Eating Healthy At Fast Food Chicken Chains
Fast food and completely healthy meal options are really difficult to find. A number of fast food chains advertise the food as “no trans fat” but it is quite impossible that a fried chicken meal is containing no fats. According to calculations of nutrients of meals at the famous chicken chain “KFC”, a single extra crispy chicken breast contains a high amount of calories that are 440 calories. This piece of chicken also contains 27 grams of fat with 970 mg of sodium that is one of the main causes of increased blood pressure. Instead of this high amount of calories, one can opt for better and healthier things such as drumstick with 160 calories, 10 grams of fats and a low amount of sodium that is just 370 mg as compared to 970 in the extra crispy chicken breast. If you really can’t live without the breast meat, you can take of the skin which will reduce the calories to 140, the fats to 2 grams and sodium to 520mg. Selecting a healthy fast food meal can be really difficult with so many options out there. To eat food that is a bit healthier than other meals, you can try to take help of the following tips.
Instead of fried chicken, whether it is the simple one or the one with extra crisp, go for the skinless chicken that contains a much lower amount of calories and fats. Instead of the teriyaki wings or popcorn chicken, you can select the Honey BBQ chicken sandwich which is a much healthier choice. While selecting the salad you can go with the more healthy garden salad instead of the less healthy Caesar salad. Also, instead of chicken and biscuit bowl you can go for the mashed potatoes. No matter what you eat, try to reduce the amount of gravy and sauces on your food.
