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Every once in a long while, I like going to the Olive Garden. Watching this video, put out by the Centre for Science in the Public Interest is definitely making me reconsider my restaurant choices:

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The key is to keep it to every once in a long while. Fear is bad for your health too.

My 3 kids watched this intently... although they then laughed at the "Chinese takeaway" prank clip.

Pasta is always high in carbs and calories.

I had to laugh a bit at that: meatballs and meat sauce? People actually order that with a straight face?

I also wonder how many people actually eat as much as they say when going to Olive Garden. I figure I'm a bigger eater than most, but if I were to get an appetizer (or have the salad, which is free with a meal there, if I recall correctly), there's no way I'd eat the entire entree in one sitting or get desert. Also, appetizers and desserts are usually shared.

However, I like the CSPI - their Canadian newsletter once proclaimed Tim Horton's Iced Cappuccinos as the "worst thing anyone could drink" for their health. Knowing that I'm leaps and bounds ahead just by not drinking this one thing is quite reassuring to me.

I'd like a four-decker hamburger with 4 cheese slices and 4 pcs. of bacon rather than the pasta.

But I'm an Albertan.

:)

Seriously, though, how do you eat something like that?

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