7 Ways To Order Healthier Takeout Online

Monday, July 23, 2012 7 Roadblocks To Ordering Healthy Takeout Online (And How To Solve Them) Ordering food for delivery online is often more convenient ... and calorie-dense? A recent study from the University of Rochester's Simon Graduate School of Business looked at how people placed orders from a North Carolina pizza chain -- those who ordered online ended up with dishes that had 6 percent more calories, the Wall Street Journal reported. The reason? More complicated and tailored orders and, in turn, more toppings, according to the report -- there seems to be something more comfortable about being a pain in the you-know-what anonymously over the Internet than there is asking someone behind the counter or over the phone to customize every last detail. No hold-the-bacon, sauce-on-the-side, substitute this-for-this guilt in sight. And that got us thinking to some of the major diet traps we encounter when ordering our food with our fingers. So we rounded up seven of the biggest roadblocks -- and expert-proven tips to beat them. WATCH: The Most Outrageous Fitness Music Videos Colorado Movie Theater Shooting Shatters Our Sense Of Safety 5 Ways Your Friends Are Good For Your Health People Are Healthier At The Seaside BLOG POSTS Lloyd I. Sederer, MD: 'Random' Acts Of Violence Are Not So Random In mental health, we need to be wary of short-term, reactive "fixes" stimulated by agonizing events that may have emotional appeal but are no substitute for an ongoing resolve to apply proven means of systematically improving care and accountability. Russell Bishop: Soul-Talk: Are You Suffering Unnecessarily? Don't let anyone judge you for your past, least of all yourself. You may have made choices, even right up to today, that have led to needless suffering. All that is in the past if you choose to respond differently today. Susan Blumenthal, M.D.: Making AIDS History: Achieving An HIV-Free Generation Of great concern right now is that the remarkable progress toward ending AIDS that has been made over the past decades is being threatened by a decline in resources and the threat of budget cuts to support HIV research and services worldwide. Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Want To Stay Healthy? Go Ahead And Take A Vacation If you want to stay healthy and well, it may surprise you that a summer break may just be what you need -- and what this doctor is recommending.

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