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| To go ordering, or let's go out is becoming a primary | | | | 1. Don't arrive extremely hungry. It is best to have a |
| behavior in today's society, and jeopardizing our | | | | snack a couple of hours prior to eating out. This will |
| healthy eating values. The result is bigger, and bigger | | | | ensure that you won't enter the restaurant ready to |
| waistlines. Many of us are not even aware of why. | | | | eat the basket of bread. Don't worry about spoiling |
| Listed below I share my 9 healthy eating rules to follow | | | | your dinner; It is a bad healthy eating habit to come into |
| protecting you from those restaurant calorie demons. | | | | a restaurant ravenous. |
| No wonder why diners today are more concerned | | | | 2. Take it home. When an extra large portion comes |
| about healthy restaurant eating. A recent study of 300 | | | | to the table request a doggy bad immediately prior to |
| American chefs indicated that 50% didn't even care | | | | putting a bite of food into your mouth. Cut the extra |
| about the calorie content of the foods they served to | | | | large portion in half, take it home, and eat it tomorrow. |
| the public. As a matter of fact, a mere 1 in 6 American | | | | 3. Dine at healthy eating restaurants. Patronize healthy |
| chefs feel calorie content is remotely important. | | | | dining eateries so you won't get caught in a situation of |
| Therefore, as predicted, a typical chef's main objective | | | | not being able to locate anything healthy on the menu. |
| is to provide you with an excellent, but not necessarily | | | | Don't set yourself up for failure. |
| healthy, dining experience so you will run out and tell | | | | 4. Ask servers for substitutes. Be specific to the |
| your friends, and come back wanting more. Healthy | | | | server about what you want to substitute. It never |
| restaurant eating is not on the top of chefs concerns. | | | | hurts to ask about getting your food prepared in a |
| With that said, saturating the dishes with fat, salt, and | | | | healthy dining manner. An good example would be |
| sugar is of very little concern to most chefs. | | | | replace the mayonnaise with mustard. It never hurts to |
| Restaurant chefs are simply willing to do whatever is | | | | ask. |
| necessary to show the customer extreme value while | | | | 5. Order dressing on the side. Another healthy eating |
| concentrating on the main goals of making their food | | | | tip is to order your salad dressing on the side. Be a |
| taste and look great, even if it is at the expense of our | | | | dipper. You will save yourself added fat, and unwanted |
| health. This extreme perceived value objective has | | | | calories. |
| lead to the "super size portion generation" leading to | | | | 6. Beware of beverages. As you know, wine, beer, |
| bigger waistlines. | | | | and regular soda all have calories too. Consider |
| Do to the current pace of today's society, Americans | | | | consuming water to conserve calories. Why drink your |
| are now consuming over one third of there calories | | | | calories when you can eat them. |
| from eating out. How many of these calories are | | | | 7. Healthy eating means avoid these terms: alfredo, au |
| actually healthy dining calories? Probably not many. | | | | gratin, breaded crispy, french fried, pesto, hollandaise, |
| Today we, as diners, must take on more personal | | | | light cream sauce, sauteed, or pastry. |
| responsibility than ever before focusing on eating right | | | | 8. Leave food on your plate. A good healthy eating |
| while eating out.. Chefs, restaurants, and friends are not | | | | habit is to always leave a bit of food on your plate. |
| going to look out for our health. Thus, it is our own | | | | You don't have to clean your plate. If you follow the |
| personal responsibility to preserve our health by eating | | | | doggy bag rule, of course, this may not apply. |
| right while dining out. | | | | 9. Eat slowly. Eating slowly is proven to decrease the |
| If your health is meant to be, it is up to you. It is about | | | | amount of food you eat. Thus, the caloric content |
| choices. You have the personal choice of eating right. | | | | ingested will be much less. |
| However, please understand, it is up to you to make a | | | | Eating healthy and eating out can be mentioned in |
| difference not anyone else. Which choice are you | | | | same sentence. By following these 9 surefire healthy |
| going to make? | | | | restaurant eating tips you are assured of walking out |
| Listed here are my 9 surefire health eating tips to help | | | | of the restaurant at the same weight you walked in at. |
| you take personal responsibility by eating right while | | | | |