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Surprise, surprise…. Fast food restaurants might be lying to your face.<\/p>Surprise, surprise…. Fast food restaurants might be lying to your face.<\/p>
According to the Los Angeles Times<\/em> health blog, Booster Shots<\/a>:<\/p> Researchers from Tufts University took commercially prepared foods — both prepackaged and from restaurants — and analyzed them in a bomb calorimeter. The measured energy values of 10 frozen meals purchased from supermarkets averaged 8% more than originally stated, and foods from 29 restaurants (both fast-food and sit-down venues) were on average 18% more than reported.<\/p><\/blockquote> The most egregious offender? Denny’s, whose dry toast is advertised<\/a> to contain 92 calories but actually packs a diet-busting 283 calories! If they can’t even get the numbers on toast right, just imagine the true caloric content of one of their Grand Slamwiches<\/a>.<\/p> So if your New Year’s resolution includes getting back in shape, help yourself out by resolving to stop eating fast food and frozen meals all together.<\/p> Related Content: Image: flickr \/ <\/em>fotographix.ca<\/em><\/a><\/p> Surprise, surprise…. Fast food restaurants might be lying to your face.According to the Los Angeles Times health blog, Booster Shots:Researchers from Tufts University took commercially prepared foods — both prepackaged and from restaurants — and analyzed them in a bomb calorimeter. The … Continue reading
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