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Check out this link to Men's Health magazine. The editors provide the alarming fat, sugar and salt content for the biggest offenders to our diet. http://eatthis.menshealth.com/1.php.

But why are these foods so hard to resist? Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler explores the answer to that question in his new book, "The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite." I just started reading this book, but in the first chapter he discusses how the food industry makes foods more palatable by increasing the levels of fat, sugar and salt to exponential levels. And it's that combination that makes the foods that are bad for us, so irresistable.

What fast food do you find irresistable? Do you know how much fat, salt and sugar are added?

Lunch time is a pivotal point in our workday--we can either crash and burn or fuel wisely and soar for the rest of the day. Eat too much and indulge in a carb-overload and give yourself an hour, you want to crawl up in a ball underneath your desk and take a nap. But discipline yourself to eat right at the noon hour, and you'll knock off all the tasks on your to-do, in no time.

Eating Out? Eat Smart
No time to pack lunch? If you choose to eat out, make sure you're eating smart. Most chain restaurants and hot lunch spots list the nutritional content on their web sites. Stuck on one type of salad or sandwich? Check out the calorie and fat content before your next lunch run.

Did you know...
--Cosi's cobb salad contains 28 grams of fat. Not too bad, but drizzle 2 ounces of the Cosi vinaigrette dressing and you add another 39 grams of fat. Two ounces of the shallot sherry vinaigrette is 31 grams of fat.

Cosi Nutritional Information

--Au Bon Pain's baja turkey sandwich has 910 calories and 47 grams of fat. The Caprese sandwich, 730 calories and 34 grams of fat.

Au Bon Pain Nutritional Information

Other nutritional information: www.nutritiondata.com