FULL STORY: If you’re waiting in a drive-thru lane right now, you’re NOT prioritizing eating healthy . . . but on the plus side, you COULD be prioritizing EATING HEALTHIER.
There’s a new analysis out on the MOST UNHEALTHY menu items at fast-food chains. They compared products across 24 chains . . . looking at calories, sugar, saturated fat, and sodium.
Then they gave each one an “unhealthiness score.” Here are the least healthy, and healthiest, version of each item . . .
1. Five Guys had the unhealthiest cheeseburger, followed by Whataburger and Smash Burger.
Of the 16 places with a qualifying cheeseburger, Culver’s was the LEAST UNHEALTHY . . .
2. Popeyes had the unhealthiest chicken sandwich . . . followed by Fatburger and Zaxby’s.
Of the 20 places with a chicken sandwich, the McChicken at McDonald’s was the least unhealthy, followed by Dairy Queen and Culver’s.
3. Popeyes also had the unhealthiest chicken nuggets, followed by Arby’s and Shake Shack.
Of the nine places with nuggets, the McDonald’s ones were the least unhealthy, followed by KFC and Wendy’s.
4. Five Guys had the unhealthiest French fries, followed by Steak ‘n Shake and Bojangles.
Of the 23 places with fries, In-N-Out had the least unhealthy ones, followed by McDonald’s and Church’s Chicken.
5. Fatburger had the unhealthiest vanilla shake, followed by Sonic and Five Guys.
Of the 14 places with a shake, McDonald’s had the least unhealthy one, followed by Smash Burger and Arby’s.
Overall, this report has McDonald’s as the least unhealthy fast-food chain . . . surprisingly . . . but only as long as you don’t OVEREAT.
The World Economic Forum reports that around HALF of Americans are trying to eat more healthily, but 46% say food pricing makes this more difficult.
(Plushcare.com has the full report.)
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