In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy share ways to make sure you are counting your calories accurately. Writing down what you are eating is a great way to keep track of your calorie intake. But what if the food companies and restaurants are conspiring against by misrepresenting how many calories are in the food you are eating? That would not be cool. But it’s happening. Did you know that the FDA allows for a 20% margin of error in the number of calories that are inside packaged foods? And the penalties are much greater for the company if they put in too little food – so they are incented to put in too much. Restaurants are even worse – since each meal is made by a human you are going to get human error. When some restaurant foods were tested they had as many as 3 times the amount of calories than what was listed on their menu’s nutritional information. Listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. iTunes Follow me on Twitter @FatGuy
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