Posted on 12/20/2004 6:47:37 PM PST by The Loan Arranger
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - For the past year, many of the nation's chain restaurants have trumpeted their efforts to give consumers helpful details about the food they serve - from calories to carbs.
An unscientific spot check of some of the most popular suggests they do indeed offer a lot of information - from Ruby Tuesday's 1,164-calorie Cuban panini to Subway's 210-calorie Ham Deli sandwich.
The push to tell what those menu items will cost your waistline might be more than just helpfulness. The Food and Drug Administration and members of Congress have been considering whether to require such information from restaurants.
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After reading this article, I have learned that a McDonald's shake contains quite a few calories. I never suspected that. Never.
I thought so too, until I noticed it's a 32-ounce freakin' shake!!!
...portion control...portion control....
Yeah, some of the grease might dissipate in that time.
The cost to mom and pop restaurants would be astronomical and many would simply go out of business. If we want to live in a nation with only chain establishments this is certainly, the way to go about it :o(
Can we please get the Federal government focused on more important things? This is out of control
News flash: rich foods from restaurants are not good for you
It's in a deep-fried tortilla shell...ask 'em to put it in a regular tortilla or only eat a little bit of the fried thing...
...use a little creativity....
What a bunch of cr@p. I'll stay home and have a rack of lamb and mashed potatoes and gravy. Then eat a bueberry/apple pie, with a large dollop of fresh real whipped heavy cream on top.
Food police ping. Just damn!
If people want to die happy eating Hardee's MonsterBurgers, McDonalds' 32 oz. shakes, or Ruby Tuesday's Cuban Panini -- LET THEM!!!
Now that big tobacco has been licked, it's time for Big Restaurant!
I have never looked at the ingredients sidebar on a bag of chips. Any label that states "fat free" or "low carb" is put back on the shelf. Because, it is not FOOD!
I put heavy cream on my cereal.
I get a brain-freeze just thinking about that!
My GF likes to have fun with those things, she always figures out how many calories i eat in a sitting at a fast food restaurant and its always like 3000+ or more.
I think this is a good idea for restaurants to implement voluntarily. I'm trying to stick to a pretty strict diet that pretty much limits me to either making something at home or, because I have to drive around so much, eating a meal-replacement bar. I'd go to restaurants and fast-food more often if I could find a menu item that meets my nutrition goals - which means the nutritional info needs to be published.
Of course, the government needs nothing to do with this. The places that think of this first will get my money, and the others won't. The free market continues undefeated.
VINCENT VEGA: Can I have a sip of that? I'd like to know what a five-dollar shake tastes like.
MIA WALLACE: Be my guest.
It;s been said that if you eat correctly you can live forever, I say that if you have to eat rice cakes, tofu and bean sprouts to live forever, why would you want to?
Now that big tobacco has been licked, it's time for Big Restaurant!
I always lick my plates clean at big restaurants. Does that count?
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