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Re:How accurate are Americans at estimating calories? by rwmj on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @11:40AM (#4938255)
I think the fact you're looking at fast food menus could be the problem. Cook food from scratch -- it's fun and healthy.
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Re:How accurate are Americans at estimating calories? by danielgrieve on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @11:43AM (#4938274)
Don't assume as much, as recent as today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20713985
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Re:How accurate are Americans at estimating calories? by ovi256 on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @01:03PM (#4938647)
A chef meal will be different from a home-cooked one. Chefs are known to go for things like lots of fat (which acts as a base for spice flavor), sugar, caramalizing (to improve taste) and other things that add taste but also calories.
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Re:How accurate are Americans at estimating calories? by stephengillie on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @12:19PM (#4938443)
My mom cooked from scratch. She fried chicken, put lots of butter in the mashed potatoes, put butter in vegetables, always had gravy, etc. But "it was ok because they're low-sodium low-cholesterol heart-healthy home-cooked recipes".

Just cooking from scratch by itself doesn't solve the problem. You have to ensure you're using healthy ingredients.

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