Monday, April 21, 2008

Get ready to be grossed out..

Have you seen this email going around yet? I was actually really shocked. I knew the food was bad but I didn't realize HOW bad. No wonder I gained 15 lbs in college. I think I ate those Aussie cheese fries at Outback several times!!! ugggggg

Worst foods in America:
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20: Worst Fast-Food Chicken Meal - Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips from McDonald's (5 pieces) with cream ranch sauce. 830 Calories, 55 grams fat (4.5 trans fat), 48 carbs. Add a large fries and regular soda and this seemingly innocuous chicken meal tops out at 1,710 calories.

19: Worst drink - Jamba Juice Chocolate Moo'd Power smoothie (30 fl oz). 900 calories, 10 g fat, 183 carbs, 166 g sugar. Jamba Juice calls it a smoothie, MSNBC calls it a milk shake. The beverage contains as much sugar as 8 pints of Ben & Jerry's butter pecan ice cream.

18: Worst supermarket meal - Pepperidge Farm Roasted Chicken Pot Pie (whole pie). 1,020 calories, 64 g fat, 86 g carbs. Label may say this pie serves two, but, who ever divided a small pot pie in half? Once you crack the crust, there will be no stopping.

17: Worst 'healthy' burger - Ruby Tuesday Bella Turkey Burger. 1,145 calories, 71 g fat, 56 g carbs.

16: Worst Mexican entree - Chipotle Mexican Grill Chicken Burrito. 1,179 calories, 47 g fat, 125 g carbs, 2,656 mg sodium

15: Worst kids' meal - Macaroni Grill Double Macaroni 'n' Cheese. 1,210 calories, 62 g fat, 3,450 mg sodium. It's like feeding your kid 1 1/2 boxes of Kraft mac 'n' cheese.

14: Worst sandwich - Quiznos Classic Italian (large). 1,528 calories, 92 g fat, 4,604 mg sodium, 110 g carbs. A large homemade sandwich would more likely provided about 500 calories.

13: Worst salad - On the Border Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef. 1,450 calories, 102 g fat, 78 g carbs, 2,410 mg sodium. This isn't an anomaly: Five different On the Border salads on the menu contain more than 1, 100 calories each.

12: Worst burger - Carl's Jr. (Hardee's on East Coast) Double Six Dollar Burger. 1,520 calories! 111g fat. Carl's Jr. brags it's home to this enormous sandwich, but the restaurant chain also provides convenient nutrition info on its Web site -- so ignorance is no excuse for eating it.

11: Worst steak - Lonestar 20 oz T-bone. 1,540 calories, 124g fat. Add a baked potato and Lonestar's Signature Lettuce Wedge, and this is a 2,700 calorie blowout.

10: Worst breakfast - Bob Evans Caramel Banana Pecan Cream Stacked and Stuffed hotcakes. 1,540 calories, 77 g fat (9 g trans fat), 198 g carbs, 109 g sugar. Five Egg McMuffins yield the same caloric cost as this stack of sugar-stuffed flapjacks, which is truly a heavy breakfast, weighing in at a hefty pound and a half.

9: Worst dessert - Chili's Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream. 1,600 calories, 78 g fat, 215 g carbs. Would you eat a Big Mac for dessert? How about three? That's the calorie equivalent of this decadent dish. Clearly, Chili's customers get their money's worth.

8: Worst chinese entree - P.F. Chang's Pork Lo Mein. 1,820 calories, 127 g fat,! 95 g carbs. The fat content in this dish alone provides more than 1,100 calories. And you'd have to eat almost five servings of pasta to match the number of carbs it contains. Now, do you really need five servings of pasta?

7: Worst chicken entree - Chili's Honey Chipotle Crispers with Chipotle Sauce. 2,040 calories, 99 g fat, 240 g carbs. "Crispers" refers to an extra thick layer of break crumbs that soak up oil and adds unnecessary calories and carbs to these glorified chicken strips.

6: Worst fish entree - On the Border Dos XX Fish Tacos with Rice and Beans. 2,100 calories, 130 g fat, 169 g carbs, 4,700 mg sodium. Perhaps the most misleadingly named dish in America : A dozen crunchy tacos from Taco Bell will saddle you with fewer calories.

5: Worst pizza - Uno Chicago Grill Chicago Classic Deep Dish Pizza. 2,310 calories, 162 g fat, 123 g carbs, 4,470 mg sodium. Downing this "personal" pizza is equivalent to eating 18 slices of Domino's Crunchy Thin Crust cheese pizza.



4: Worst pasta - Macaroni Grill Spaghetti and Meatballs with Meat Sauce. 2,430 calories, 128 g fat, 207 g carbs, 5,290 mg sodium. This meal satisfied your calorie requirements for an entire day.

3: Worst nachos - On the Border Stacked Border Nachos. 2,740 calories, 166 g fat, 191 g carbs, 5,280 sodium.

2: Worst starter - Chili's Awesome Blossom. 2,710 calories, 203 g fat, 194 g carbs, 6,360 mg sodium.

1: The worst food in America - Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing. 2,900 calories, 182 g fat, 240 g carbs. Even if you split these "starters" with three friends, you'll have downed a dinner's worth of calories before you entree arrives!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yep.....If you just remember to try and eat what God put on the earth, you will be amazed....That means, fresh and raw.....Fruits Veggies, no eating out and no processed packaged foods....the more you do that the healthier you will be....That list is all eat out food or packaged junk....LOL...Hey, no one is perfect, but just try to teach the kids....Jennifer was the healthiest kid....she ate anything good for me.....but I will say, I was a tad over the hill with it....LOL.... but it was better for her than going to the doc, every few months.....and she had no cavities till she was 16....LOL...Hope she is teaching her girls....:-)

Hugs Lindsay!! :-)

Lindsay said...

alright miss health nut.. don't you smoke????? :)

I actually do cook everything from scratch and we do eat healthy.. however I have a sweet tooth and like to go out to eat for entertainment. However we don't have any of that junk over here! just lots of pasta I suppose.

Anonymous said...

**Clearing throat**

Not any more....I quit 2 years ago....Thank-You!!LOL.

I have been quit for 2 Years, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 3 hours and 6 minutes (756 days). I have saved $3,024.51 by not smoking 15,122 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Month, 3 Weeks, 1 Day, 12 hours and 10 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 3/27/2006 12:00 PM

Just do the best you can.....Hugs to you!! Love ya!!

Lindsay said...

oh my gosh that's sooo fantastic!!!!! Sorry.. I was just teasing you.. I had no idea!! I'm remembering you saying that now at xmas. duh. sorry!

Anonymous said...

No Problem!! :-)....LOL

Maybe you need more brain foods.....LOL....Cantaloupe, black currants, flax or flaxseed oil, kale (member of the cabbage family), oranges, peaches, spinach, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, yogurt......LOL

Love ya!! :-)

Jennifer Aitchison said...

You and your aunt Kathy just made me giggle.

I too am a 2 year smoking quitter turned health nut........ Closer to earth is best!

But nobody better get between me and my cheese fries or ice cream (though I always go natural with the ice cream too) Now that I think about it,,,, anything fried with cheese is all good. LOL

Happy Earth Day!

Anonymous said...

Hi Jennifer!!

I was a health nut AND SMOKED! How bad is THAT?? LOL....LOL....Good thing you quit now, as I am sure you are MUCH younger than me....LOL....

Happy Arbor Day!!! Hugs :-)