In this day and age of personal responsibility and taking charge of obesity, people want to know if there are any healthy McDonald's choices.
We have heard nothing but horrible things about McDonald's in the press recently with documentaries such as "Supersize Me" but the fact remains that there is a McDonald's on every corner in American, and sometimes you have to drive through.
But when we do, what choices can we make to limit the damage to our diets? McDonald's has been pushing the fact that they offer more nutritional options these days.
They even had an advertising campaign where a panel of Moms weighed-in on the quality McDonald's foods.
Yes, there are more options than there used to be.
But the sizes of other things like french fries and sodas are also much larger than they used to be too, so you have to be careful.
Fortunately, they do offer many size options to tailor the meal to more closely meet your needs.
One option would be Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken, Low Fat Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing, Fruit 'n Yogurt Parfait and a medium Iced Tea for 420 Calories.
But what if you had to have a burger.
Yes, it's still possible.
Check out these meal options.
Cheeseburger Apple Dippers with Low Fat Caramel Dip Soda, small 400 Calories Hamburger Small French Fries Soda, small 630 Calories Hamburger Snack Size Fruit & Walnut Salad 1% Low Fat White Milk Jug (8 fl oz) 570 Calories I personally would rather eat my calories than drink them, so I would choose their Dasani bottled water and spend those calories somewhere else.
Also, you can ask for no salt on the french fries and skip the ketchup (sugar).
So with a little planning and knowledge, you can choose healthy McDonald's options and fast food will no longer be an excuse for excess weight in the future.
We have heard nothing but horrible things about McDonald's in the press recently with documentaries such as "Supersize Me" but the fact remains that there is a McDonald's on every corner in American, and sometimes you have to drive through.
But when we do, what choices can we make to limit the damage to our diets? McDonald's has been pushing the fact that they offer more nutritional options these days.
They even had an advertising campaign where a panel of Moms weighed-in on the quality McDonald's foods.
Yes, there are more options than there used to be.
But the sizes of other things like french fries and sodas are also much larger than they used to be too, so you have to be careful.
Fortunately, they do offer many size options to tailor the meal to more closely meet your needs.
One option would be Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken, Low Fat Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing, Fruit 'n Yogurt Parfait and a medium Iced Tea for 420 Calories.
But what if you had to have a burger.
Yes, it's still possible.
Check out these meal options.
Cheeseburger Apple Dippers with Low Fat Caramel Dip Soda, small 400 Calories Hamburger Small French Fries Soda, small 630 Calories Hamburger Snack Size Fruit & Walnut Salad 1% Low Fat White Milk Jug (8 fl oz) 570 Calories I personally would rather eat my calories than drink them, so I would choose their Dasani bottled water and spend those calories somewhere else.
Also, you can ask for no salt on the french fries and skip the ketchup (sugar).
So with a little planning and knowledge, you can choose healthy McDonald's options and fast food will no longer be an excuse for excess weight in the future.