Chain Restaurants Slice Calories

This is a voluntary move by the biggest chain restaurants to lower calories on some items.

Biggest chain restaurants are voluntarily cutting calories - Washington Post

Cutting only 60 calories from new meals?  60 calories.... that doesn't seem like much to me, considering I've been in Olive Garden and they plaster it right on the menu that some of the meals tip the scale at 1,400 calories, such as the Spaghetti with Italian Sausage.  My son loved the Chicken Alfredo, but it was over 1,500 calories.  To say the least, we stopped going to Olive Garden.  Honestly, we stopped going to a lot of fast food restaurants to cut calories.

McDonadl's, Chipotle, Arby's and 63 Other Chains Are Cutting Calories - Eater.com

I love that federal regulations will be going into effect which require restaurants to provide their calorie counts.  We've been doing it in California and every state needs to be in line to provide more information to the consumer.

Sayonara To 'Super-Size Me'? Food Companies Cut Calories, So Do We - NPR

Even with these changes, I still feel it's easier to eat healthier and lower calorie meals at home.

What Fast Food Workers Refuse to Eat - Business Insider

Yep, eat at home.

I've had relatives who worked at fast food restaurants and they've told me what items NEVER to buy.  One of those items is on that list above.  I also know people who have worked in factories in processing food items and they've also advised me on what food products NEVER to buy.

I'm listening!