Comments on: Fast Food, Healthy Choices for the New Year at Jack in the Box http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/2007/12/30/fast-food-healthy-choices-for-the-new-year-at-jack-in-the-box/ Pull Up a Seat and Join the Conversation at Circle of Food Blog. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:30:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mary Johnson http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/2007/12/30/fast-food-healthy-choices-for-the-new-year-at-jack-in-the-box/#comment-21655 Mary Johnson Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:41:03 +0000 http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/2007/12/30/fast-food-healthy-choices-for-the-new-year-at-jack-in-the-box/#comment-21655 For the record, "whole grain" (which is preferred) is not the same as "9-grain", which may not be whole. I had to explain this to my husband recently. Kudos to them for trying to offer healthy alternatives. We don't have Jack-in-the-Box where I live (SW Ohio), otherwise I'd definitely try these items. Whole-grain foods definitely make me feel full and stay full longer in the day. Try it sometime with brown rice. You don't get the same effect with white rice. For the record, “whole grain” (which is preferred) is not the same as “9-grain”, which may not be whole. I had to explain this to my husband recently.

Kudos to them for trying to offer healthy alternatives. We don’t have Jack-in-the-Box where I live (SW Ohio), otherwise I’d definitely try these items.

Whole-grain foods definitely make me feel full and stay full longer in the day. Try it sometime with brown rice. You don’t get the same effect with white rice.

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