Eating Out -- healthy restaurants & food info

Hi All!

I just came across this old email of great and helpful websites and had to share them! Please take a look! :)

Eating out at different restaurants has become so common in most people's daily lives. According to the National Restaurant Association, Americans eat out an average of four to five times per week. Back in the day, eating out was a treat and an indulgence. You could get the creamy or the fried or the dessert, or burger and fries every time you went out because it was only a few times per month. But when you are eating out five or more times per week, you cannot indulge every time you go out or your waistline will pay for it as well as your health!
We all go out to eat for different reasons whether it be time, money, or energy, etc.....

Basically we need to pay attention to what we are putting into our bodies especially when we are going out.
Here are a few great websites that will totally help you learn what you are "really" putting into your body.

Here are some resources for you. Check out www.healthydiningfinder.com The National Restaurant Association (NRA) supports the site and encourages it's members to participate. The site was created with partial funding from the Centers for Disease Prevention (CDC)
This website is free and it gives detailed nutrition information on featured menu items that fit their nutrition criteria. You may find the nutrition info for dishes on this website that you cannot even find at the restaurant's own website! In addition, the website offers tips on how to make the dish even healthier with the "Special Request" advice.
Healthy dining finder... Put in your area code and how much you want to spend, and it will bring up every restaurant in a 20 mile radius. Look at their nutrition facts and it will tell you exactly what to order.
http://www.healthydiningfinder.com/site/diners/findrestaurants/index.php

This one you can find almost anything you eat and see what it's made with.
The calorie king... It basically has any food/restaurant you can think of and tells you how much fat, calories, sugar, protein, all nutrition information you should know about the food your putting into your body!
http://www.calorieking.com/foods/

Obviously we all need to go out and have food we crave and love, but there are ways to still go out on a regular basis and eat smart.

Here's to health!!!! :)