I have a question re: BK and others trying to lose weight.
But i'm wondering if eating out can make it a lot harder to lose weight since you don't really know what they are putting into what you are eating.
DR Jennifer - This is sort of a "DUH!" statement to me.
If you like at most any diet, eating plan, nutritional "journey", they all mention that eating out is one of the sure ways to sabotage one's diet. Just as you mentioned, there is really no way to know exactly what you're eating, and really just how much you're eating. There could be lots of hidden fat, hidden salt(!) and hidden sugars in prepared foods whether it's from a restaurant or a fast food joint.
Yes, almost all fast food joints and even some chain restaurants make their nutritional values available to their customers either in-house or on their websites, but who's really gonna look at those before you place your order? -Which is why a lot of times you will see "If you must eat out, do not clean your plate."
There have been many studies over the years showing how even some "healthy options" on restaurant menus are really not that healthy.
*In New York City right now, there is a movement to get more of the sodium - and not just in the form of salt - content placed on menus, especially in Korean and Chinese restaurants. I've come across more than a few reports of people getting "sodium poisoning" after consuming a "typical meal" someplace. One gentleman I read about was told by his doctor - after he had been rushed to the hospital - that he most likely consumed 560%(!!!) the recommended daily amount of sodium during the course of one casual, quick meal at a Korean place. Can you sawy MSG?
**I'm always amazed at some of the sodium counts in the pre-packaged sandwiches they carry at Starbucks now. Some of them contain over half of you RDA. -And if you ever check out the sodium content of most canned soups and frozen food meal... Yikes!
