The ‘skinny’ on Cheesecake Factory's new menu

>>> 7:44 this morning on eat this not that, healthier options coming to a restaurant near you. growing number of establishments are adding more nutritious items including one chain unveiling a brand new menu today. david is the author of the popular "eat this not that" series and frequent guest on this show.

>> great to see you, matt.

>> the power of you, because, no, seriously, you have often been hard on, in particular, the cheesecake factory , giving them low ratings for their menus. they listened.

>> yes.

>> they listened.

>> four years in a row we were kind of railing against them. in this case, i mean, new menu. their skinnyliscious menu. it used to be you could only get out of cheesecake factory at 600 calorie it is you pulled the fire alarm . that was it.

>> be nice. they've done good things.

>> this is great.

>> let's take a look. this is classic item, cheesecake factory herb crusted fillet of salmon. the thing that jumps out at me is the sauce. and look at that portion of mashed potatoes.

>> 1400 calories group will probably have to swim upstream. it's the equivalent of -- we won't even get into it. the new menu item . same thing, herb crusted salmon. what you're doing here is getting it for 570 calories. you are saving 70 grams of fat, 800 calories. two days worth of fat traded fat. and cutting the sodium in half.

>> which is really good. hats off to the cheesecake factory . classic item here. this is petite fillet mignon.

>> this is like getting kirstie alley into a size 2. this is still a petite sir loin. what is great here, it is 585 calories. it is still savory. still delicious. you are shaving 500 calories off of this, half the fat. cheesecake factory is also offering up this tortilla salad 560 calories. we might have to send it to not that food analysis lab.

>> that's a big salad.

>> but it's really healthy and nutritious.

>> let's bring mcdonald's into this. classic item. mcdonald's double cheeseburger , mighty kids meal . 820 calories.

>> but now here's, you know, a happy meal to be happy about. it's chicken nuggets . now they're adding apple slices. cutting the number of fries. 820 to 410. you're losing half the calories. what's cool is if you just shave 25 calories a day from your child's diet between 8 and 13, she is going to enter high school 25 pounds lighter.

>> okay. that's good stuff. let's go to friday's. this is the classic item. this is friday's jack daniel 's ribs.

>> yeah.

>> and this is 1640 calories.

>> you're going to want to drink away your troubles after eating this. this is the calorie equivalent of five wendy's junior bacon cheeseburgers. but they have a new menu that is right portion, right prices. again, modest portions, still savory.

>> i'm not sure the guy who walks into the restaurant hoping for that is going to order this. i don't know why. this is a different customer.

>> these are sirloin skewers. delicious. bring a friend or take a rack home.

>> okay.

>> you know.

>> all right. let's move on. shall we? this next someone denny's.

>> denny's grand sandwich. this is 1520 calories. this should not be called the grand sandwich. it's should be called the strikeout. over 100 grams of fat. it has a phenomenal fit fare menu, egg whites scrambled, tomato, spinach, you get turkey bacon, fruit, english muffin and it's only 390 calories. so this is a fantastic new menu they have. 1100 calories a day saved for breakfast. by friday, you would be a pound and a half thinner.

>> once again, the restaurants are listening to you new orleans one but you.

>> thank you.

>> thank you.