The Daily Plate
posted in Recommendations, The Daily Diet byI came across a really great website today……..The Daily Plate….where you can search their database of over 140,000 common foods (including most fast food restaurant offerings) and find out the complete nutritional breakdown - calories, fat grams, protein, sugar, etc. You can also set up a free account to keep track of what you eat in an online Food Journal, and use the site to calculate your daily nutritional and caloric needs. Fabulous!
I used it to look up my one “secret indulgence” (yes, I have a Jones that must be fed, albeit not often - I try to not give in more than once a month)……Taco Bell’s Double Decker Taco Supreme. Turns out they are not as bad as I had imagined (if they were I don’t think I would have admitted to this weakness 
). Although they are certainly high in fat, especially the “bad” saturated fat, I make an effort to maintain an overall low-fat diet, so a once-a-month treat won’t kill me. And on the positive side, they are high in fiber and protein (primarily because of the beans) and low in sugar. Which means now I’ll feel just slightly less guilty going through that drive-thru.
