Healthy eating in fast food restaurants

Fast Food Restaurants

 I believe that fast foods are usually high in fat, calories, and sodium. Eating too much fat such as saturated and trans fat from fast food restaurants can raise your blood cholesterol levels and put you at a higher risk for heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.

  One of the reasons why i believe that fast food restaurants are bad is because the products they sell tend to be low in essential nutrients such as vitamins A, C, D, and folic acid. I think that if people eat out often, they should keep their choices simple and easy as possible. The way I see it, most fast food restaurants now offer a variety of healthier and lower-fat meals such as salads and grill chicken sandwiches.

Watch out for the portion size

Over the past few years, I have noticed that portion sizes in most fast food restaurants have become bigger. At fast food restaurants, you should stay away from the super-sized meals and combos that offer more food than what you normally eat. Mcdonalds once offered me to buy a large fries with a meal instead of medium for a extra dollar.




These meals may be light on your wallet but they're heavy on the fat, calories, and sodium






I believe there are choices in fast food restaurants that can lead to healthy eating:

 I believe these are better choices            At the coffee shop              Instead of these

Low-fat whole grain muffin                                                                Danish, doughnut

Whole grain bagel with light cream cheese                                 bagel with cream cheese
                                                                                             
 Coffee and tea with milk                                                           Coffee and tea with cream


                                                    At the burger place

 Plain hamburger on a whole grain bun                                             Double burger

Grilled chicken sandwich, and veggie burger                                     Deep-fried chicken

Baked potato with low-fat sour cream                                             French fries with gravy

Lower-fat milk, and fruit juices                                                       Milkshake, soft drinks



                                                            At the pizza place

 


Whole wheat or other type of whole grain crust                                        White crust

 Vegetarian or Hawaiian pizza                                                             Extra cheese pizza

 Lower-fat topics like mushrooms, peppers, chicken, tomatoes             Olives, pepperoni