FAST FOOD POLICE REPORT
Remember the folks who blew the nutrition whistle last year on almost every type of food we adore - Italian, Chinese and Mexican? THEYRRRRR'E BACK!
This time they're nibbling away at the Best & Worst Citizens of Fast Food Land. Although some of the food chains listed may not have reached the valley yet, . . . don't worry . . . they will!BURGERS:
BEST: McDonald's McLean Deluxe (340 calories, 12g fat, 810mg sodium). "You could eat five of 'em and still get less fat than you'd get from one DISHONORABLE MENTION Burger King Double Whopper with Cheese."(950 calories, 63g fat, 1,340mg sodium).
WORST: Carl's Jr. Double Western Bacon Cheeseburger (1,030 calories, 63g fat, 1,810mg sodium).
CHICKEN & TURKEY SANDWICHES
BEST: McDonald's McGrilled Chicken Classic (250 calories, 3g fat, 510mg sodium)."You'd have to eat 91/2 McGrilled Chicken Classic sandwiches to get as much fat as you'd find in just one DISHONORABLE MENTION Burger King BK Broiler Chicken Sandwich."(540 calories, 29g fat, 480mg sodium).
WORST: Rax Turkey Bacon Club (680 calories, 47g fat, 1,898mg sodium).
ROTISSERIE & FRIED CHICKEN
BEST: Chick-fil-A Grilled 'n Lites (97 calories, 2g fat, 280mg sodium); Boston Chicken 1/4 White Meat Chicken without Wing or Skin (164 calories, 4g fat, 356mg sodium).
WORST: Popeye's Mild or Spicy Thigh (300 calories, 23g fat, 535mg sodium).
ROAST BEEF SANDWICHES
BEST: Roy Rogers Roast Beef Sandwich (260 calories, 4g fat, 700mg sodium).
HONORABLE MENTION: Arby's Light Roast Beef Deluxe (294 calories, 10g fat, 826mg sodium).
DISHONORABLE MENTION: Arby's Bac'N Cheddar Deluxe (512 calories, 32g fat, 1,094mg sodium). "Even a Big Mac would be better." (510 calories, 26g fat, 930mg sodium).
WORST: Rax BBC (716 calories, 51g fat, 1,453mg sodium). "BBC stands for `beef, bacon and cheddar.' Maybe they ought to call it the `Rax HMAC' . . . for Help! My Arteries are Clogging!"
BAKED POTATOES
BEST: Any plain baked medium potato (220 calories, 0 fat, 16mg sodium); Rax Cheese-Broccoli Baked Potato (281 calories, 0 fat, 621mg sodium). "Rax, a small chain in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania or West Virginia, uses a cheese-flavored (instead of real cheese) sauce on its Cheese-Broccoli Baked Potato. That keeps the fat zero."
HONORABLE MENTION: Wendy's Sour Cream & Chives Baked Potato (380 calories, 6g fat, 40mg sodium).
DISHONORABLE MENTION: Arby's Deluxe Baked Potato (621 calories, 36g fat, 605mg sodium).
WORST: Carl's Jr. Bacon & Cheese Potato (730 calories, 43g fat, 1,670mg sodium).
MAIN-DISH SALADS
BEST: McDonald's Chunky Chicken Salad with Lite Vinaigrette Dressing (210 calories, 7g fat, 560mg sodium).
HONORABLE MENTION: Burger King Broiled Chicken Salad with Light Italian Dressing (215 calories, 11g fat, 160mg sodium).
WORST: Taco Bell Taco Salad (838 calories, 55g fat, 1,132mg sodium). "It's the fattiest food you can buy at Taco Bell. What's so salad-ey about 80 percent of the fat and saturated fat you should eat in an entire day?"