[Diabetes-Talk] Restaurants and nutrition information.

[sjryan2 at gmail.com]

Hi Alan,

This has been a special frustration of mine for three decades, since I spent
my career in dietetics and counseling people with diabetes and other issues
that required knowing what was in their food. 
One reason restaurants often don't have nutrition information for their menu
items is that making it available requires research, calculation, and a
precise recipe, and often restaurants that are not part of a regional or
national chain balk at the cost of hiring someone to do the work, or at
taking the time themselves to come up with what you need. I believe that in
most cases, having the information available is now required for larger
restaurants. Sometimes, if you ask for nutrition information it can be
produced. But this is a difficult issue, and I don't know the one right
answer for dealing with it.

I can tell you that at most restaurants, the size of a serving of pasta is
between 4 and 6 ounces, which is huge. In many restaurants, the size of a
slice of bread is equal to two or three standard slices. Sometimes you can
estimate what you have.

Also, if you have nutrition information for a similar item from a chain
restaurant, and the portion size at the restaurant without information is
similar, chances are the values for the chain's item can be used to estimate
the other restaurants information. Just remember that if one serving is
larger or smaller than the other, you will need to take that into account
and add or subtract nutrient amounts.

I hope this helps at least a little. 

I'm sure others on this list will have suggestions as well.

Sandi



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Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Restaurants and nutrition information.

Hello everyone!

Why does it seem so impossible to have local restaurants provide nutrition
information? Is there something I am missing?

I know chains are good about this but local ones seem unable to provide the
information...or perhaps unwilling to? I'm just asking because it just seems
convaluted to try and figure out the calories/carbs in a dish I am going to
have for dinner and I'm just wishing the information could be provided so I,
and others like me could make informed choices more easily.

Alan


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