Healthy Restaurant Eating: Chain Menu Nutrition Tips

Eating healthy at Chinese or Mexican restaurants requires understanding nutritional values and sodium content. Compare the best and worst chain restaurant meals to find vegetarian options or low-calorie swaps that fit your diet.

Nutritional Value of White Asparagus Vs. Green

Published Sep,13 2011 | By Carly Schuna

If you’re used to asparagus being green, the white variety may look downright creepy. Its broad, firm stalks are the pale color of fresh cream because they lack the green pigments of conventional asparagus. However, the white veggie can be just as nutritious, although its health properties do vary slightly.