Do you want to know the calorie count of the food on your plate?

Sure why not, might just have an influence on what we choose to consume.

It's a very good Idea because I am hungry and not so fat.

No thanks. I keep a high protein/low carbohydrate diet [80g/day] Once in a while I will treat myself to an indulgent dish...but on a reg. basis, it's raw veggies and lean meats.

Can't face it!

Ever since I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes during the spring of 2012, and suffered a heart attack later in September of the same year I have been trying to watch my calories, sugar and sodium intake. Nowadays I am always looking for the nutritional fact on restaurant menus, and food on products at the market. So far I've been lucky.

its part of the new Obamacare Law so stop bitching 51% of the american that showed up to vote made this all possible. You wanna fix this then get the other lazy ass republican and conservatives to show up and vote

Don't you hate mean people? ;)

I don't count calorie, it will never work for me. I eat whatever I want or like but I avoid processed foods and any sugary food. Processed sugar is the number one cause of weight gain and diseases. With the food industry today, especially the fast food industry. it is virtually impossible to live a busy life and eat the way we should. Good thing I found F21 all natural sugar blocker. It allows people to eat mostly what they want as still lose weight and become healthier. It is not the intent to just take it until you get to your ideal weight. The intent is to continue to take it to block the toxic sugar in all foods.

I need to see the count, cause I eat more than I should.

It's good to know how many calorie you are taking in one meal. You can be suprised
at what some foods cal count can be.

Agreed, but I also get terrified when I see the calories.

I'm sure there's people out there who would like to know or need to for health reasons if they are trying to lose weight. That pasta dish shown in the photograph looks absolutely revolting.

omg if you can eat, find a brewzzis, order a city pasta! its got the best taste of sausage, chicken and shrimp all in one..whoa its good!! pair it with fresh brewed city fest beer..but u might have to pack it up..quality and quantity!

It's good to know if you're counting and on a strict intake. if you don't want to know don't look I guess.

Even if it's not required it's still an ethical business practice.

Sure. If people care what they put in their bodies, it's good to know. If people don't care because they want to indulge or because they never care, the calorie count won't matter anymore than it matters on the side of a chocolate bar.

ah no

But I don't think I've ever had a meal with more than eight hundred calories, tops, and that was when I was visiting the US.

How shall I find it ?

I could read the ingredients and preparation off the menu and know good and well that the dish isn't exactly healthy. Honestly we need to stop blaming everyone else for our weight/health problems.

Actually, I do want to know.

Why would it be a bad idea? People should know exactly what they're putting in their bodies.
I keep a food diary, so I look for restaurants that have their nutrition info.
It shouldn't be a secret.

That is absolutely, unbelievably, nauseating.

You need to watch what you eat. If anything, too stay healthy.

It would be useful for products where you can't determine how healthy they are.

But don't most, if not all food products already have a claorie count on the packaging anyway, as well as the salt, fat, sugar, etc...? Or does the US not have to do that?

Wish they were forced to list the artificial ingredients too. My kids have dye and msg allergies which made it extremely difficult to eat out w/o them having an allergic reaction.

Doesn't mean foods should be regulated though, because all 3 of those sound amazing and I'd be disappointed to find out they had been outlawed before I got the chance to try them.

It's called 'an indulgence'. Also, I don't delude myself into thinking I can eat the whole plate in one sitting. I often eat 1/4-1/3 of the higher-calorie entrees, and bag the rest for dinner or lunch some other time.

let's see... 1/3 of this dish is about 1,040, and 1/4 of it is only 780. The first is an indulgence, the latter my usual dinner calories. And what of athletes, really tall people, or the too-thin who NEED the extra calories? Perfect for them.

mmmmm.... artery-clogging goodness.

Sadly I am influenced by calorie content on menus and choose meals according to how many calories I've already consumed etc. I wish it wasn't so, but I do get put off high calorie food.

Don't care about calories...just eat less and healthy

But not mandated by any government,

I think it's a good thing. I try to make good choices-and the foods I like anyway tend to be on the healthy side anyway. When I sin, I do it on purpose. Anyway, there are a lot of meals out there that look virtuous and most definitely are not. Really sneaky of them. I'd not only like calorie counts, but also grams of sodium.
LOL. Next to some of the what I call "mall food" chains, fast food is positively virtuous.

It's not like you have to eat the whole thing yourself. If it's 3,000 calories and you want it, you could always split it between you and 4 friends. Then it'd be 600 calories for you instead.

In post-Obama America, with its reduced standard of living engineered by Obama, calories will matter more than nutrition. Few will be able to afford nutritious alternatives. Faced with the prospect of hungry children, parents will do what it takes to get food into the mouths of their children.

I really do not care. I will eat what I enjoy. And by the way, I have eaten one of those wonderful cheesecakes all by my lonesome. Yum Yum.

I would probably be obese if I didn't know what I was eating was so many calories.

They do it in New York City and I have to say that the practice HAS altered my choices at times.

Sometimes seeing what you,re consuming can control overindulgence.

How can one plate of shrimp pasta have over 3000 calories? Mind boggling.