So you know that the labels on food items at the store can be misleading ("light" and "lower fat" don't always mean what we think they mean). Well, the same holds true for many of those "fit fare" items at fast-food restaurants--in a super-sized way.
A few weeks ago, the New York Times took a close look at McDonald's new oatmeal--advertised as a "bowl full of wholesome"--and found that it has more sugar than a Snickers bar and nearly the same number of calories as an Egg McMuffin.
McDonald's Premium Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken: Without the dressing, it logs 220 calories, 6 g of fat and 5 g of sugar per serving, but the "grilled chicken breast fillet" is actually "reconstituted rib meat combined with 22 seasonings and additives of the 'polysorbate 80' and 'autolyzed yeast extract' variety."
Subway's Low-Fat Footlong Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki: It might be low in fat, but the sandwich also has 760 calories, 2,020 mg of sodium, and 34 g of sugar.
Starbucks' Egg White, Spinach and Feta Wrap: "The low-fat (10 g of fat) breakfast sandwich actually contains 78 ingredients, with the 'egg whites' alone comprising 11 of them. Things like whey powder, unmodified corn starch and guar gum are not typically what you'd find in an egg, but they're listed on Starbucks' website."
If anything, it serves as a reminder that, when it comes to fast food, what you see advertised is not necessarily what you get.
What are the healthy foods that you order when you go out to eat--at fast-food restaurants or otherwise? What buzzwords do you stay away from?