Death By Meatball: 3,000 calories in one meal?

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> Subject: 3,000 calories in one meal?

> When heading out to dinner at a chain Italian

> restaurant, whether for a

> celebration or just another Tuesday night, you

> expect to splurge a little

> bit. But you probably don't realize just how

> indulgent the meal can be--on

> the order of 3,000 calories and several days' worth

> of saturated fat for an

> appetizer, entrie and dessert.

>

> We studied nutritional information from Olive Garden

> and Romano's Macaroni

> Grill--the two largest sit-down Italian chains in

> the U.S., and report the

> heart-clogging results in the November issue of

> Nutrition Action

> Healthletter. For more information, watch our video

> featuring some of the

> most egregious offerings, such as Macaroni Grill's

> Spaghetti and Meatballs

> with meat sauce, which boasts a whopping 2,430

> calories and 57 grams of

> saturated fat.

>

> The video, press release and the full Nutrition

> Action Healthletter article

> are available online at

> http://www.cspinet.org/new/200710311.html .

Jeff Novick, MS, RD, LD/N

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