Restaurant Confidential: The Shocking Truth about What You're Really Eating When You're Eating Out
by Michael F. Jacobson, Jayne Hurley

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Book Review: Nothing is Sacred
Summary: 5 Stars

It might be said Michael Jacobson is taking the fun out of eating. Maybe so, but he is introducing honesty. Just because waffles seem like a good ol' traditional meal does not mean it is good for you.

Eat out? I do, as often as I can. My budget limits me to the big chains, not the speciality restaurants. As I examine the different chains' offerings, as described by Jacobson, I realize my diet is not as healthy as I once believed. I'm not referring to the obvious diet killers: McDonald's and Burger King, but to Olive Garden and other well-known places to dine.

He compares, for example, how some waffles are worse than a big steak. He hardly is advocating that a steak is healthy, but it showing how fatty, how sugary basic breakfast food can be.

He goes dish by typical dish, analyzing the good and bad, and sums up in a line or two if that dish is what you should be eating.

It is a saddening expose. It is a free country, so choose what you will eat, but with this book, you can choose more wisely, and think about the big picture of your diet more accurately.

I fully recommend "Restaurant Confidential" by Michael F. Jacobson. With all of this writing, I'm hungry now.

Anthony Trendl

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