Choosing Right When You’re DIning Out
Going out to eat has become a way of life. I always look forward to dining out with family and friends and I bet you do too.. After all, everyone needs an occasional pampered evening that’s hassle free, with nothing to prepare or clean up. You can make this indulgence a healthy one as long as you control your nutritional intake by following a few important guidelines.
When I talk about dining out, I’m not talking about fast food restaurants like you see at every exit on the Thruway, Northway or I95. Fast foods make it nearly impossible to maintain a healthy weight. In fact, they’re the masters of calorie creep, as anyone who’s seen the movie SuperSize Me knows.
The bland, grey-looking stuff served in fast food restaurants–gives immediate gratification loaded as it is with salt, high-fructose corn syrup, and animal fats, but it lacks much nutritional or satiety value. On top of that, the red and yellow color scheme is designed to attract you like a hummingbird to a feeder by stimulating your hunger and creating a stress response that can have a negative effect on your immune system.
So, if you never enter another red and yellow fast food establishment again, you’ll have added a very important Habit of Health to your life! However, if you find yourself having no other choice, then get a salad with grilled chicken on it and low calorie dressing on the side and water.