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Fast Food Facts
Site description by owners:
Did you know there are more than 300,000 fast food restaurants in the U.S. Why is fast food so popular? Because it is convienent,
predictable, and fast. Fast food has become a part of the busy American lifestyle. But, nutrition experts point out, fast food is often high in
calories, sodium, fat and cholesterol. This does not mean fast food is bad. But it does mean you should fit fast food into a balanced, healthy
diet.

To help you make fast food choices and be an informed consumer, the Minnesota Attorney General's Office has developed the guide Fast
Food Facts, which the Food Finder is derived from. Included are the calorie, fat, sodium and cholesterol counts of menu items from popular
fast food restaurants, based on the companies' own nutritional analyses.

Comment:
The actual site is run by Olen Publishing and the site is called Food Finder. Nutritional profiles of over 1000 fast-food items are available. This  searchable site allows you to locate foods by restaurants, etc.
 

Click here to go to ---> Fast Food Facts

Why You Should Be a Vegan
Get to know the the facts about eating animal products...It will blow your mind!
Click here to go to ---> Why Vegan

Vegan/ Vegetarian Information Resources
If you are a vegan or vegetarian (or you are thinking of becoming a vegan or vegetarian) then there a number of very helpful websites that will provide you with all kinds of useful information. The link that follows will take you to a page with a selection of these sites. 
Click here to go to ---> Vegan/Vegetarian Page

General Information on Chocolate
It appears that chocolate (especially dark chocolate) when eaten IN MODERATION may serve as a healthfood! To learn a little more about chocolate in general see the FAQ on it. For an indepth source on almost everything about chocolate visit the reference page at the chocolate.org site.
Click here to go to ---> Chocolate FAQ
Click here to go to ---> Chocolate.org

General Information on Cheese and Cheese-making
Who said that food that has spoiled is always bad for you. Cheese, in reality, is milk that has gone bad. It is probable that the first cheese must have been made by accident thousands of years ago by someone who consumed milk on a regular basis. Perhaps a shepherd storing his milk in a bag made from a sheep's stomach on a warm day found out that because of the warm weather and remnants of enyzmes from the sheep's stomach combined to produce curdling in the milk resulting in a semi-solid substance--the first primitive cheese--that didn't taste too bad. This is all conjencture; whatever its origins, however, cheese (which comes in far, far more varieties than that available at your local supermarket) is great food for anyone who is not a vegan. The following resources will give you information on cheese and cheese-making. A link to two U.S. suppliers (Cabot Cheese and Organic Valley farms) of rennet-free cheese (for vegetarians) is also included. (The link to kosher-certified cheeses are for those who keep kosher, but they are not necessarily vegetarian cheeses.) 
 
Click here to go to ---> Cheesemaking com
Click here to go to ---> Gourmetsleuth.com
Click here to go to ---> Info on rennet and cheese
Click here to go to ---> List of U.S. vegetarian cheeses
Click here to go to ---> Cabotcheese com
Click here to go to ---> Kosher cheeses
Click here to go to ---> OrganicValley coop

 
 

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