Healthy Fast Food Options

When we talk about fast food we say it is a healthy option, but there are still some fast food options that are healthier to eat. Most of the people think that following a strict diet plan and cut off from fast foods is the way to stay fit and healthy, well not necessarily. There are fast foods that are still healthier to eat. Consider following tips.

Keep Small Amount of Portion

Fast food restaurants offers different size of sandwiches, you can pick the smallest. You can switch from hamburgers to two or three patties, which contains about 800 calories and 40 gm fat. Or you can choose a regular (children sized) hamburger which has about 200 calories. Always skip large serving of French fries and onion rings and ask for small ones instead. Choosing small amount of serving can save you 300 calories, the number you can live with.

Choose Healthier Side Dishes

Healthier side dishes are offered at many fast food restaurants. For example you can choose a salad with low fat dressing (baked potato) instead of French fries. Or you can choose a fruit chart or fruit yogurt option to your meal. Other healthy options include apple slices, corn on the cob or baked potato chips.

Choose green

You can choose an entree salad with grilled chicken, vegetables with fat free or low dressing on the side, instead of regular salad dressing which contains about 100-200 calories per packet. Look out for high calories salads like having deep fried shells or those topped with breaded chicken or other fried shells. You can skip extra topping like cheese, bacon bits and croutons, which rapidly increase calories count.

Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Fruit Cup

Many fast food restaurants offer a grilled chicken burger. You can order it without mayo or creamy sauce, make do make sure that it is served with a whole grains of bun. One of the healthier grilled chicken sandwiches out there is made by Chick-fill-A. Grilled chicken sandwiches at Carl’s Jr., Wendy’s, and McDonald’s are close seconds. Fried and breaded foods, such as crispy chicken sandwiches and breaded fish fillets, are high in fat and calories. Select grilled or roasted lean meats — such as turkey or chicken breast, lean ham, or lean roast beef.

Choose Drink Wisely

Most of the beverages we drink with fast foods are high in calories, like a regular soda has 300 calories instead drink diet soda, unsweetened ice coffee or mineral water. Also you can shakes and other ice cream drinks. Shakes have more than 800 cal and all your saturated fat allotment for the day.