Tech Tips for Non-Tech People!
Original Air Date: Aug 2, 2018
Restaurant Nutrition Guide
We're all becoming more focused on the importance of eating a balanced diet, but for most , 1/3 of your caloric-intake comes when we eat away from home.
Until recently, there just wasn't that much info readily available that would help diners make the best choices, but thankfully we can find nutritional information for many restaurants online, as long as you are willing to take the time to find it.
A website that is making it a lot easier to find is called 'MenuStat' because they've created a database of nutritional info that can make it much easier to analyze what you are interested in ordering.
This free nutritional database has over thirty five thousand items served by many of the country's largest restaurant chains which it has aggregated from nutritional info posted on websites going back to 2012.
Hungry for some Kung Pao chicken or a chicken caesar salad with an acceptable calorie count? Just type the items into the Quick Search menu to see your options.
If you want to dig deeper into the dishes that are still using high portions of trans fat, cholesterol or sodium, just search for it.
MenuStat.org can help you avoid something that is listed as gluten free, but that loaded with calories for instance.
This resource is very bookmark worthy: http://menustat.org
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