"weight management" news and stories

The Cheesecake Factory is known for their enormous portion sizes and high-calorie cheesecakes. The large sizes seem to add value to the meals for diners, while the cheesecakes, depending on who you ask, are a big slice of heaven on a plate. Both of these things, however, are a source of irritation to nutritionists and consumer watchdog groups.

Since fans of the Factory wouldn't tolerate a decrease in the portion size, but the company wanted to offer something a little lighter for those who are watching what they eat (and possibly to placate the groups watching them), they introduced several "weight management" salads. The lower calorie offerings have less than 590 calories each. The Weight Management choices include: Asian Chicken Salad, Spicy Chicken Salad, Pear and Endive Salad (pictured), California Salad and Seafood Salad. Each is slimmed by using low-calorie dressings and cutting back on the amount of cheese, nuts, hard0boiled eggs, avocado and other high-calorie components, although it doesn't seem like they're entirely eliminated in any of the dishes, which is probably why they're just called "weight management" and not "light" or "diet,"

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There are lists of good foods. There are list of bad foods. Some of the foods show up in both places. It's hard to keep track of what we should be eating when health and nutrition "news" comes at us from every direction, but nutrition professor and writer Chris Rosenbloom has culled that information, translated it, categorized it, and created a list of 50 ways to help us eat healthier. None of his tips are earth-shattering, but it's nice to have them all in one place. For the details, see his list, but here are the major categories of types of things to do with a few examples of his tips:

• Reduce risk of disease, e.g. olive oil, yogurt, and nuts
  
• Increase fiber, e.g. eat fruit instead of drinking its juice
  
• Manage weight, e.g. monitor liquid calories
  
• Snacking smart, e.g. microwave popcorn with no butter
  
• Eating out, e.g. choose fish to be grilled or blackened instead of fried
  
• Sneaking in more produce, e.g. add dried fruit to breakfast cereal and top chicken breasts with salsa
  
• Finding resources, e.g. www.mypyramid.gov and www.eatright.org

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