Low-calorie restaurant meals: really?

January 14, 2008

I’m just getting caught up with the Wall Street Journal’s report on calories in “low-calorie” meals served in chain restaurants. It’s worth a look. The reporter sent meals to a laboratory to test for calories. The good news: most calorie contents were as advertised. The not so good news: the calories are as advertised if–and only if–you don’t eat side dishes or additions like bread, cheese, or salad dressing. If you do, the calories go way up. And calories count. Alas.


3 Comments

  1. Low calorie, sure. But what about sodium content?

    Comment by rj — January 14, 2008 @ 5:41 pm

  2. And most order those sides, etc., as they feel “they’ve been good”. And then they’ll have a few candy bars on the way home, as their meal was unsatisfying. How can this be?! (extreme saracasm intended)

    Comment by Jack at Fork & Bottle — January 15, 2008 @ 12:59 am

  3. Thought this may be of interest to you:
    Calories provided by restaurants can be deceiving
    Link: http://nutritionnibbles.blogspot.com/2008/06/calories-provided-by-restaurants-can-be.html

    Comment by Sybil — June 8, 2008 @ 10:34 pm

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