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Eight of the Twenty Worst Foods in America.

by on Mar 20, 2008

Men’s Health editor-in-cheif David Zinczenko’s new book, Eat This, Not That!, explores food choices at popular restaurants, supermarkets, and holiday treats. The book also explores the twenty worst foods in the country, and The NewYorkTimes.com Blog highlights eight of them:A magazine listed with diet and weight loss

  • Worst Fast Food Meal: McDonald’s Chicken Selects Premium Breast
    Strips with creamy ranch sauce. Chicken sounds healthy, but not at 870
    calories.
  • Worst Drink: Jamba Juice Chocolate Moo’d Power Smoothie. With 166
    grams of sugar, you could have had eight servings of Ben & Jerry’s.
  • Worst Supermarket Meal: Pepperidge Farm Roasted Chicken Pot Pie. One pie packs 64 grams of fat.
  • Worst “Healthy” Burger: Ruby Tuesday Bella Turkey Burger. With 1,145 calories, not a very healthy choice.
  • Worst Airport Snack: Cinnabon Classic Cinnamon Roll. Packed with 813 hot gooey calories and 5 grams of trans fats.
  • Worst Kids’ Meal: Macaroni Grill Double Macaroni ‘n Cheese. With 62
    fat grams, it’s the equivalent of 1.5 full boxes of Kraft Mac ‘n
    Cheese.
  • Worst Salad: On the Border Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef. A salad with 102 grams of fat and 2,410 mg of sodium.
  • Worst Dessert: Chili’s Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie with Vanilla Ice
    Cream. At 1,600 calories, it’s like eating the caloric equivalent of
    three Big Macs.