Eat This, Not That!

I am sure that many of you have heard of this book, Eat This, Not That. I even posted about it months ago. Well, a recent article on Yahoo Health from the author of this book discussed "Secrets That Restaurants Don't Want You To Know". Here is a bit from the article:

"Restaurants have one major purpose: to stuff you with as much food as they possibly can. If they do that, they achieve their primary business goal, which is to lighten your wallet. But while they’re doing that, they’re also using their best marketing tricks, craftiest numerical switcheroos, and most dastardly dietary stratagems to swap unhealthy, cheap ingredients for more expensive, wholesome ones. The result: bloated bottom lines — for their budgets, and for their customers. But we don’t want to let that happen to you, which is why we’ve spent the last two years researching all the ways restaurants try to sabotage your food choices."

YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The full article has a lot more information on certain restaurants & also some links for further info on other restaurants. Check out the full article here:

http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/13623/secrets-that-restaurants-dont-want-you-to-know/

I will say that even reading this book, some of the swap outs are things I would not want to eat due to higher fat, sodium etc. than I prefer BUT it does arm you with good information if you are in a bind. I still say the best bet is to bring your own food with you if possible. There are lots of new types of containers & carriers that all ow you to bring food with you & keep it cold or warm!