More on Healthy Fast Food Choices

Most Americans are very calorie conscious and are either trying to lose weight or to maintain a healthy weight.   Even those of us who are at our optimum weight would like to keep our nutrition level up in our diet and keep our food intake balanced.

Too often, a quick trip to a fast food establishment throws all of those efforts out of balance.  The good news is that there is a trend now for fast food chains to start including some healthier, lower fat, lower calorie options to choose from.

Even McDonald’s has started offering some salad options as the main course or as a side dish.  In their kid’s meals, there are healthier choices instead of the fries and high fat foods.  Long John Silvers is jumping on the healthier food trend with some baked and broiled fish selections with a side of vegetables at a low 350 calories per meal.

Wendy’s now has some delicious salads as the main course and some tasty reasonably priced side salads to fill in with a sandwich or some chili instead of just fries.  Subway has many low fat selections and most of their sandwiches can be ordered as the salad version if you prefer.  Along with their many healthier options, Subway features a complete nutrition pamphlet to guide you in your food choices.

The nutrition pamphlet from Subway is very detailed and breaks down not only calories but the grams of fat, sodium content, fiber, protein and vitamins by percent of your daily recommended values.

It’s good to see this trend of informing the public of what you are getting nutritionally and how many calories for your money and your health.  This will help Americans battle the obesity epidemic for adults as well as children.  No longer does a trip to a fast food restaurant have to undo any dietary efforts we are making.