Thursday, June 12, 2008

Holy Cow!

The 20 Worst Foods in America

The U.S. food industry has declared war on your waistline. Here's how to disarm its weapons of mass inflation

By: Matt Goulding

20. Worst Fast-Food Chicken Meal

Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips from McDonald's (5 pieces) with creamy ranch sauce


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830 calories
55g fat
(4.5g trans fat)
48 g carbs

The only thing "premium" about these strips is the caloric price you pay. Add a large fries and regular soda and this seemingly innocuous chicken meal tops out at 1,710 calories.

Change Your Chicken: 20 McNuggets have the same impact. Instead, choose Mickey D's six-piece offering with BBQ sauce and save yourself 530 calories.

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2 comments:

Me-N-Soph said...

Hi Bonnie- I have read this article, too. I actually made copies of it and I share it with almost everyone who walks in my office. The students find it interesting, too. Women seem to find this info informative and disgusting- the boys just get hungry from the pictures!

Bonnie said...

Hi Michelle...I tend to side with the women's reaction! Absolutely amazing and disgusting. I am glad you are sharing it too. Maybe these restaurants will wise up. We don't go out that often compared to the rest of America, but when we do we like to go to the smaller, mom & pop type places. Jim is not a fan of what he calls "Formula Restaurants." Me either.