Seven Salads That Are Worse for You Than a Big Mac

 

As you know, not ALL salads are good for you, especially if you use a lot of dressing.  But you probably don't realize just HOW unhealthy some of the salads you get at restaurants are.

--Here are seven salads that can easily have more calories and fat than a BIG MAC.

#1.)  Crispy Chicken Salad.  Meaning it has FRIED chicken instead of grilled chicken.  McDonald's, Ruby Tuesday, KFC and Chick-Fil-A all serve them, and they can have upwards of 1,000 calories and 12 grams of saturated fat.

--Meanwhile, a Big Mac has 550 calories and 10 grams of saturated fat. 

#2.)  Southwest "Fiesta" Salad.  They're also sometimes called "Santa Fe" salads, and they're basically like a burrito in salad form.  Applebee's and Chili's both serve them, and they easily have 800 calories and over 10 grams of saturated fat.

--If you add things like guacamole and sour cream, it's more like 1,200 calories and 14 grams of fat.

--Taco salads are almost as bad.  The one at Taco Bell has 780 calories, 10 grams of fat, and 1,300 milligrams of salt.

#3.)  Asian Grilled Chicken Salad.  It SOUNDS healthy, but the calories from fried noodles, almonds, and Asian-style dressing can add up to 1,200 calories and 12 grams of fat.

--The one at Applebee's has 2,000 milligrams of salt, which is TWICE as much as a Big Mac.

#4.)  Buffalo Chicken Salad.  A lot of bars that serve food have these.  It's basically just a salad topped with boneless buffalo wings and blue cheese dressing.

--The one they serve at Chili's has about 1,200 calories and a ridiculous 4,300 milligrams of salt.

#5.)  Chef Salad.  People on low-carb diets eat this one a lot.  It's mostly cheese, hard-boiled eggs, and ham, and a typical chef salad at a diner has about 900 calories BEFORE you add dressing.l

#6.)  Greek Salad.  It has a lot of GOOD ingredients, like romaine lettuce, cucumbers, onions, and tomatoes.  But the feta, olives, and stuffed grape leaves can add HUNDREDS of extra calories.

#7.)  Steak Salad.  The red meat adds a ton of fat, and one salad can end up having 800 calories, 16 grams of saturated fat, and 1,200 milligrams of sodium.

--In fact, pretty much any salad that's mostly made up of something else . . . like chicken, steak or tuna . . . will probably be high in calories too.

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