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Fast
Food Choices
A fast food joint isn't exactly a nutritional
paradise, but sometimes you have absolutely no other
choice. Try the following tips for making better
choices.
Don't assume that a salad is the healthiest
choice. At Taco Bell, a taco salad with ranch dressing,
weighing in at 1,167 calories, has more calories than any
other item on the menu. (61 percent of which come from
fat.) Salad bars can be a danger zone, too. If you drown
your lettuce in blue cheese dressing or pile on the
marshmallow ambrosia and potato salad with olives, you
may be even worse off than if you order a burger and
fries.
When you
order burgers and sandwiches, look for words like "Junior"
and "small." Order your burger without the cheese, special
sauce, and mayo; lettuce, tomato, onion, mustard, ketchup,
and pickles supply plenty of flavor. And avoid items with
the words "double" or "super" in the description. If you
can't resist those two all-beef patties, special sauce,
lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions on a sesame-seed bun,
at least try to balance out the damage with
exercise.
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