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Saturday Morning News

How to Eat Healthy While on the Road

Aired June 10, 2000 - 8:39 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Many people are planning to take a road trip this summer. Weather plays a big part in that. But when and where to travel are obvious questions. What about food? Eating healthy while on the road is important, and joining us from New York to discuss the dos and don'ts is Robin Vietta-Miller. She's a food nutrition contributor for "Health" magazine.

Good morning, Robin.

ROBIN VIETTA-MILLER, FOOD NUTRITION CONTRIBUTOR, "HEALTH" MAGAZINE: Good morning.

PHILLIPS: Listen, as a reporter, I can relate to this. My crew and I were on the road, we're starving, we're running late. It seems impossible to avoid fast food. Is there anything healthy to order in fast-food restaurants?

VIETTA-MILLER: There certainly is. There's a lot of great choices. But what you first said was you got really hungry, you were starving. And that's the first mistake, because when you travel, quite often you go several hours between meals. And that's the problem. You're starving, you make poor food choices, you walk in, you smell french fries, you smell all that, how can anyone resist?

So the first thing you do is to plan ahead, because if you know you're going to have a road trip then you're planning, and you want to pack healthy snacks. So if you've had a handful of almonds and an apple an hour before you drive through a drive-through, then perhaps you'll make wiser food choices. But there certainly are wonderful choices -- more today than ever, I think, because they realize there's a lot of health-conscious people that are traveling that just need to eat well on the road as well as at home.

So there's the non-fried foods -- and another thing to remember is everything is super-sized, too. Portion control is huge. So you want to get non-fried grilled chicken, salads -- now they have fat- free and reduced-fat dressings, baked potatoes, take advantage of salad bars when available.

PHILLIPS: So there's no such thing as a healthy hamburger?

VIETTA-MILLER: Well, you know, you can have a hamburger -- what I always say is if you're going to do it -- because we all have been there. It smells so good, and you're looking at the french fries and you're thinking, do I really want a salad? So, you know, if you're going to do it, you just kind of have to be willing to pay a little bit of a cardio price at the end. And so, say you've spent almost all day traveling and you run through and you get a burger and fries. Well, maybe that evening you have a salad and take a nice long walk to burn off some off those calories. That's the bottom line, as long as you work it off.

PHILLIPS: Yes, you mentioned exercise. This is what...

VIETTA-MILLER: Yes.

PHILLIPS: On "LARRY KING" last night, Suzanne Somers was on there, and she was saying how she does her Thighmaster as she's driving. Now I don't know if we want to recommend that, but do you have any other ideas?

VIETTA-MILLER: I'm sure there's a lot of rubber-necking.

PHILLIPS: Yes, exactly.

PHILLIPS: Well, you know, it can be very hard., but if you're on the road, it's great to pull over every hour or so and just take a quick little walk. You know, fidget. It's really -- you know, studies show the people that fidget burn more calories. It sounds kind of funny, but just keep your body moving.

And when you can, walk. Park as far away as you can from where you're going, whether it's a restaurant or a mall, and walk the distance between the car and the location. If you're in malls and boardwalk, just walk, walk, walk. And that's a way you can just kind of keep your metabolism revved and burn calories in between your meals.

PHILLIPS: Great. Robin, thanks so much for the tidbits.

VIETTA-MILLER: Thanks.

PHILLIPS: Also, before I let you go, I just want to mention the Internet. I know you can log on and find food facts, right?

VIETTA-MILLER: Oh, yes. There's great -- and you can go to any of your favorite fast-food restaurants and restaurants. Just type in their name, and you can find -- most of them have nutrition facts for every menu item. And that's really a big help -- and it's a big scare, too, so it's good information.

PHILLIPS: Robin Vietta-Miller, thanks so much.

VIETTA-MILLER: Thank you.

PHILLIPS: All right.

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