Fast Food Best and Worst Items to Order



Posted: Thursday, September 28, 2006

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By the time you finish reading this you will be shocked by the calorie, fat ad sodium content in the popular fast food items you may order. You will also know the best fast food items to order if you stop for fast food.


The hectic life people lead forces even the healthiest of eaters to eat out every now and then. When you eat fast food how bad or good are the things you order? Do you know how many calories, sodium or fat grams are in your favorite fast food? Wonder where the extra pounds are coming from? Your fast food choices may be contributing.


With the nations obesity epidemic growing and as hard as people work to get in shape or watch what they eat, it is important to know the nutritional information on your fast food.


You may be surprised at calories, fat and sodium in some items that appear to be a relatively “healthy" fast food choice.
Fast Food Chain
Item
Calories
Fat Grams
Sodium (mg)
TACO BELL
Smart Choices
Crunchy Taco Fresca Style (no cheese, no sauce)
150
7
360
Crunchy Taco
170
10
560
Ranchero Chicken Soft Taco Fresca Style
170
4
710*
Grilled Steak Soft Taco Fresca Style
170
5
560
Gordita Baja Steak Fresca Style
230
7
570
Watch Out!
1/2 lb Beef Combo Burrito
470
19
1620
1/2 lb Beef & Potato Burrito
540
25
1660
Grilled Stuffed Burrito Beed
720
32
2140
Nachos Bell Grande
750
36
1400
Fiesta Taco Salad
860
46
1800
Fiesta Taco Salad without Shell
490
25
1530
Mexican Pizza
540
31
1040


MCDONALD'S
Smart Choices
Hamburger
260
9
530
Chicken Nuggets 4 piece
170
10
450
Chicken Nuggets 6 piece
250
15
670
Fruit & Yogurt Parfait
160
2
85
Egg McMuffin
300
12
860*
Side Salad
20
0
10
California Cobb with Grilled Chicken
280
11
1120*
California Cobb without Chicken
160
9
410
Small Fries
250
13
140
Newman's Own Low Fat Basalmic Vinaigrette
40
3
730**
Watch Out!
Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese
730
40
1330
Premium Crispy Club Chicken Sandwich
680
29
1830
Large Fries
570
30
330
Chicken Select Premium Breast Strips 3 piece
380
20
930
Chicken Select Premium Breast Strips 5 piece
630
33
1550
Creamy Ranch Sauce
200
21
300
Big Breakfast
730
46
1470
Deluxe Warm Cinnamon Roll
590
24
660
Chocolate Triple Thick Shake Large
1160
27
510


When ordering you can simply change your dressing on the salad to save calories and fat. The low fat dressing is 160 calories and 18 grams of fat per serving less than the ranch dressing.
ARBY'S
Smart Choices
Fruit Cup
34
0
0
Jr. Roast Beef Sandwich
273
10
740*
Mini Market Fresh Ham & Cheese Sandwich
228
5
916*
Mini Market Fresh Turkey & Cheese Sandwich
235
5
798*
Ham & Cheese Croissant
274
12
842*
Watch Out!
Roast Beef Sub
722
41
2211
Turkey, Ranch & Bacon Sandwich
834
37
2258
Large Roast Beef Sandwich
547
28
1869
Chipolte Chicken Sandwich Crispy
680
37
1228
Philly Beef & Swiss Sub
669
35
1943
5 Piece Chicken Tenders
630
31
1977
Buffalo Dipping Sauce
20
1
1600
Ham, Egg & Cheese Sourdough
678
35
2105


KFC
Smart Choices
Roasted Ceasar Salad without Croutons or dressing
220
9
850*
Roasted BLT Salad without Croutons or dressing
210
7
900*
Hidden Valley Fat Free Ranch
35
0
410
Honey BBQ KFC Snacker
220
3.5
490
Honey BBQ KFC Sandwich
300
6
920*
Chicken Breast without Skin or Breading
140
3
410
Watch Out!
Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing
200
20
470
Triple Crunch Sandwich
650
34
1640
Extra Crispy Chicken Breast
460
28
1230
Large Popcorn Chicken
560
31
1790
Crispy Twister
670
38
1650




* Denotes high sodium content item listed under smart choice selection.
Most large chains have a nutritional information page on their website. You can look and see what the nutritional information is on the things you commonly order and also pick the items that would be smarter choices for your diet and health.


Changing your normal fast food order could save you hundreds, or even thousands, of calories per meal and help you shed or fend off extra pounds. Eat healthy and live happy.
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