The Fat-Gram Guide to Restaurant Food

By Joseph C. Piscatella

You can't cut fat if you don't know where it is, and now Joseph C. Piscatella, author of "Don't Eat Your Heart Out Cookbook "and other diet and health books, with over 2 million copies in print continues his quest to make fat-reduction easier to implement. "The Fat-Gram Guide to Restaurant Food" gives the fat-grams, calories, and percentage of calories from fat for over 3,500 of the most commonly ordered restaurant dishes. It includes fast-food offerings by franchise, and it is the only guide to sit-down restaurant meals. Here are breakfasts, from McDonaldis Pancakes to Sausage McMuffin. (Choose the pancakes.) Lunches and brunches. And of course all manner of dinner foods, from beef to fish, Mexican to Japanese. In addition to its convenient alphabetical listings, the guide provides Joe Piscatella's own strategy for making smarter choices in restaurants. And he should know. A tireless speaker and promoter for his books, he is on the road 100 days out of the year, eating out during every one of them."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761109501
• ISBN13: 9780761109501
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 3.5" x 6.4"

Customer Reviews

Best book I ever bought!!!!

My husband and I eat out at least 3 times a week and I found that my weight was going in the wrong direction VERY quickly. This book is a great resource! It is really easy to use. It has helped me lose the extra weight and make better dining decisions. The only downside to this is that the book has not been updated recently.

Don't leave home without this book!

Everyone with an interest in their health should have a copy of this book in their home. This book is a wonderful and resourceful guide earning a 5 star rating from ThePigOutDiet.com staff.

FAT-GRAM GUIDE IS INDISPENSIBLE

Piscatella's "The Fat-Gram Guide To Restaurant Food" is a great reference book to have in your home. It's amazing (and sad!) how bad for you most of your favorite foods are. The book offered some common-sense, realistic advice. For example, it suggested eating the regular Wendy's hamburger instead of the Junior version. It's only a difference of a few fat grams, but you'll be more full. The book also has a COMPLETE listing of most of the brand-name food served at fast-food restaurants. It really helped me choose "healthier" alternatives to what I'd normally order. For example, a McDonald's EggMcMuffin has only 12 grams of fat compared to over 40 for a Bacon-Egg-Cheese Biscut. I learned all this information in only a sitting with the guide. I know I will definitely keep it handy and refer to it from time to time. And, for under $7, it was well worth it!