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" Cities are banning trans fats, more restaurants are posting nutrition stats, and health claims jump out at you from every aisle of the supermarket\u2013you&amp;#039;d think we were a nation of super-healthy eaters. But how well are we really interpreting all those eat-better messages? Woman&amp;#039;s Day and AOL Health teamed up and got more than 1,000 women to &amp;#039;fess up about what they put in their mouths.  For a million dollars, I&amp;#039;d be most willing to never again: Drink soda 41%  Eat junk food 35%  Eat any meat 15% Eat out 9%   The foodie I&amp;#039;d most like to go food shopping with is:  Rachael Ray 48%  Martha Stewart 26%  Curtis Stone 13%  Paula Deen 10% Nigella Lawson 3%   The most outrageous thing I&amp;#039;ve eaten is a(n):  Pint of ice cream 31%  Box of chocolates 22%  Entire pizza 21%  Box of cookies 18% All of the above 8% Rest Stops It takes about 20 minutes for the &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m full&amp;quot; message to travel from your stomach to your brain, but 18% of you wait until you&amp;#039;re about to bust out of your pants before putting down your forks and 7% of you eat until you feel sick! The right time to take a breather is when you feel a little full\u2013and 75% of you are doing that.  When reading nutrition labels, I usually pay most attention to:  Calories 38%  Fat 33%  Sugar 16%  Carbs 9%  I don&amp;#039;t read them 3% Sodium 1% Fat and calories are the most important stats to look for\u2013but don&amp;#039;t ignore sodium. &amp;quot;Americans eat way too much salt,&amp;quot; says Karen Ansel, RD. Ideally, you should limit your sodium intake to 1,500 mg (or 2,300 mg max) per day, but most of us get a lot more than that. Watch out for packaged foods like soup and frozen dinners, which tend to be loaded with salt.  If a nutritionist peeked into my grocery shopping cart, she would:  Applaud 48%  Put half back 45% Dump the cart and start over 7%   The vegetable I eat most often is:  Broccoli 42%  Carrots 21%  Spinach 20%  Corn 15% French fries 2% Fast Foodies? 29% of you said you never eat fast food (really?); half said you eat it only on road trips. An occasional stop at the drive-thru isn&amp;#039;t a bad thing, and most chains now have lighter options such as salads, grilled chicken sandwiches and fruit parfaits. Other smart choices: Order the kiddie-size burger and fries, and hold the mayo.  It&amp;#039;s 6 p.m.: Where are you having dinner?  In my kitchen 45%  In front of the TV 41%  At my computer 11% At a restaurant 3% What you eat matters most, but where you eat is a close second...and munching in front of the tube can do some serious damage. Studies have shown that people often overeat while watching TV, probably because they&amp;#039;re distracted. Another downside: &amp;quot;You don&amp;#039;t get the psychological benefits of sitting down and enjoying your food, so you may find that you look forward to the next meal sooner,&amp;quot; says Ansel.  At a restaurant, I order dessert:  Never 35%  If I can share it 34%  If I&amp;#039;m celebrating 26% All the time 5%   If I could eat one food every day without gaining weight, it would be:  Chocolate 34%  Pizza 24%  French fries 18%  Steak 14% Ice cream 10% Actually, you can eat chocolate and pizza every day without gaining\u2013if you do it right. Limit chocolate to a 1-oz piece and pick the dark stuff (at least 60% cacao), which can help reduce your risk of high blood pressure and maybe even wrinkles! For pizza, stick to one slice; go light on the cheese, heavy on the veggies (or add a side salad) and you&amp;#039;ve got a meal packed with lycopene, calcium and vitamin C.  I eat fish:  All the time 45%  Only at restaurants 30%  Never ever 17% Only if it&amp;#039;s fried 8%  Studies have found that people who eat omega-3-rich fish (including salmon, mackerel and tuna) one to three times a week greatly reduce their risk of heart disease and dying at a young age.  I eat healthy food mainly:  To fight disease 45%  To be thin 44% I don&amp;#039;t eat healthy food 11%    In my glass, you&amp;#039;ll usually find:  Water 69%  Soda 15%  Juice 9%  Wine 4% Coffee 3%  Kudos for downing plenty of H2O, but maybe a few of you stretched the truth a tad on this one. According to a study published in the journal Obesity, the number of calories we get from beverages has nearly doubled in the past four decades. So stick with water when you can, and remember that (in moderation) wine and coffee can be good choices, too. &amp;quot;Coffee is a major source of disease-fighting antioxidants in our diet,&amp;quot; says Ansel. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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