T.G.I. Fridays.Limit your carbs, not your lifestyle," says the Atkins section of T.G.I. Friday's T.G.I. Friday's (often referred to as just "Fridays") is a popular American restaurant chain focusing on casual dining, with over 500 restaurants across the United States, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Australia and the UK, as well as many other countries around the world. menu. Dieters are sure to perk up perk 1 v. perked, perk·ing, perks v.intr. 1. To stick up or jut out: dogs' ears that perk. 2. To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner. at the sight of Buffalo Wings  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words.
intr.v. siz·zled, siz·zling, siz·zles 1. To make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat. 2. To seethe with anger or indignation. 3. New York Strip Noun 1. New York strip - steak from upper part of the short loin strip steak beefsteak - a beef steak usually cooked by broiling steak with Bleu Cheese bleu cheese n. See blue cheese. [French, blue, from Old French; see blue.] , or New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Cheesecake. But the "Atkins Net Carbs"--the only number listed next to each item--doesn't tell the whole story. Take the Buffalo Wings with dressing. They may have only 5 net carbs, but they look no different than Ruby Tuesday's or any other chain's wings, which probably means a whopping 1,000 calories and 80 grams of fat (more than a day's worth) per platter. Other dishes from the Atkins menu, which we sent to an independent lab for analysis, show (once again) how badly dieters need nutrition numbers on menus. First comes the Tuscan Spinach Dip with vegetables. The veggies Veggies of Nottingham, also known as Veggies Catering Campaign, is a campaigning group based in Nottingham, England, promoting ethicalbum alternatives to mainstream fast food. are a nice touch. But they don't make up for 590 calories, 25 grams (more than a day's worth) of bad fat, and 1,300 mg of sodium ... in an appetizer. Not surprisingly, the Bunless Burgers are the worst entree. They may have only 6 net carbs, but all the other numbers--860 calories, 23 grams of harmful fat, and 1,430 mg of sodium--add up to a net disaster. The Sizzling NY Strip steak Noun 1. strip steak - steak from upper part of the short loin New York strip beefsteak - a beef steak usually cooked by broiling with Bleu Cheese comes with broccoli broccoli (brŏk`əlē) [Ital.,=sprouts], variety of cabbage grown for the edible immature flower panicles. It is the same variety (Brassica oleracea botrytis) as the cauliflower and is similarly cultivated. , but it also comes with 18 grams of damaging fat. Chicken may seem like a safe bet, but--thanks to the melted cheese--the Sizzling Chicken with Broccoli is essentially the Sizzling NY Strip steak with a day's worth of sodium (2,480 rag). And the even-saltier Chicken La Boca La Boca is a neighborhood, or barrio of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It retains a strong European flavour, with many of its early settlers being from the Italian city of Genoa. stuffs your boca (Spanish for mouth) with 13 grams of bad fat and 2,730 mg of sodium. Luckily, Friday's offers one salad and two seafood dishes that should appeal to anyone watching their weight. You can probably slash half the 12 grams of harmful fat from the salad (Grilled Buffalo Chicken) if you skip the cheese. As for the seafood: the Fire Roasted Salmon served over roasted vegetables is low in sodium and delivers a good dose of healthy omega-3 fats, while the Key West Grouper grouper, common name for a large carnivorous member of the family Serranidae (sea bass family), abundant in tropical and subtropical seas and highly valued as food fish. with roasted vegetables has just 300 calories and 4 grams of bad fat. Carbs, shmarbs. You can't beat those numbers.
Atkins
Total
Appetizers Calories Fat (g)
Buffalo Wings with dressing # 1,010 80
Tuscan Spinach Dip with
vegetables + 590 41
Entrees
[check] Key West Grouper with
vegetables * 300 15
[check][check] Fire Roasted Salmon with
vegetables * 440 23
[check] Grilled Buffalo Chicken Salad
with dressing + 600 43
Chicken La Boca * 520 27
Sizzling Chicken with
Broccoli + 620 32
Sizzling NY Strip with Bleu
Cheese, with broccoli + 660 38
Bunless Burgers with salad
and dressing + 860 58
Desserts
New York Cheesecake * 400 25
Saturated + Sodium
Appetizers Trans fat (g) (mg)
Buffalo Wings with dressing # 22 2,460
Tuscan Spinach Dip with
vegetables + 25 1,300
Entrees
[check] Key West Grouper with
vegetables * 4 1,020
[check][check] Fire Roasted Salmon with
vegetables * 6 580
[check] Grilled Buffalo Chicken Salad
with dressing + 12 2,340
Chicken La Boca * 13 2,730
Sizzling Chicken with
Broccoli + 17 2,480
Sizzling NY Strip with Bleu
Cheese, with broccoli + 18 710
Bunless Burgers with salad
and dressing + 23 1,430
Desserts
New York Cheesecake * 15 410
[check][check] Best Bite.
[check] Better Bite.
# Numbers from lab analysis of typical dinner-house wings.
+ CSPI estimate.
* Numbers from independent lab analysis.
Daily Values (daily limits for a 2,000-calorie diet): Total Fat: 65
grams. Saturated+Trans Fat: 20 grams. Sodium: 2,400 milligrams.
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