Friday, July 10, 2009

It's baaaaaack! Eat This, Not That: Olive Garden style. FYI: Olive Garden has just begun to provide limited nutritional information on their website, which was after the book I'm using was written. So numbers may have varied since then, but at least you get an idea of what to order!

Eat This:
  • Linguine alla Marinara with a breadstick. Men who ate two to four servings of tomatoes per week reduced their risk of prostate cancer by 26 percent, a study review in the Journal of Nutrition found.
  • Shrimp Primavera.
  • Chicken Giardino.
Not That:
  • Stuffed Chicken Marsala with garlic parmesan mashed potatoes. This roasted chicken is stuffed with cheese and covered in a Marsala sauce spiked with heavy cream, giving this dish an entire day's worth of fat.
  • Mixed Grill with vegetables and mashed potatoes.
  • Pork Filettino with potatoes and bell peppers.
Guilty Pleasure:
  • Sangria. Vitamin C in the fruit helps bolster your immune system, and resveratrol - the polyphenol found in red wine - can stop influenza cells form replicating, according to scientists at Rome's Institute of Microbiology. Limit yourself to one glass, though, since too much alcohol may impair your immune system.
Hidden Danger:
  • Stuffed Mushrooms. Although mushrooms are normally a healthy sie option, this appetizer is stuffed with a deadly trio of cheese - Parmesan, Romano and mozzarella - which cancel out any nutritional benefits provided by the fungi.

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