Online Calorie Counters

I occasionally want to know the nutritional facts about a meal I ate out at a restaurant. Generally, I go to google, put in the particular item I'm interested in with the words "nutritional facts" or "nutritional information". Sometimes if the restaurant is a chain, I look up what I ate by using the restaurant name followed by "nutritional information". For instance if I had a Mocha at Starbucks, I might just search using "Starbucks Nutritional Information".

I usually want to know more than just the calories. I want the number for carbs, protein, calcium, cholesterol and fat. I'm not just trying to lose weight; I'm trying to get a good balance of foods in my body.

Every time I do a search, I end up with a lot of hits. It's amazing how many websites provide calorie and nutritional facts. I decided to take 10 minutes and write down all the ones I found. Here's my list.

Nutritional Data dot com
http://www.nutritiondata.com/

Calorie King
http://www.calorieking.com/

Calorie Information
http://www.calorie-counter.net/

The Calorie Counter dot com
http://www.thecaloriecounter.com/

Weight Loss Institute
http://www.weight-loss-institute.com/calorie_counter.htm

The Calorie Lab
http://calorielab.com/index.html

The Daily Plate
http://www.thedailyplate.com/

Calorie Count dot com
http://www.calorie-count.com/

dietfacts.com
http://www.dietfacts.com/

A lot of people must be looking for this information. Many of these sites are using the nutritional information as bait to get people to click on other ads or buy products. It must work. I suspect the majority of the people are more concerned about losing weight than finding a proper balance in their diet.