Road Food Can Be Good Food

For health-conscious travelers, the hardest part of a road trip is maintaining a healthy diet. Fortunately, a new guidebook can help you avoid greasy spoons and fast-food pitfalls and find better ways to eat when you’re on the road. Healthy Highways: The Traveler’s Guide to Healthy Eating (Ceres Press, April 2004) includes nearly 2000 places across all fifty states where you can stop for healthful meals and snacks. Authors Nikki and David Goldbeck list options from drive-throughs to gourmet restaurants to food carts, co-ops, and natural foods markets, noting whether eateries are organic, vegetarian, vegan, or veg-friendly. Each chapter begins with a state map highlighting towns where travelers can find healthy food. Each listing includes directions from major highways as well as address, hours, phone number, type of establishment, and kind of foods available; eco-friendly Certified Green Restaurants are cited as well. The guide also provides sound advice for eating well when you hit the road “such as tips for cooler provisioning, portion guidelines, and ways to make healthful menu decisions “as well as lesser-known local attractions and intriguing food facts. If you want to steer clear of the fast food nation, learn more about Healthy Highways at www.healthiestdiet.com.‚ ‚