What I'm reading this week:
The first ever issue of FRESH, a magazine presented by USA Today's Your Life.FRESH's goal is to be a "companion to those who seek a life of good health, positive purpose, loving relationships, wonder, and joy- not only for themselves, but for those whom they nurture." What can be better than that right?!
Lets chat about some of FRESH's first articles...
Calorie Confusion:
I was shocked to read that a study in the January issue of the American Dietetic Association revealed that restaurant food averaged 18% more calories than stated, and frozen means had 8% more calories than stated. Here we think we are being health conscious by reading online nutrition facts for restaurants we visit and looking at the nutrition label for foods we buy in the grocery store and it turns out we are being dooped!
Let me put this in perspective... you go out to dinner at P.F. Chang's (one of the restaurants sited) and want to make a healthy choice so you order the Asian Grilled Salmon on brown rice. Based on their online nutrition facts you are under the impression that this dish is 345 calories and so you think- that's great, I think I'll finish my plate!
Shock #1: If you look at the fine print of the nutrition facts you will see that 345 calories is per serving and the Grilled Salmon dinner actually contains 2 servings, thus 690 calories! Shock #2: Based on this recent study the actual calorie count is 18% higher than reported which means you have now consumed a whopping 814 CALORIES. This is now 469 calories MORE than you thought you were eating... if you made this same mistake once a week it would equate to gaining SEVEN POUNDS a year!
I was shocked to read that a study in the January issue of the American Dietetic Association revealed that restaurant food averaged 18% more calories than stated, and frozen means had 8% more calories than stated. Here we think we are being health conscious by reading online nutrition facts for restaurants we visit and looking at the nutrition label for foods we buy in the grocery store and it turns out we are being dooped!
Let me put this in perspective... you go out to dinner at P.F. Chang's (one of the restaurants sited) and want to make a healthy choice so you order the Asian Grilled Salmon on brown rice. Based on their online nutrition facts you are under the impression that this dish is 345 calories and so you think- that's great, I think I'll finish my plate!
Shock #1: If you look at the fine print of the nutrition facts you will see that 345 calories is per serving and the Grilled Salmon dinner actually contains 2 servings, thus 690 calories! Shock #2: Based on this recent study the actual calorie count is 18% higher than reported which means you have now consumed a whopping 814 CALORIES. This is now 469 calories MORE than you thought you were eating... if you made this same mistake once a week it would equate to gaining SEVEN POUNDS a year!
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Apps For Life: In the day of the iPhone and Blackberry what a great way to stay on top of your health. Thank you Gerry Fey for compiling this list of the best Downloadable Applications!
- Women's Health Workouts Lite: Exercise guide with easy to follow descriptions and a timer to follow you through your workout.
- iFitness: Over 300 exercises are provided along with a log to track your progress.
- Gym Trainer: 30 workouts with accompanying videos, also allows you to customize your own workout.
- Run Keeper: Uses GPS to track your activity and log how far you've gone.
- Eating Well Healthy in a Hurry: Easy to use catalog of recipes accompanied by their nutritional facts.
- Epicurious: HUGE recipe database.
- Woman's Day Cooking Assistant: From Woman's Day magazine, a catalog of easy to follow recipes.
- My Fitness Pal: Calorie counter and diet tracker. Includes listings of general and brand-name foods.
*Also, check out one of my personal favorite online nutrition databases: SELF NUTRITION DATA
Thanks for the great ideas Fresh!
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