My search for 300 calories and 10% fat for McDonald’s, for example, pulled up the nutritional and caloric breakouts for beverages, sauces, salads, and other food items (croutons) that fell within those parameters. But the search yielded only one real meal option—grilled chicken salad deluxe.

At Pizza Hut, the same parameters yielded only a dipping sauce for a breadstick! (I had to up the calories to 600 to even begin having options!)

You don’t need to be on a calorie-restricted diet to benefit from clicking through the site but if you must or wish to monitor what you ingest, this is a must-bookmark online reference. If you’re really serious, consider transferring select info to your PDA or printing take-along sheets.

Index pages and a summary format let you quickly identify and locate relevant information. Its Country Profiles and related topics list detail everything you need to know to safely venture into international territory. The Traveler Information Section includes extensive data on vaccines and special conditions as well as general travel-health backgrounders by topic.

The Travel Medicine Providers section lets you locate a domestic or international travel-health practitioner. (Note that Shoreland, like other sites, does not vet or recommend those professionals included in the listings.)

The site also provides extensive information on a wide range of tropical and infectious diseases (info that is not generally provided elsewhere)—a big help for active/adventure travelers as well as globe-trotting flyers who may be unaware of risks in the most unexpected locations.

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