Facts About Fast Food
If at all possible, just stay away from fast food restaurants; for the most part, you won’t find a health selection that won’t blow all your calories in one meal. If you just have to eat out, make sure you find out if the place you want to eat at offers the low cal/low fat menu items and choose from those. Make healthy choices and always remember moderations.
You have a one hour drive to and from work, you put in your eight or ten hours at the office, drive home, and then you’re expected to fix and meal for your family. The reality is, if you live a busy life like this you are probably picking something up on the way home and sacrificing nutrition for convenience. Let me explain to you some interesting facts about some of those meals you pick up on your way home.
Let’s first discuss McDonald’s: a value menu hamburger with fries has approximately 60 grams of fat; not to mention the 1,100 of calories. Add in what you drink with it you’ve consumed over half of what your daily calorie allowance is in just one meal, if your diet calls for two thousand calories a day.
Good old Kentucky Fried Chicken; a very popular fast food restaurant, is a favorite of a lot of people because they think chicken is a healthy meal. It is if you cook it correctly. However, one chicken breast, cooked in the original style is loaded with 21 g of fat and over 300 calories. Add the mashed potatoes, slaw, gravy, and biscuit, and now, what you thought was healthy has turned into a fat feast.
Pizza Hut Pizza – It’s so easy to come home exhausted and fall prey to the convenience of pizza delivery. A Large Pepperoni pan pizza has about 14g of total fat and 270 total calories per slice.
Let’s suppose you add extra toppings; this will add make the total calories up to even higher calories. Two or more slices can add over a total of 540 calories; this is not something you can afford if you are trying to diet or eat healthy.
Subway offers a variety of menu options, some low fat and low calorie choices. However, if you choose a sub from the regular menu, such as chicken parmesan (6 inch) you’ll be getting close to 18 grams of fat and some 500 calories. You think this restaurant is a healthy choice, and it can be, if you choose correctly, but regular menu items are still high in fat and calories.
It’s best to steer clear of fast food eateries, but if you’re forced to go to one for convenience, try to scout out the menu ahead of time on the Internet to find out what menu options they have that won’t blow your diet plan for the entire day.
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