Eat This no That!

If you have not seen the book Eat This Not that by David Zinczenko then you should check it out.  They have fast food versions, restaurants, kids meals and many others.  The book has restaurant secrets that the restaurants do not want you to know like:  Ruby Tuesday's does not want you to know the veggie burger has 952 calories and 53 grams fo fat.  There is nothing healthy about that veggie burger.  The 2010 book is out and here are some tidbits:

This is from the Men's Health website and it is good stuff:

A hamburger isn't, by itself, a terrible nutritional choice. Topped with some lettuce and tomato, ketchup, and mustard—and placed in a relatively small bun—a burger is a high-protein treat that shouldn't pack too much fat or too many calories. But just as country music went from skinny little Hank Williams playing honky-tonks to Garth Brooks touring stadiums—and just as baseball went from wiry Jackie Robinson stealing home to muscle-bound Barry Bonds stealing homers—so have our burgers evolved from lean and simple to very fat and complicated

How hard has it become to decode the once-simple hamburger? Get a load of these. With Eat This, Not That! 2010 we've unearthed the biggest fast-food burger bombs in America, and offer reasonable and delicious alternatives

Worst Cheeseburger with Everything


Wendy’s Double with Everything and Cheese

700 calories
40 g fat (17 g saturated, 2 g trans)
1,440 mg sodium

In the pantheon of fast-food burgers, this cannot compete with the atrocities wrought by the Double Whoppers and Six Dollar Burgers of the world. But there are too many burgers at Wendy’s to end up with this mistake. Take the Double Stack below—with small chili—for example. With 37 grams of protein and 6 grams of fiber, it might be the most satisfying $2 meal in America.

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Double Stack with Small Chili

550 calories
24 g fat (10.5 g saturated, 1 g trans)
1,640 mg sodium
Worst Burger and Fries



In-N-Out Burger Hamburger and French Fries (Scott loves this, so glad it is in NV and CA and not here in MA!)

790 calories
37 g fat (10 g saturated)
895 mg sodium

You’re heading into dangerous territory whenever you add fries to your order at In-N-Out. Sure, they’re trans-fat-free, but that won’t protect you from the 400 greasy, gut-bloating calories they carry. Instead, skip the fries and get serious about your burger. In-N-Out was offering up the low-carb treat long before other restaurants started making money off the Atkins craze. Take advantage of their prescience—and the 150-calorie savings—by simply tacking the phrase “protein style” onto your order.


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Protein Style Double-Double with grilled onion, ketchup, and mustard

440 calories 
30 g fat (16 g saturated)

1,080 mg sodium
 
 
Worst Fast-Food Cheeseburger in America



Burger King Triple Whopper Sandwich with Cheese and Mayo

1,250 calories
84 g fat (32 g saturated, 3.5 g trans)
1,600 mg sodium

This Triple Whopper is triple trouble. You could remove two patties and still be looking at more calories than you should tussle with in one sitting. And the fact that it’s got more trans fat than you should eat in a day only adds insult to injury. The problem with BK burgers is that not a single one comes without the heart-harming trans-fatty acids, despite their long-standing promise to (someday) make their menu trans-fat-free. Your best bet when dealing with the King is to choose a chicken sandwich instead.
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Tendergrill Chicken Sandwich with Mayo

490 calories
21 g fat (4 g saturated, 0 g trans)
1,220 mg sodiuum
 
Bonus tip: Another way to shed pounds quickly? Download Eat This, Not That! to your iPhone. It's like having your own personal nutritionist (and details on 30,000 foods) at your fingertips!
 
you can go to men's health magazine (yes I know StrolelrFit is for Women, but we take our good tips from any reliable resourse and this is one)  at http://www.menshealth.com/cda/custom.do?incFile=etntnl.jsp&cm_mmc=Yahoo-_-ETNT-_-Worst_Fast_Food_Burgers-_-ETNT_NL
 
So now I remember why I do not eat fast food often, check out the article it is very interesting and check out the book, I love them