Restaurant tips, calorie exchange and taste bud fulfillment

Our fast food, food everywhere consumer society wants us to pig-out as much as possible.

We are constantly bombarded with TV, radio, billboard, newspaper, and magazine advertisements depicting slim happy people eating mostly bad food or drinking sodas and beer. You can't drive down a major street in any city without seeing dozens of fast food restaurants. Many popular restaurants serve gigantic portions of food. Food everywhere has been super-sized.

The first …