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Calorie Alert! What’s Hiding in Restaurant Food?
When eating at a restaurant, you might think that you’re saving calories by opting for a salad. But — surprise! — you could be consuming just as many calories, perhaps even more, than if you had ordered a cheeseburger and fries.
What’s causing this dietary confusion? Restaurant portions are often double or triple normal serving sizes and seemingly minor add-ons such as cheese, croutons and bread can dramatically increase the amount of fat and calories in a meal without adding nutritional benefit or even satisfying your appetite. Toss in sauces and condiments and your “lean” lunch may deliver a full day’s worth of calories. Check out the calorie and fat gram counts (as reported by each establishment) for the restaurant dishes below. You’ll find full menus at each of the restaurant’s Websites.
| Chili’s grilled chicken Caesar salad | 1,010 calories, 76g fat |
| Chili’s OldTimer burger with cheese | 880 calories, 51g fat |
| Panera smokehouse turkey sandwich on focaccia | 860 calories, 36g fat |
| Ruby Tuesday’s Carolina chicken salad | 986 calories, 69g fat |
| Uno Chicago Grill’s shrimp scampi | 1,100 calories, 62g fat |
| Uno Chicago Grill’s personal cheese-and-tomato pizza | 1,740 calories, 120g fat |
| Taco Bell Nachos Bell Grande | 760 calories, 42g fat |
| Dunkin’ Donuts plain bagel with plain cream cheese | 510 calories, 19.5g fat |
| TGIFriday’s chipotle grilled steak sandwich | 1,509 calories, 97.6g fat |
| Applebee’s fiesta lime chicken | 1,285 calories, 47g fat |
| Olive Garden bowl of pasta fagioli | 588 calories, 9.8g fat |
| Bonefish Grill mussels Josephine appetizer | 1,394 calories 82.8g fat |
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wow...I cant believe there are so many calories in these things I used to love. I guess ignorance is bliss! I doubt I will ever be able to eat them without freaking out.
The hidden danger in all of those foods is that the first bite exceeds sour suggested sodium use for the day. How can we as consumes convince restaurants that we don't want all that salt. Many of us have made the change to herbs and spices for flavor at home and things in the reaturants no longer taste good, i hate to go out any more.