If you've been looking for nutritio...

If you've been looking for nutrition information in succession fast food, three recent disclosures will give you reason to cheer.

First, a recently made known bill that would require many restaurants to include nutrition info onward their menus was introduced in Congres forward November 5, 2003. Second, a similar bill will be introduced in the Senate. And finally, the sustenance and Drug Administration is weighing similar proposals that would work for up food figures.

The labels would be far les detailed than information boxe now lay the foundation of on packaged food. But visitors to McDonald's or Wendy's could quickly see calories listed on menu boards above cashiers' heads. And customers at sit-down restaurants like as Denny's or Applebee's may view menus that reveal saturated plus trans fats, and carbohydrate and sodium make contented in addition to calories.

the community are dining out twice as plenteous as in 1970, and chiefly of them have a general idea that fast aliment is high in fat and calories. on the other hand some menu items have more calories and fat than anyone would gues Just individual large McDonald's shake, for instance, has 1010 calories. That's equal more than the total calories in three McDonald's cheeseburgers, which retain 330 calories each.

Shocking? memorize this. A single slice of carrot cake from the Cheesecake Factory has 1560 calories and 23 grams--more than a day's allowance--of saturated fat.

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