Belly-ssimo! Italian restaurant food.(RESTAURANT CONFIDENTIAL)(Olive Garden Restaurant and Romano's Macaroni Grill)

From: Nutrition Action Healthletter | Date: November 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

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There's nothing more American than Italian food. Dishes like spaghetti, pizza, and lasagna are fixtures in our kitchens and our restaurants.

But what's the cost--to our waistlines, our arteries, and our blood pressure--when we go out for Italian? To get a handle on a typical menu, we analyzed popular dishes from Olive Garden, the leading sit-down Italian restaurant chain, and we examined nutrition facts available online from Romano's Macaroni Grill, the number-two chain.

What we found helps explain why many of us have taken on the shape of a ...

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