How Not To Eat... Ever.

I'm a bit of a health freak 99% of the time, whether its working out at the gym, playing sports, taking carefully researched supplements or watching what I eat (and when I eat too). But like just about anyone, I do enjoy tying on the feed bag for the occasional splurge into the craptastic world of fast food. And when I do walk down that dark path of high fat, sodium and delicious goodness, I carry a whuppin' stick. If you are going to do it, go big... just don't do it all the time or else you will not be going big... you will just be big.

Men's Health pulled together the 20 Word Foods in America and that list... wow. You almost die a little inside just reading the thing. It's not as if the items on the list come as some kind of surprise, but geez, when you actually read the nutritional breakdown, it really floors ya. How about On the Border having 5 salads with more than 1,100 calories? Or a Carl's Jr. burger with 111 grams of fat?

MH also provides a Restaurant Report Card giving you the skinny (Ha ha! See what I did there? Ohh, I'm such the clever fellow.) on many popular restaurants and which (generally) are healthier than others. I do need to point out that I don't think this ranking is really all that great. Relying strictly on total calories per entree as the deciding factor strikes me as a bit weak since actual macronutrient breakdown (protein vs. fats vs. carbs) is pretty important as well. I do agree on Boston Market being a very nice option and that Panera's sandwiches are absolute calorie BOMBS. I love how their Web site tries to give you the impression of their sandwiches being lower in calories than they are by only showing half portions. Nice try, home slice.