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Calorie Info and Its Effect on Ordering

Would calorie labels make me order differently in restaurants? Absolutely. Wouldn't you? There is no doubt in my mind that if I knew how many calories were in every dish I was thinking about ordering, it would affect my decision-making. That doesn't mean I'm going to opt for the lowest calorie option for every course. That would require me being denied the great pleasure I derive from food. What it might mean is that, if I order the lasagna, I might eat half of it and give the rest to my dining companions and then opt for the steamed fish with ginger and black beans....

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1 Comment | Posted by Ed Levine, July 17, 2007 at 12:20 PM
Tagged: diet, health, nutrition

An Approach to a Healthy Diet

In my quest to eat healthy, I've been stymied by the contradictory information I receive on what seems to be a weekly basis. Recently it was a report that canned tuna may not have lots of Omega-3s. My friend Rebecca recommended Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy, by Harvard doctor Walter Willett. Based on evidence from large studies of diet and disease, he recommends a new way of eating. It looks like a great way to separate fact from fiction when it comes to making healthy eating decisions. Has anyone read this? Any thoughts?...

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1 Comment | Posted by Meg Hourihan, March 26, 2007 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: books, diet, health

Eat More Fruit And Vegetables

Steven Reinberg of the Washington Post reports that two new studies in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine say Americans are eating far less fruits and vegetables than they should. According to a John Hopkins study, 62 percent of participants didn't eat any fruit daily. 25 percent didn't eat any vegetables, and "only 11 percent of U.S. adults meet the guidelines for both fruits and vegetables." Perhaps more troubling, a second study from Queens College compared intakes of vegetables, potassium and calcium from 1971 to 1974 and 1999 to 2002, and found that the diets of blacks has not improved compared to those of whites, numbers "not explained by race differentials in income and education." As one of the researchers...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Lia Bulaong, March 20, 2007 at 4:36 PM
Tagged: diet, fruits, healthy eating, race, science, vegetables