Food Facts That Restaurants Hide From You

Discovered these interesting articles today and wanted to share them with you. 

 

http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/3346/ food-facts-that-restaurants-hide-from-you/

http://www.menshealth.com/eatthis/16-Restaura nt-Industry-Secrets/index.php?cm_mmc=Yahoo_Bl og-_-ETNT-_-16_Big_Fat_Restaurant_Lies-_-16_S ecrets_the_Restaurant_Industry_Doesn't_Want_You_to_Know

 

interesting reads -- thanks for sharing!

now i know why i steer clear of eating out :)

that sure makes it hard to not eat over the calorie limit for a day on some of that.....I can't imagine not eating out though its such a big part of my family routine....

I'll have to start taking part of the food home though it looks like.  If I eat the whole plate I'm gonna go over everytime....does anyone know if Cheddars, Chilis, On the Border have any info you can get on request?

Too many places have 0 information ...but maybe some of them have it if you ask?  Does anyone have a place that lists resturants that don't list them online per se but may give you an info packet on request with this information.

I looked up the article on yahoo (the links aren't working), and what they have listed for Red Robin is not correct:

"When contacted, Red Robin's senior vice president responded that nutritional information for the menu would be available in October 2007. As of May 2008, however, nutrition facts were still not posted on the site. "

I looked up nutritional information at their website on a Bleu Ribbon Burger just a couple of weeks ago.

And the men's health article expresses shock, shock I tell you, when they state the nutritionals of the omelette feast at IHOP.   Wow, imagine, something made with three eggs, a mound of cheese, who knows how much meat, and served with fried potatoes and pancakes would total up to over 1,200 cals. 

I mean, there is some real deception going on at restaurants, but at some point common sense needs to kick in.  It seems a little weird to get upset over added trans fat in Burger King french toast sticks when one has already made the poor decision to eat fried french toast at a fast food joint in the first place.

Raiken3712, on Chili's website you can get a pdf file with nutrition facts for their entire menu. Some places only list nutritional information for specific items, such as Applebee's only has info on the Weight Watchers items and nothing else they serve. But Chili's lists it all.

I agree with you, santonacci. When people sue fast food restaurants for making them fat, well, there is just something wrong with not only that person, but a legal system that would allow something so ridiculous like that actually get to a judge.

I stopped letting my kids eat at fast food restaurants after a saw a video on YouTube from the guy who made that movie, "SuperSize Me." It showed how there was so much preservatives in McDonalds fries and burgers, that it didn't break down the way normal food does. Imagine how hard it must be for your body to break down that food. And people wonder why we have all these new diseases like autism, diabetes, cancer, alzhiemers, and heart disease. Just look at what we put into our bodies. Growth hormones in the chicken, and antibiotics in the beef and milk. Did they do that stuff in the early 1900's? 1800's? Did people get sick like they do now? True the population put a lot less demand on food production, but it's still a good argument for eating organic.

As for eating out, I come from a small town with one Chilies, and a few fast food restaurants. The rest of the choices are family owned restaurants that cook their food fresh, instead of mass production, flash freezing, and shipping to your local Big Restaurant Chain. When we do eat out, we pick a family owned restaurant, eat half of what we order, and take home the rest. And try not to raid the fridge at midnight. ;)

"And the men's health article expresses shock, shock I tell you, when they state the nutritionals of the omelette feast at IHOP.   Wow, imagine, something made with three eggs, a mound of cheese, who knows how much meat, and served with fried potatoes and pancakes would total up to over 1,200 cals. "

heheh...that made me giggle :)

Original Post by mrsktorres:

And people wonder why we have all these new diseases like autism, diabetes, cancer, alzhiemers, and heart disease. Just look at what we put into our bodies. 

Well, autism, diabetes, cancer, alzhiemers, and heart disease aren't exactly "new diseases" - they're just being diagnosed more accurately and more often.   I'm not saying that processing and additives haven't had an effect, but as a self professed statistical dork, I have to point out that correlation does not equal causation.

Not letting your kids eat fast food is a good decision - I haven't gone that route yet (as I myself succumb to the lure of french fries every now and then), but it's still very infrequent.