| In the last twenty years, health and nutrition have | | | | of fast food. It's just a matter of using knowledge |
| been pushed as the way to lead better, more | | | | to know what you're putting in your body. Using |
| satisfying lives. Today, those who eat right and | | | | restaurant analysis to test restaurant menu items is |
| exercise regularly are usually considered more well-off | | | | not only useful, but often surprising. |
| than their counterparts. It isn't enough just to make | | | | Restaurants have always used too much fat and |
| money anymore. | | | | excessive salting and seasoning to add the flavor |
| Being a fit individual not only leads to a longer | | | | that people so crave from a purchased dinner. |
| existence, but it leads to greater respect from peers | | | | Something as seemingly safe and benign as a turkey |
| and co-workers. This is most certainly the reigning | | | | sandwich can be loaded with heart attack-inducing |
| trend; statistics tend to show otherwise. While | | | | calories to make it tasty enough for the average |
| exercise may be talked about and paraded around | | | | consumer. |
| endlessly in the media, society seems to paint | | | | The listing of nutrition facts isn't mandatory. Even the |
| another picture entirely. | | | | most open of restaurants and chains rarely share |
| With the rise in computers, big screen televisions, | | | | everything about their menus. This is because the |
| multi channel cable packages, and tech jobs, America | | | | average consumer is unlikely to have any idea of |
| is becoming an increasingly sedentary place to | | | | what they actually consume on a regular basis. That's |
| co-exist. Hours once spent outside are now spent on | | | | not to say they eat poorly all the time, it just means |
| the internet. As the comforts of being inside have | | | | they are unaware of how many calories the average |
| drastically increased, America as a whole has gotten | | | | meal out actually includes. |
| larger, more complacent and scarily out of shape. | | | | While recent films have shown just how unhealthy |
| While prices have climbed astronomically on pretty | | | | fast food actually is, chain restaurants are, on |
| much everything in life, the price of eating out has | | | | average, much, much higher in caloric content. Not |
| stayed surprisingly low. And as the economy spirals, | | | | only are the servings enormous, but the fixings, and |
| the only things still staying afloat are the food chains. | | | | ingredients of most single dishes contain more |
| From the 99 cent cheeseburgers, to bottomless | | | | calories than a person should consume in an entire |
| steak fries, the only value left in this country is fried | | | | day. |
| food. | | | | Restaurant nutrition analysis is surprisingly cheap and |
| Not only are three sandwiches for three bucks | | | | affordable. Not only are there home testing kits, but |
| convenient and cheap, they're comfort. And there's | | | | there are also places where samples can be tested in |
| very little to find comfort in these days, especially for | | | | as little as a few days. And once you get a better |
| that price. That's why restaurant nutrition analysis is | | | | idea of the content of what you're eating, you can |
| so important. Nobody is advocating the complete end | | | | start making better choices for the future. |