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Dining Out Healthy Tips For Making Healthy Restaurant Choices It is easy to have full control over what you eat when you prepare and cook it yourself, but how much control can you have when you are in a restaurant? Meeting up with friends to watch the game, celebrating a birthday or an anniversary often takes place in your favourite restaurant. When it comes to dining out, what healthy choices do you have? How “bad” can one splurge meal really be anyway?

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You may not realize that eating poorly affects more than just your figure. What is often times missed is the influence that eating healthy has on your internal body and ultimately on the quality and length of life. The leading cause of death in North Amer- ica is Cardiovascular Disease ( CVD). CVD is primarily caused by the development of fatty plaque build up in your arter- ies. Plaque build up is directly influenced by Western diets that involve processed foods and foods high in refined sugars and saturated fats that promote an inflammatory, acidic state in the body. In knowing that diet has such

a significant role to play in the quality and length of life, healthy food choices, even at restaurants are important. Here are some tips to help you make healthy (but still tasty) choices at a restaurant! Drink up! Before you eat anything start off with a large glass of water. A lot of the time your body cannot tell the difference be- tween being hungry or being thirsty. Add lemon into your water to improve alkalinity in the body. Pass on the sugary pop or juices and stick with lemon water as your drink of choice. This will save you a few dollars as well as calories!

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