24 Surprisingly Healthy Fast Foods

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McDonald's Picks

McDonald's Chicken McNuggets with Sweet 'N Sour Sauce

4 pieces, 220 calories
10g fat, 2g saturated fat
The sauce is low in calories and sodium. But since you get only four measly nuggets, go ahead and add a Fruit & Walnut Salad (310 calories, with yogurt dressing) for additional sustenance.

McDonald's Hamburger

260 calories
9g fat, 3.5g saturated fat
This less-than-two-ounce burger is pretty small, so it's one of the diet-friendliest sandwiches in the biz. Pair it with a Side Salad drizzled with a packet of Newman's Own Low Fat Balsamic Vinaigrette (60 calories total) and a bottle of water.

McDonald's Egg McMuffin

300 calories
12g fat, 4.5g saturated fat
With its lean Canadian-style bacon and English muffin, this breakfast sandwich is a better choice than the 500-calorie Sausage Biscuit with Egg.

McDonald's McChicken

370 calories
16g fat, 3.5g saturated fat
Its size and small portion of mayo mean this crispy, fried sandwich is lower in calories than the grilled-chicken options.

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whittyvice wrote:

I don't believe the purpose of this article is to promote fast food, or to suggest that these are indeed healthy foods. It is simply realistic- IF you're going to eat fast food, these are some of the lesser diet evils.

3/31/2013 02:26:42 PM Report Abuse

aharpton wrote:

I am a medical doctor and the non-sense in this ad for these fast-food restaurants is embarrassing. The sad thing is that people will believe this garbage as health advice. My medical advice is to stay away from these restaurants!

2/15/2013 06:43:46 PM Report Abuse

kyte131 wrote:

What the article fails to mention is that 3 of the 5 fast food restaurants listed (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell) are all owned by the same major conglomerate, Yum! Brands. The food choices listed here are still *laughably* unhealthy, so I have to wonder why this list fails to include many of the other alternatives that do happen to be relatively natural and nutritionally sound. As another poster mentioned, it's just a thinly-veiled ad for the massive corporate purveyors of this garbage. Shameful.

1/23/2013 09:24:03 PM Report Abuse

unearthlychild wrote:

This travesty would never happen in any other country, you have to admit it your country has got bolloxed up when your fitness magazines are thinly disguised adverts for multibillion dollar fast food chains.

12/12/2012 12:14:20 PM Report Abuse

phq wrote:

That "Canadian Bacon" you mention on the Egg McMuffin is really "ham" anywhere but the US. Just sayin!!

7/6/2011 01:41:00 PM Report Abuse