Spices Of Life

Nina Simonds and Dr. Eric Rimm visit an American restaurant and reveal how you can order a delicious and healthy meal. Nina and Eric describe how you might choose to order a salad and one or two appetisers instead of a full meal. Eric explains that vegetable oils you get in a salad dressing are healthy. Some salad dressing contain fructose syrup which = lots of calories. Artic Char, Trout and Salmon are a good source of Omega 3 fatty acids. Greens on the plate are good and order sauce on the side. Cut your meal in half and take a doggie bag home. Nina and Eric bring the USDA food pyramid to life. Dr. Eric Rimm is a brilliant and funny nutritionist from the Harvard School of Public Health. We met on the Nutrition Roundtable, a group of doctors from the HSPH, restaurateurs, cookbook authors, food businessmen, and other concerned individuals, that meets three times a year to discuss the latest research in nutrition and health. Dr. Walter Willett (Yay Walter!!) is our esteemed leader. For more information , check out the Harvard School of Public Health website . This series is in response to the CSPI study ( Center for Science in the Public Interest ), a group we admire and support, where they analyzed the calories of some common dishes at a Chinese-American restaurant and reported their outrageously high caloric and fat content. We wanted to show people how EASY it is to go to a Chinese restaurant and order well.