Healthy food is just a click away
February 19th, 2009 by Cliff Bostock in Food mediaAs if. Good Food Near You is a new website that “empowers consumers to incorporate healthy dining decisions into their everyday lifestyle,” according to an e-mail they sent me. Go ahead. Enter your zip code on the opening page and see what’s healthy in your neighborhood.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
um, I just got these choices:
KFC
Pizza Hut
Checkers
Gee, thanks!
February 19th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
This was my favorite suggestion:
Piccadilly
Healthiest Choice: Au Jus
Within 1.9 miles | View Menu
Fat 0g | Calories 6 | Carbs 1g
I’m not sure I can make a meal out of just au jus, but I appreciate the suggestion.
February 19th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Mmmm…can’t wait to have a garden salad at McD’s or a 99-calorie chicken filet (no bun or pickle) from CFA. I feel healthy already…no, wait, that’s the feeling of starvation.
February 19th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
arby’s
captain D’s
Krystal
Burger King
Papa Johns
McDonalds
Wendy’s
Starbucks
Domino’s
Pizza Hut
What a waste of time. Anybody have any idea who actually sponsers this? could it be someone like pepsico ????
February 19th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
LOL Ehtrevor.. I had the piccadily au jus as well. I wonder if I can get that to go. Also I never knew that Krispy Kreme apparently has a whole wheat glazed donut rolling in at 180 cal. Love it.
February 19th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
I just did this as well and all my “healthy” choices were all chains. I live down the street from Soul Veg, so something sure ain’t right.
February 19th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Haha, I love this one:
Great Wraps
Healthiest Choice: Cucumber, Chopped
February 19th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
This site is a joke right?
February 19th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Nooooo. Not a joke. Here’s the news release announcing the invaluable service:
http://tinyurl.com/c2m529
February 19th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Okay, to play devil’s advocate, I suppose I could see some slight value in a service like this if I were on a road trip where I wanted to stop for a quick lunch and used my Internet-enabled wireless device to search for some reasonably healthy chain food choices among the places closest to my current location. Of course, most of us are already familiar with the chains’ attempts at “healthy” menu items and don’t need a service to remind us that McDonalds offers a grilled chicken sandwich.
While the concept could be useful, this particularly crude implementation of it is indeed laughable.
February 19th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Here’s the healthiest choice in Buckhead:
Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits
Healthiest Choice: Classic Mild Chicken Wing (without skin and breading)
February 20th, 2009 at 1:48 am
So in other words: NO Popeyes’ Chicken????
:)
February 20th, 2009 at 8:33 am
nothings better than a chicken wing with out the skin or breading. I cant wait to start eating healthier