Fast Food Nutrition

These days, it is a lot easier for you to stop and pick up fast food for lunch than for you to take the time to make a lunch and bring it with you when you go to work, but have you considered the fast food nutrition value of the items that you eat? Some items from fast food establishments have acceptable nutrition values, but some items you should only eat on very rare occasions because they are high in calories and short on nutrition.

Do you like Taco Bell, Burger King or Wendy's? These establishments all offer healthy alternatives, but if you are not careful, you could put on a few extra pounds if you eat there every day.

At Taco Bell, you could eat a grilled chicken soft taco that has 200 calories and seven grams of fat, but you should steer clear of the Nachos Bellgrande because each serving contains 760 calories as well as thirty-nine grams of fat. The only thing higher in calories and fat at Taco Bell is the Taco Salad & Salsa with a Shell, which contains 850 calories and fifty-two grams of fat.

At Burger King, an adult sized hamburger with cheese has 780 calories and forty-seven grams of fat, while the BK Big Fish has 710 calories and thirty-eight grams of fat. If you want to get healthier fast food nutrition at Burger King, you will need to order a BK Broiler that has only 550 calories and twenty-five grams of fat.

At Wendy's you have more opportunity for better fast food nutrition. You can get a Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad that has only 260 calories and nine grams of fat or a Grilled Chicken Salad with 190 calories and eight grams of fat. Of course, you can also get high fat, high calorie food at Wendy's if you choose the Big Bacon Classic Hamburger that has 580 calories and 31 grams of fat.