From "Jeff Galloway, Run injury Free" Training & Nutrition Newsletter: June 2005

Diet Digest
Low-carb or low-fat? Researchers still don't know which diets are best for keeping weight off over the long term. Until more results are in, look for a healthy hybrid like the South Beach Diet. Our basic advice:
· Less bad. Cut back on calories from bad fats and bad carbs. (That includes french friends, burgers, pizza, movie-theater popcorn, nachos, sweets, etc.)
· More good. Build your diet around vegetables, seafood, poultry, low-fat dairy foods, beans, and whole grains, plus some oils, nuts and other unsaturated fats.
· Eat half out. With most restaurant meals in the 1,000-calorie range, think about ordering one entree for every two people (or taking half home).

From the Center for Science in the Public Interest - Nutrition Action Health Letter, October 2004, "Fat: More than just a lump of lard," by Bonnie Liebman, p. 6. - http://cspinet.org/

I really like the suggestion to "eat half out"... I used to be very good about asking for a to-go box as soon as my dinner was served and putting half of it away and giving it to another person that I was dining with so I wouldn't be tempted to pick out of it. I need to go back to that habit. Restaurants these days (for the most part) give VERY generous portions and are more than we would actually eat at home.

I know, the serving at a restaurant is enough to feed everyone at the table!!!

Good suggestions from the newsletter!

SANDI

Great article.... thanks for sharing.