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Food for Thought: Calorie Counts Inaccurate

January 6th, 2010. By Kristine B

So, if you’re anything like me, you probably made one of those oh-so-common New Year’s resolutions. In fact, my bet is many of us out there resolved to ourselves at around midnight on New Year’s Eve that this year, we were going to lose some weight (and every year around this time, I begin to really regret that resolution—oh chocolate, how I miss you). For some people, it’s a couple of pounds, for others, it’s a bit more. But, regardless of how much we had to lose, we all went into January 1, 2010 thinking about dropping some pounds and fitting into a smaller clothing size. 

The next few days are spent making healthy decisions. I’ve had more salads over the past few days than I had in all of December. Those healthy decisions include checking the calorie counts of any foods we buy and choosing lower calorie foods at restaurants (oh French fries, how I miss you). So, I can imagine many of you were shocked, like me, to learn that some foods in grocery stores and restaurants carry inaccurate calorie counts. 

Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t expect that the calories would be correct right down to the decimal. Especially with restaurant foods, there is a bit of give and take—sometimes the chef uses a little Read the rest of this entry »

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