When it comes to burgers, bigger is definitely not better. Eat This, Not That! author David Zinczenko outs the worst fast-food burgers and tells you what to choose instead.

The worst offenders:  

Wendy’s Double with Everything and Cheese:
700 calories & 40g fat 
Five Guys Cheeseburger (plain):
840 calories & 55g fat
Carl’s Jr. Six Dollar Burger: 890 calories & 54 g fat
Hardee’s Original Thickburger (1/3 lb):
910 calories & 64g fat
Burger King Triple Whopper Sandwich w/ Cheese & Mayo:
1,250 calories & 84g fat

Eat This Instead!

Wendy’s Double Stack with Small Chili:
550 calories & 24g fat
Five Guys Little Bacon Burger with Sauteed Mushrooms and A1 Steak Sauce:
575 calories & 33g fat
Carl’s Jr Big Hamburger:
460 calories & 17g fat
Burger King Tendergrill Chicken Sandwich with Mayo:
490 calories & 21 g fat

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Need a few holiday gift ideas for those fitness-minded friends and loved ones?

Stuff stockings with resistance bands, jump ropes, exercise DVDs, and cute sweat bands, athletic socks, and water bottles. You could include a few sessions with a personal trainer, or gift certificates to a new yoga, pilates, or martial arts studio.

Subscriptions to fitness, yoga, and healthy eating magazines are also thoughtful and inexpensive gift ideas, and your friends will think of you each month when they receive a new issue.

If you have any gadget-happy people on your shopping list, check out some of Fitness magazine’s “Gadgets Galore” ideas:

Nike+ iPod Sport Kit, $29.00
Data dorks on the run! Place wireless sensors inside your Nike+ shoes, and the Sport Kit will measure your distance, pace, and other information on the screen of your iPod nano.

Omron HJ-112 Digital Premium Pedometer, $24.99
The Omron HJ-112 helps you reach your daily fitness goals by tracking your steps, distance traveled, and calories burned. Comes with a one-year warranty.

Tanita BF679W Duo Scale Plus Body Fat Monitor with Body Water, $49.99
This scale calculates not only your weight, but also your body fat and body water percentages, giving you a more accurate read-out on your fitness progress.

Strollometer Wheel-Based Stroller Speedometer/ Odometer, $37.99
A stroller pedometer! When taking the baby outside, new moms can do double-duty by strapping this device onto the carriage and watching the miles add up.

Happy Holidays!

The American Dietetic Association is the world’s largest organization of nutrition professionals.

Many of you want to make informed food choices and develop healthy eating and physical activity habits, but finding accurate information online isn’t easy.   Registered dietitians are committed to assisting the public in it’s quest to “eat right.” The ADA is one of their valued sources of  food and nutrition information and answers, as well as commentary on important dietary topics and trends.

Check out the newly re-vamped for the public section.  The disease management and prevention section discusses the various claims between diet and  diseases such as diabetes, autism, and irritable bowel syndrome.  The media constantly claims links between this diet and that disease, but many of these assertions are overstated or outright false.  The ADA can  help you separate sound medical information from media hype.

Check it out!