It's Really No Joke!
The High Calories In Restaurant Food
Thicken Your Waistline Pronto!

Need a Reality Check about Calories in Restaurant Food?

They're high and thicken your waistline fast!

The food is simply irresistibly delicious, with its breathtaking aromas and smells that tempt all your palette of senses.

I love restaurant food. Used to frequent fast food joints and swanky upper class restaurants to dine and wine to my heart's content.

And knowingly or unknowingly (can't remember which is which now; more knowingly....I suppose) I fall into the trap of eating foods that contain monstrous amount of calories and stuffs I wouldn't want to put in my mouth if I knew what they could do to my arteries, heart and my waist line!

Are you in the same boat too?

Couldn't blame us right?

Under current provisions of the US Food & Drug Administration, restaurants don't need to provide nutrition information or labeling for their foods.

It's kind of hard for us to make a personal judgment and an informed choice if we don't have the basic information on the foods......

Even if the restaurants do provide the nutrition information, be careful, some of them could be quite misleading......

They tell you, for example, that the calories, fat, sodium and sugar are "low" but in fact the foods contain many more times the calories, fat, sodium and sugar than the restaurants claim.

Don't you think you and I have a right to know, if not other things, then the calories in restaurant food, at least that?

Of course, but you know the sad state of things, as it is. Those calories, if stated, come from the restaurants themselves; there's no way to check whether they're correct.....

What I would like to suggest is this - take charge of your "food situation" when eating out!

How?

Go for lower calories, lower fat, lower salt and lower sugar versions. To cut down the high, high calories in restaurant food.

I'm sure through your own eating and dining experience, you know which restaurant (or fast food joint) is more "authentic" and "original" in the way they prepare and serve their foods?

Make your eating out as healthful as you can help it by cutting down on sauces, mayonnaise, cheese, milk and the way the food's cooked - best to stick to steamed, grilled or roast for chicken/fish (other meats as well); steamed or baked or lightly stir-fried or raw for vegetables.

If you want sauces, ask for them on the side. You get to control the amount you want. It really cuts down lots and lots of calories.

These are some healthier ways to cut down the calories in restaurant food you eat.

See, sauces are full of sugar, fat and oil, sodium and other fatty stuffs like cheese, milk, starch, coconut milk.....to make them tasty.....

Now look at our all-time hot favorite - pizza.

You don't have to avoid it; you go for one with "healthier" toppings.

Instead of having meat, seafood or cheese toppings, choose to have vegetable or fruit toppings.

The healthier version cuts down the fat content by more than half. And the calories? Lots!

See the comparison:

An average 14-inch pizza with meat and other fatty toppings - 430 calories; 25 grams fat

An average 14-inch pizza with veggies and fruit toppings - 260 calories; 10 grams fat

Another example is vegetables.

Always ask for steamed, baked or stir-fried (in little oil) versions. As vegetables soak up oil like nobody's business, these types of cooking cut down the fat and the calories, huge amount!

And are you a sucker for offers that tout "extra", "grande", "super-size" or "especial meals"?

Hey! Don't you know more food, more ingredients and more flavor usually mean more calories in the restaurant food? And more fat too?

Don't be greedy! Stick to your usual portion that fills you up just nice. No more. No less.

Steamed is the best. Followed by baked.

Then grilled.

Fried is the last choice.

I know a lot of us don't fancy steamed or baked food because it's not that "delicious".

Well, if you must go for "tastier" cooking, choose grilled foods then as they're usually lower in fat and calories than fried foods.

Grilled versus fried counts for about a 80 - 100 calorie difference and saves several fat grams. Not a big difference, but most people don't eat just one, so that calorie saving adds up.

The calories in restaurant food are undeniably high as most of them are laden with extra fats, oils, cheeses, milk and a whole string of other fatty stuffs.

You've to take control of what you want in the food - healthier ingredients; order sensible portion and ask for healthier way to cook the food.

They're sure ways to make a difference in your calorie and fat content in the restaurant food.......

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