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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