“Low-carb may trump low-fat in diet wars,” declared ABC News in September. Really? Let’s look closer. The study that spurred the headlines pitted a lower-carb diet against a lower-fat diet…
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Nutrition Action Healthletter spoke on the phone with Bess Dawson-Hughes, the director of the Bone Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts…
Deep Dish Pizza Don’t get us wrong. Pizza with a hand-tossed or thin crust is no diet food. At BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse, California Pizza Kitchen, or Uno Pizzeria &…
Looking for a light lunch? Don’t look at Maggiano’s. Every one of the chain’s sandwiches has at least 1,000 calories. But the Italian Sausage Sandwich is, well, special. Between the…
“A traditional favorite, frosted with vanilla bean cream cheese and white chocolate curls.” That’s how California Pizza Kitchen describes its Red Velvet Cake. Like many items on CPK’s dessert menu,…
Researchers assigned 148 obese men and women—they averaged about 215 pounds—to either a “low-carb” diet (goal: less than 40 grams of carbs a day) or a “low-fat” diet (goal: less…
Our consumption of breads, bagels, cereal, pasta, rice, crackers, granola bars, pizza, burritos, wraps, pretzels, paninis, cookies, scones, muffins, and other grain foods is still going gangbusters. All told, we…
“BJ’s unique pizza creations on flavorful, lightly sauced bakery pizza crust with BJ’s signature five cheese blend,” gushes the menu at BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse (146 locations). [WN] For things…
“Mozzarella, fire roasted eggplant, spinach, tomatoes and crushed red pepper with a spicy tikka masala sauce on a stone-fired crust with Kashi 7 Whole Grains, sesame and flax seed.” Kashi’s…
Order from the lower-cal menu. BJ’s calls them Enlightened Entrees (less than 795 calories). At The Cheesecake Factory, they’re SkinnyLicious (less than 590 calories). Or take home half of a…