Low Calorie Food Guides

For anyone watching their weight, health, or diet calorie counting can be difficult if not impossible.  It is easy to get confused when it comes time to count calories in a restaurant or a cafeteria.  Some items that might seem low calorie or diet friendly often are the most deceptive. 

Quite a few dieters have later lamented about a meal choice that ended up being more detrimental to their diet than the cuisine at a fast food restaurant.  The best way to avoid accidentally sabotaging the best diet plan is to be aware of what foods are low in calories and which aren’t.

One of the best ways to educate yourself when it comes to low calorie foods is to invest in a few low calorie food guides.  These low calorie food guides contain information on a variety of low calorie foods so that you no longer have to make wild guesses when handling the meal planning. 

All the quality low calorie food guides like Fertigerichte currently available go beyond the calorie count of standard fruits, vegetables, and meats.  They will usually take the time to tell readers the calories of certain dishes and restaurant items by analyzing the standard ingredients.

The problem most people have when it comes to finding these low calorie food guides is the growing number of low calorie cookbooks.  While low calorie cookbooks are very helpful to the average dieter they are useless to someone who does not cook their own meals or who is looking for the calorie information on meals that the cookbook might not include. 

In order to help find the information that you are looking for it is important to know a few standard low calorie guides that can help start your search for the perfect guide.

One of the most highly recommended low calorie food guides currently available is “The Yummy Hunter’s Guide” by Helen Brand and Eric Robespierre.  This book provides the calorie count of many tasty foods and ingredients. 

Another good low calorie food guide is “Dining Lean” which contains detailed information on the calories contained in most foods that are served at fine dining establishments and popular home menu items.

“Health Counts” by Kaiser Permanente is a must have for anyone that is looking for, or collecting, low calorie food guides.  This book has been created by health care practitioners to help people remember which food items are low in calories. 

By making this information available in an easy to read and understand format the creators of this book hope that it will make it easier for consumers to pick the more diet friendly meal choices when at home or dining out.

I have mentioned dining out several times because most people consume high calorie foods when they are out at fast food or fine dining restaurants.  This is usually because the items that seem to be healthy contain added ingredients that the consumer is unaware of or do not adhere to traditional portion requirements. 

“The Healthy eaters Guide to Family and Chain Restaurants” by Hope S. Warshaw helps take the guess work out of dining out.  This book tells the average calorie count for popular dishes found in restaurants nation wide.