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Hi,
Christmas day, and I am sending one more eating
related email...  Sorry, but it is actually
the ASCA (American Swimming Coaches Association) sending it to
coaches. Eating is one of the most important thing
you HAVE to do everyday (if not THE most important
thing). So why not improve what we do on our
daily routine (sounds like Coach Mavi talking to their
swimmers that "Swimming is all about improvement.....").
A little improvement here, a little improvement there, and pretty
soon we are eating a lot healthier, and making our BODY a lot
happier (our mind is the one who demands bad
food).
So here comes a
suggestion:
Start the New Year with a resolution of taking
out of your life at least one bad eating habit. Here are some
suggestions:
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No more pops. Just juices and water.
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No more French fries.
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No more sweet snacks (donuts, muffins, brownies, cup cakes, cakes,
etc).
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No more sugar. Substitute with Splenda, which is sugar that your
body DO NOT recognize, therefor it is not
absorbed.
Of course in some occasions it is inevitable to eat these things,
but just don't over-eat them.
Just a thought..... 
Have fun reading.
Coach Mavi
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Fast
Food
How To
Lift The Guise On Healthier Choices
Reprinted
from Mayo Clinic Nutrition Letter with
permission
of Mayo
Foundation for Medical Education and
Research,
Rochester,
Minnesota 55905
By
changing menus and methods of cooking, fast-food restaurants are
making it easier for you to eat more
healthfully. But don't be fooled by
products that sound healthy. Here are our
suggestions for how you truly can trim calories and
fat:
nBe salad
savvy -- Avoid the mistake of thinking "salad" is synonymous with
"diet food." Salads can be sneaky about fat
and calories. The taco salads offered at
Wend's and Jack In The Box each deliver 500-plus calories, more
than half of which come from fat. The meat
and cheese in chef salads invariably overpower the vegetables to
increase fat. Chicken and seafood salads
usually are lower in fat and calories, averaging less than 200
calories.
It's
the dressings that provide the crowning
touch. They can add as much as 400 calories
to any salad. Watch out for packaged dressings
that contain more than one
serving.
The
calories and other nutrients are given for a one-half ounce
serving, yet some packages hold up to 2.5
ounces. Ask for reduced or low-calorie
salad dressing.
nChoose
chicken carefully -- Chicken may be naturally lower in fat than
hamburger, but when breaded and fried, it loses its nutritional
edge. At 688 calories and 40 grams of fat,
Burger King's Chicken Specialty has 100 more calories and 20
percent more fat than McDonald's Big
Mac. Chicken chunks, strips and "stix" have
fewer calories than chicken sandwiches, but still carry a heavy
load of fat.
The
leanest chicken sandwich we found is Jack In The Box Chicken Fajita
Pita for 292 calories and 8 grams of fat -- if you skip the
guacamole.
nBe suspicious
of specialty sandwiches -- Even non-fried sandwiches made with lean
turkey or ham can be deceiving. Hardee's
Turkey Club packs more calories and as much fat as McDonald's
Quarter Pounder. General clues to keep in mind
when deciding about this type of sandwich are its size and the
amount of cheese, mayonnaise or special
sauces.
nOrder burgers
plain and non-imposing -- You know you're headed for calories and
fat if you order a burger billed "jumbo," "ultimate," "double" or
"deluxe." You may have to search the menu
board a bit, but all major franchises offer a plain hamburger for
under 300 calories. At Hardee's and Roy
Rogers, the roast beef sandwich is one of the leanest items you can
order.
nDon't read
too much into the hype about healthier fat -- Switching from animal
to vegetable fats is one step to lowered dietary cholesterol and
saturated fat. But it doesn't transform
fried foods into healthy options. Large orders of
McDonald's french fries (cooked in an animal/vegetable blend) and
Hardee's french fries (cooked in vegetable oil) have about 20 grams
of total fat. Hardee's fries have no
cholesterol and a bit less saturated
fat. But the key to your heart health is
trimming total fat, and all fried fast foods still fail to do
that.
nYou make the
call -- Fast food has come a long way since the days of only
burgers, fries and shakes. More food
options can make it easier for you to elude excess fat and calories
for speed and convenience. Nevertheless, it all
comes down to what you say when the person at the counter asks,
"May I take your order?"
Here
are the leanest and fattest fast foods you can
eat
We*
reviewed products offered at six popular fast-food
franchises. In terms of fat and calories,
here are the best and worst choices you can
make:
Best
Picks Calories
Fat(grams)
Burger
King Chicken Tenders (6
pieces) 204
10
Hardee's Chicken
Stix (6
pieces) 234
10
Jack In
The Box Chicken Fajita
Pita 292
8
McDonald's
Hamburger 257
10
Roy
Rogers Roast Beef
Sandwich 317
10
Wendy's
Plain
Single 350
16
Worst
Picks Calories
Fat(grams)
Burger
King Whopper with
Cheese 711
43
Hardee's Bacon
Cheeseburger 556
33
Jack In
The Box Ultimate
Cheeseburger 942
69
McDonald's
McD.L.T. 674
42
Roy
Rogers Bar
Burger 611
39
Wendy's
Bacon Swiss
Burger 710
44
Note: Calories
and fat are based on the most recent printed information provided
to us by each company.
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