Digest this as you dine out
The New York Times had a story today about a new law in the big apple that makes restaurants report just how many calories are in each dessert, drink and meal. This is stuff like 1500 calorie salads, 850 calorie slices of chocolate cake or 600 for a muffin. But would you really want to know? Do you go out to simply enjoy yourself "calories, shmalories"? Or are you really trying to cut back and think having this information available at the restaurants in your city would really help you think twice about the tastes upon your tongue?
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Anyone see the new corn syrup ad in magazines claiming it is just as healthy as sugar (as if sugar is healthy)? I saw it recently in Health Mag. The campaign is "Sweet surprise: the truth about corn syrup". http://www.hfcsfacts.com...umm, right guys.
I'm sorta excusing myself from this convo considering I eat most of my meals at home, but ... okay, I'm not ... the US of A has been giving us oversized portions for far too long. It's about time people are allowed to take some accountability for what they want to put into their bodies. I'm all for knowing the calorie count. Bring it on.
I had a friend visiting from Japan for an extended length of time who never finished more than half of whatever meal we had together.
"You Americans eat so much!" And she was right. I've been getting used to eating a meal the size of a fist for the past month or so and, the crazy thing is, it's not all that hard to do.