What to order at the coffee shop
More coffee shops are ditching prepackaged pastries and sandwiches and offering fresh, gourmet food. But some of it comes with whopping amounts of fat, salt, carbohydrates, or sugar, just like any restaurant food. When ordering, one should not focus so much on nutrition details such as carbohydrate and fat counts, and instead make a choice based on the food displays or descriptions. If a food has refined grains (white bread, tortillas, noodles), processed meat (bacon, sausage, ham), or too much cheese, butter, cream, or sugar (like all pastries), it’s not a good choice.
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