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Did you know that there are several restaurants where you can eat one meal that is 150% of your recommended calories a day and almost 300% of your recommended fat consumption a day? Meals such as the supersonic cheeseburger with bacon and mayo, large Frito chili cheese pie, and a 20 oz. Banana Cream Pie Shake at Sonic can add up to be 2,682 calories and 158 grams of fat! It is time to lay off the cheeseburgers Americans, let’s find some healthy fast food restaurants!!
• Panera Bread
One of the easiest fast food restaurants to eat healthy at! They have such a wide variety of healthy meals to choose from for every meal. At Panera Bread you make your own choices for pretty much everything. You can have the same meal as your friend, but yours be 200 calories and theirs be 800 calories. It is all about the bread you choose, toppings, and dressings. For exact meal details you can visit www.paneranutrition.com.
By going to the Panera Bread website, you can uniquely plan your meals exactly and see what your calorie intake would be! You can look at the calories per ingredient, so you can choose to eliminate the ingredients with the most calories!
I suggest the Turkey Artichoke sandwich on focaccia bread or a bowl of the garden vegetable soup. They are not only low in calories, but they are full of essential nutrients your body needs.
• Chipotle
Chipotle serves a variety of salads, tacos, and burritos. Chipotle believes that any customer can come into their restaurant and find something that they like. Chipotle can make this happen because they allow each customer to design their own meal; there are no restrictions.
Thanks to Chipotle’s no restriction policy, you can customize your meal to be as healthy or unhealthy as you want it. You can even have a burrito bowl best way to go. A burrito bowl allows you to eliminate the actual burrito so you can forget about carbohydrates.
• McDonald’s
McDonald’s has accommodated to the public’s needs well, adding healthy meals and snacks to their menu. McDonald’s now gives the option of fries or apple dippers for kid’s meals. They also have added healthy drinks such as unsweetened tea and milk.
McDonald’s has healthy meals as well. The chicken breasts and fish sandwiches are all very healthy will little calories. Each of them are high in protein and extremely low in calories and fat. Of course, there are also alternatives such as salads with grilled chicken with little or healthy dressing. And the best part is for a desert you can have a low-fat yogurt parfait!
As you can see… you can eat a fast food meal without consuming your suggested calories for an entire week. Just because we call it fast food doesn’t mean it has to be unhealthy food. Next time you are in drive thru, take some time to look at the menu and try something healthier. Even if it is not one of the places listed above, almost all places have something healthy on their menus for consumers like you!
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