Sunday, January 5, 2014

Healthy eating out? There is an app for that!

Eating healthy with home cooked meals is one thing. Trying to eat healthy when eating out can be something quite challenging. Fortunately, there is an app for that. If you have a smart phone, you can use this new app to help make healthy choices.
Launched in the early 1990s, Healthy Dining began as a book publisher of healthful menu options offered at restaurants in the Southern California region. Today, the company operates a website, Health Dining Finder, that allows users to search for nearby restaurants and view a list of dietitian-approved menu options with nutrition information and a selection of kid-friendly items backed by the National Restaurant Association's Kids LiveWell program. And as of late November, the "Healthy Dining Finder" app is available in a GPS-enabled mobile format, delivering access to better-for-you food at 60,000 full-serve and quick-serve restaurant locations. Users can filter results by price and distance, as well as alphabetically.

Read more: http://www.wickedlocal.com/franklin/archive/x1275651259/Nutrition-News-Healthy-eating-app#ixzz2pKw0RWjr

The app webpage can be found here  http://www.healthydiningfinder.com/

They provide assistance to restaurants in menu preparation to provide healthy choices
http://www.healthydiningfinder.com/restaurant-partners/our-expertise

Their "Road to Health' blog offers good articles in this space
http://www.healthydiningfinder.com/blogs-recipes-more/Road-to-Health