My favorite fast food restaurant is Chipotle. If you don’t have one in your area, it’s a Mexican food restaurant that offers a limited selection of dishes – Burrito, Fajita Burrito, Taco (crispy or soft), Burrito Bol, and Salad – that they prepare, assembly-line style, as you watch. They make the dishes according to your specifications, with your choice of meat, salsa, cheese, sour cream, etc.
I always get the same thing when I go to Chipotle – a Chicken Burrito with the medium salsa, rice, pinto beans, light cheese, and light sour cream. The chicken has a smokey flavor, with …read more

Are you more tempted to eat fast-food style if there’s a quick dining spot near your home?
If so, that could help explain recent findings.
New research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2009 suggests that “the more fast-food restaurants in a neighborhood, the higher the stroke risk for area residents.”
People living in neighborhoods with the highest number of fast-food restaurants saw a 13% higher relative risk of suffering ischemic strokes, compared with those living in places with the lowest numbers of these restaurants.
However, the study didn’t prove a relationship between eating fast foods and increased risk of stroke. …read more