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Fast Food VS Home Cooked Meal |
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:17 |
    | Food | Calories | Fat | | McDonald’s Big Mac | 563 | 33 grams | | Medium-sized McDonald’s French fries | 384 | 20 | | Medium-sized McDonald’s vanilla shake | 733 | 21 | | Total for one meal | 1,680 calories | 74 grams | | | | | | Burger King Whopper with cheese | 790 | 48 | | Medium-sized Burger King French fries | 387 | 20 | | Medium-sized Burger King vanilla shake | 667 | 35 | | Total for one meal | 1,844 calories | 103 grams | | | | | | Compare that to a meal prepared at home: | | | | One-half of a roasted chicken breast | 142 | 3 grams | | Medium-sized baked white potato | 130 | 0 | | Half a cup of green peas | 67 | 0 | | 8-ounce glass of 1% milk | 102 | 3 | | 1 cup of unsweetened applesauce | 105 | 0 | | Total for one meal | 546 | 5 grams |    Note that the totals of the single meals at the fast food restaurants comprise almost a full day's calories!
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Last Updated on Thursday, 24 June 2010 13:05 |