatives that lets people find nutrition info for thousands of chain restaurants ? right from their cell phone or on the web. It also makes recommendations for a healthier alternative to your favorite restaurant meals, hence the name... Wellternatives. Would love to hear what you think of it!