| You can't help but miss the current trend
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| | food for a reason, not necessarily
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| of healthier menu options at fast food
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| | healthy food. In other words, although
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| restaurants. Is it only used for
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| | fast food restaurants have played a huge
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| marketing, or can you really get a
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| | role in America's obesity problem, they
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| nutritionally rounded meal? Yes you can;
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| | are not the answer to it. You have a
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| food that is fast and healthy can now be
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| | choice.
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| put in the same sentence, but if you take
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| | Â- Check online. Most fast food chains
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| in large amounts, here's what you will
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| | declare the nutritional facts about their
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| have to know.
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| | products on their Web sites. There you'll
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| You have to practice conscious eating.
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| | find fat grams and total calories, plus
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| You need to be aware of your choices at
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| | the presence and quantity of trans fatty
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| any fast food restaurant menu. If you
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| | acids, cholesterol, sodium, fiber,
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| wisely choose it is a strong possibility
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| | sugars, etc. Some Web sites allow you to
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| that you will be able to have a balances
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| | "build a meal," then display a
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| meal.
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| | nutritional breakdown of your choices.
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| Another important thing you will need to
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| | The results may surprise you; and will
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| know is ask the difference between
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| | certainly help educate you.
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| grilled and fried. Fried food, especially
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| | Â- Some words about cheese. Cheese is to
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| deep-fried food, is put into hot oils
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| | fast food what wheels are to cars. And
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| covered with fats. Grilled food, on the
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| | why not? It tastes great, especially
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| other hand, is cooked on an open flame;
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| | melted, and a certain amount of dairy in
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| when you order your grilled food be
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| | your diet is good for you. But when
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| careful not to submerge it in tons of
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| | you're planning your made-to-order,
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| condiments. Spread a healthy amount over
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| | six-inch, Subway sandwich, remember this:
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| the food and ask for the condiments on
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| | An ounce of cheese can contain up to 10
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| the side. Cheese is also a huge factor.
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| | grams of fat!
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| Cheese tastes good and is a good source
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| | Â- Conscious eating. Being aware of your
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| of dairy to add to your diet. However,
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| | choices is never more important than when
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| when you are planning a to eat something,
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| | you're ordering from a glitzy fast food
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| like a huge sandwich, with cheese on it,
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| | menu. "There's a possibility that if you
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| just remember that an ounce of cheese can
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| | choose wisely you can get a balanced
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| have up to ten grams of fat in it.
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| | meal," says Debby Demory-Luce, Ph.D., an
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| Finally, salads are not always what they
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| | instructor in nutrition at the Baylor
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| seem; people tend to develop them into an
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| | College of Medicine in Houston. But
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| unhealthy choice. Ironically, salads have
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| | beware - no one can foul up a perfectly
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| become as popular as French fries to fast
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| | healthy meal like the purveyors of fast
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| food places. Most salads commonly have
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| | food.
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| fresh lettuce and vegetables which are
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| | Â- Grilled, not fried. All fish and
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| very healthy to eat, but when a salad
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| | chicken are not created equal. Deep-fried
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| comes loaded with cheese, fried chicken,
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| | foods are submerged in hot oils loaded
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| bacon and is smothered with a fat and
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| | with artery-clogging trans fats; grilled
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| rich dressing, what's the point? Be
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| | foods are obviously cooked by open flame.
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| careful what you turn your healthy
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| | And when you order grilled, don't blow it
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| choices into.
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| | with a ton of butter and mayonnaise. Ask
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| Portion control is also a good way to eat
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| | for your condiments on the side so you
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| healthier at fast food restaurants. A lot
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| | can spread a healthy quantity yourself.
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| of the restaurants will give you more for
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| | Â- But surely a sandwich is OK? They're
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| your money. Nonetheless, even though you
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| | quick and easy and potentially wholesome.
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| are paying less, does not mean that it is
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| | The trick is to be aware of what you're
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| a healthy choice. You have to ask
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| | putting on them. Go for lean meats and
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| yourself what your priorities are in
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| | skip oil and mayonnaise additives. Like
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| life. You have to ask yourself what is
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| | everyone else, Jared had to read the menu
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| more important to you, eating healthier
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| | and select a Savory Turkey Breast Subway
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| or spending less money. Another way fast
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| | sandwich over Meatball Marinara.
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| food restaurants try to cheat you out of
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| | Demory-Luce says a plain baked potato
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| eating healthy is giving you bigger
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| | with a small serving of chili from
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| portions. Try to stay away from making
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| | Wendy's may be a better option. "If
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| your meals bigger.
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| | you're stuck and you have to eat in a
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| A good way to follow fast food
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| | fast food restaurant you can eat
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| restaurants and their nutritional facts
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| | healthy," agrees Lieberman. "McDonald's
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| on their products is reading their web
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| | is the most difficult place for me to do
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| sites. You will find fat grams, total
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| | that; Arby's is the easiest.
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| amount of calories, and the amount of
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| | Â- Portion control. It's true that
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| trans fatty acids, sodium, fiber, sugar
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| | McDonald's has dropped its super sizes.
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| and cholesterol. A lot of the web sites
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| | But fast food is still driven by the
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| will have a section where you can create
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| | conviction that consumers want value for
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| your own meal and then have a breakdown
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| | money. More often than not, meals remain
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| of your choices. The results will help
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| | two to three times the size of
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| educate you in what you will be eating.
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| | recommended portions, warns Demory-Luce.
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| Many nutritionists contain a cynical
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| | "A lot people are eating on the run,
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| perception on fast food restaurants.
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| | eating in their car or in front of the
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| Nutritionists have come to realize that
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| | TV, and they're not paying attention to
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| event though the menus have become
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| | how much they're eating." Mindless eating
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| healthier, they have not full taken out
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| | doesn't cut it with fast food.
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| the junk food; its considered to be fast
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