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Keeping Your Diet on the Fast Track.


Your diet doesn't does·n't  

Contraction of does not.
 need to suffer when you find yourself in the fast-food lane. Follow these simple strategies to keep yourself and your family on track:

* Choose restaurants that offer healthy choices: baked potatoes, green salads, low-fat milk Noun 1. low-fat milk - milk from which some of the cream has been removed
milk - a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
, real orange juice, and vegetarian vegetarian /veg·e·tar·i·an/ (vej?e-tar´e-an)
1. one who practices vegetarianism.

2. pertaining to vegetarianism.


veg·e·tar·i·an
n.
One who practices vegetarianism.
 pizza.

* Decline offers to "super-size" your meals.

* Ask that dressings and high-fat toppings be served "on the side," or ask for fat-free versions.

Remember, it's what you and your family eat over the course of several days, not the content of a single meal, that affects nutritional well-being.

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Publication:Vibrant Life
Date:Mar 1, 2001
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