Even when you’re not in your kitchen you want to be empowered to make healthier choices. The FDA is about to make this feat much easier. Part of the new healthcare law will require chain restaurants with more than 20 locations to prominently display their calorie counts on menus. Sit-down restaurants remain some of the hardest places to control calories. As if the lack of nutritional information available online wasn't enough, the variability of ingredients used, unregulated cooking methods, and ever-changing menu items could send your calorie count totals through the roof.
Avoid Ample Appetizer Calories
The starter items on many restaurant menus are appetizing, but they may not be the best way to start a healthy meal. In fact, you may be hard-pressed to find an appetizer that isn't fried or full of empty calories. So says a report by the RAND corporation published in Public Health Nutrition that found appetizers had more calories, fat, and sodium than all other types of food on the menu. As you await your entree, ask for foods that will ease your hunger. A study published in the journal Appetite found eating soup prior to a meal can lower caloric intake by 20%.
Downsize Your Meal
If you can attribute some of your pounds to the Super-Size craze, you can get some much-needed revenge by downsizing your meal. If you were around in the 1950's, a restaurant-size meal is now four times larger than it once was according to the RAND study. Fight the portion distortion by getting a meal that's the right portion size for you. If the advice to take home half your meal is a no go, there are other ways to lose unwanted calories. A trial by Harvard Business School professor Jason Riis, Ph.D shows consumers will save calories if given the option.
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