Many of us are still hanging on to that New Year's Resolution. Some of us better than others. I am doing quite well (with the exception of an Imo's Pizza and Cinnamon Sticks last week). But it is often hard to really know what you are taking in because, as a New York Times article states, counting calories for many meals is not always accurate.

The Times looks specially at fast food and frozen foods for Nutrition Fact accuracy. The results were startling.

For example: A serving of grits at Denny's is listed at 80 calories, but actually contains were 258. They also found 344 calories in a Wendy’s grilled chicken wrap listed at 260.

But some items actually have less calories than what they list. A slice of Domino’s thin-crust cheese pizza, listed at 180 calories, actually contained only 141.

There are loads of examples of items that don't match up to their labels, both on the high end and the low end. But the moral of the story is, if you are counting calories, you shouldn't be eating fast food. If you need a little reminder why, watch this:


Check out the full article at the New York Times

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