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Text DIET1 For Fast Fat Facts

Know How to Stay Slim While You're on the Go

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By Jessica Root
Brooklyn, NY, USA | Wed Apr 16 17:21:00 EDT 2008

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Fast food like lo-mein, pizza, and burgers can pack a heavy punch-around your waistline-and the planet. Ingredients are usually processed, saturated in fat, well traveled in food miles, and over-packaged in Styrofoam, plastic, and cardboard.

The greenest way to sustainably satisfy your curly-fry cravings is to make your own at home with Kelly's healthy take-out recipes. But when ordering out at a greasy spoon just isn't avoidable, you now have the option of text messaging DIET1. The text message service allows you to text your restaurant's name and menu item to 34381 to receive the calorie, fat, carb, and protein content. With bikini season right around the corner, I'll definitely be saving this number in my cell!

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