What Can You Eat These Days? Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack

Talk about bringing me down. Well today I learned that I better choose a new drink of choice. That is because a new study showed that drinkers of diet soda have a 60% higher risk of having a stroke. That's right all my fellow Diet Sierra Mist drinkers. It is time for water or lemonade.

It is not just my beverage that I have to change. Apparently I have to stop going out to eat that is at the Cheesecake Factory, Applebea's and at Chili's anyway, my favorite restaurants. Men's Health just put out suggestions of food you should avoid and for very good reasons. My favorite appetizer in the world the Sampler at Appleabea's. It has a pants ripping 166 grams of fat and 2,430 calories, enough for two days, and who goes there just for the appetizer, everyone eats a meal afterwards.

The Cheesecake Factory needs to do some better meal planning because they managed to make the list three times. It turns out thats no surprise as only 4% or 8 out of their 200 meals are healthy to eat, according to Men's Health. Twenty-six of their meals have 1,000 or more calories. Now we know restaurants like to stay ahead with better taste but the way they are going they are going to kill off all their patrons, come on now Cheesecake Factory, jump on the band wagon give us some tasty healthy meals.

When looking for a nice veggie sandwich don't go to Quiznos as doing so will turn you into Santa Claus. Here you will get a sandwich with a whopping 1,090 calories and 61 grams of fat in a veggie sandwich. Stop playing games no one eating a veggie sandwich is doing so to eat over 1,000 calories.

When starting out the day drive right by Burger King if you are planning on getting the Ultimate Breakfast Platter. This platter may sound like the perfect start to the day with its eggs, potatoes, sausage, biscuit, pancakes and diabetic dreamy syrup to wash it down. It comes with 1,310 calories and 72 grams of fat. Well at least you get your money's worth.

Now when you have had the ultimate in stressful days, get rid of the stress with a Fudge Brownie 31 Degrees from Baskin - Robbins. You just can't eat the rest of the day because it packs 1,900 calories and 80 grams of fat.

So what's a mom of nine to do on a really busy day when take out has to be the answer. Well I can only say one thing. Thank god Cains wasn't on the list.

Oh and speaking of fast food restaurants did you hear about those new ketchup packets that Heinz designed. They hold three times the ketchup. This means one thing, three times less ketchup packets laying around the backseat of my mini van.

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