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Title: Restaurant Confidential by Michael F. Jacobson, Jayne Hurley ISBN: 0-7611-0035-0 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Restaurant Confidential--did you know you were eating that?
Comment: Okay, so I've been subscribing to Nutrition Action newsletter for several years, and this is a compilation of all those "Food Police" alerts I've already seen and agreed with. If you haven't seen this info before, you really, really should. Restaurants today can take a veggie that's nothing but good for you, deep-fry it, pour cheese on it, serve it with ranch dressing on the side, and basically introduce you to the world of cardio-care and expensive pharmaceuticals. WAKE UP! If you've read "Fat Land," by Greg Critser (or "Fast Food Nation" or "Mad Cowboy"), you already know that this isn't being done for your benefit; it's happening because there's so much beef and dairy being produced in this country that new ways have to be found every day to get you to eat it, seemingly at bargain prices. Middle age spread and weight-creep are not normal parts of getting older; it's your diet catching up with you as you slow down. This book shows you the nutritional breakdown of all those tempting dishes and gives you the numbers you need to make sane, reasonable choices when your stomach growls and you grab the car keys. Buy the book--it's cheaper than upsizing your wardrobe!
Rating: 3
Summary: Everything Is Bad For You!!!
Comment: Topping off every single list in this book of things you should never, ever eat: cheese fries with ranch dressing. Is this a popular combo? I'd never in my life heard of cheese fries paired with ranch dressing, but the authors of this book are obsessed with it. I feel self righteous knowing I never knew it existed. I must be a fatty for a whole different reason.
Despite the book's chiding, humorless tone, it was useful and often surprising to see how horrible the authors believe restaurant food is. I think though, that with a tiny amount of common sense, we'd all manage to muddle through menus without always having to order the steamed fish with a side of steamed vegetables and a cool, tasty glass of water.
Note: I'd be more impressed if the authors had included photos of themselves.
Rating: 5
Summary: Restaurant food fat & calories may be higher than you think:
Comment: Without mentioning brand names, did you know that:
* a popular fabulous smelling cinnamon bun found in shopping malls is 670 calories and 34 grams of fat, 14 of them saturated? (p. 261)
* a typical restaurant serving of French toast is fried in shortening, and contains 800 calories with 26 grams of fat, 8 of them saturated? (p. 71)
* a typical order of moussaka in a Greek restaurant is 830 calories with 48 grams of fat, 25 of them saturated? (p. 184)
Since restaurant-, fast-, and mall food doesn't come with nutritional labels, "Restaurant Confidential" (RC) provides some of the label information for you: calories, total fat, saturated fat, (and in most cases trans fat and sodium). Rather than rely on the restaurant-provided data, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) had the food laboratory analyzed. Categories examined are breakfast foods, popular ethnic cuisines (Chinese, Italian, Mexican, Greek), other popular restaurant choices (pizzerias, sandwich shops, seafood, steakhouses, dinner houses, family style restaurants), fast food, mall food, movie theater snacks, and beverages. Missing from the list is Indian food, Thai food, and a popular ice cream establishment with 31 flavors.
Upon reading page after page of dietary analysis, I was shocked. I knew these foods were high in calories and fat, but despite my nutrition degree, I had no idea how high. Given that a CSPI study of 203 dietitians found they underestimated caloric content of popular meals by 37% and fat content by 49% (study described on p. 8) it's likely that most readers will be in for a whopping surprise.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who eats out at or takes their children to the types of restaurants listed above. (BTW, there are 2 pages of suggestions on eating out with children.) RC helps you navigate through restaurant menus dish-by-dish, suggesting how to order a dish to make it lower in fat, or whether it's best to avoid that selection entirely. And yes, some of the comments are a bit sarcastic, but I found the effect humorous rather than annoying. Each section provides a reminder of the suggested total fat grams, saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium for a 2000 calorie diet, which assumes the reader is an average size adult following the RDA recommendation to consume up to 30% of calories as fat. If your caloric and fat gram goals differ, you might want to write those numbers on your copy of this book and take it with you when you eat out. Remember to keep your own eating patterns in mind when using this book. I don't know anyone who eats an entire 1620 calorie order of Kung Pao chicken by oneself! If "Restaurant Confidential" had been out when I did nutritional counseling, I would have recommended a copy to all my clients who frequently ate out.
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Title: Dining Lean: How to Eat Healthy in Your Favorite Restaurants by Joanne V. Lichten PhD RD ISBN: 1880347008 Publisher: Nutrifit Pub Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan : Feel Full on Fewer Calories by Ph.D. Barbara J. Rolls, Robert A. Barnett ISBN: 0060932724 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 05 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: EATING OUT FOOD COUNTER by Annette B. Natow ISBN: 0671894714 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Complete Book of Food Counts - 6th Edition by Corinne T. Netzer ISBN: 0440225647 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The NutriBase Guide to Fast-Food Nutrition by Nutribase ISBN: 1583331085 Publisher: Avery Penguin Putnam Pub. Date: 08 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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