MedicineNet.com reports that restaurants are serving ever-larger portions of super-bad food to entice customers to start eating out again, according to a consumer watchdog group.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest singled out some dishes in a list of the most over-the-top, unhealthy restaurant foods, that provide more saturated fat or sodium than most people should eat in three days. These foods were also very high in calories.
U.S. dietary guidelines call for healthy Americans to get less than 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day to lower blood pressure and reduce risk of heart disease, stroke, heart failure, and kidney disease.
Federal nutrition guidelines also advise that less than 10% of daily calories come from saturated fat, about 20 grams for a 2,000-calorie diet. Eating lots of saturated fat can lead to increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
Check out a sample of the group's Xtreme Eating 2009 dishes, listed in the June issue of its Nutrition Action Healthletter.
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