Normally cooked in advance and in bulk before being reheated (or kept warm), fast food exists to make life more convenient for the consumer looking for a quick meal. Hamburgers and French fries are as traditional in America as baseball and apple pie. With fast food, the choices are as accessible as a self-service smorgasbord.
Ironically, most often than not a fast food selection is representative of the individual eating the food. A milk shake usually goes hand-in-hand with the body shake of a person—the bigger the cup, the more the shake. We live in a society where you no longer have to even articulate what food order you want at the fast food restaurant. A mere grunt of “Number 4” can get you a Double Quarter Pounder Meal at the local McDonald’s. Pity the cashier that makes the mistake of asking the 6’ 280-pound truck driver if he’d like his “Number 4” super-sized. “What d’ya think, lady?”
Ladies and Gentlemen, now is the moment we’ve all been waiting for—the top 10 worst fast food meals in the land of saturated fats, cholesterol and calories. If high cholesterol and heart disease are about to move in your “not-so-friendly” neighborhood of health risk, then it’s time to face the music.
Top 10 Wost Fast Food Meals
1. Let’s start with the McDonald’s Deluxe Breakfast…shall we? The deluxe breakfast at McDonald’s includes sausage, eggs and pancakes asphyxiated in margarine and syrup, with a biscuit and hash browns. This can actually work to your advantage if consumed occasionally (like four times a year). However, the total of this tasty breakfast meal at “the house Ronald McDonald built” is 1220 calories, with 550 total fat (17 g. saturated fat). Enjoy it now—this is going to hurt you later.
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2. Burger King’s Triple Whopper with Cheese is the ideal example of the more, the better. If we were to look at Whopper with Cheese, the calorie intake alone is 760, with 47 g. fat (16 g. saturated fat). With the Triple Whopper with Cheese, we’re looking at 1230 calories with 82 g. fat (32 g. saturated fat). This doesn’t even include French fries.
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The Deadly Triple Whopper
3. The Taco Bell Fiesta Taco Salad is on the top 10 worst fast food meals list? What’s the world coming to when you can’t even enjoy a refreshing, crisp salad without someone wagging a finger at you? Unfortunately, “salad” is just a moniker (in this case) for potpourri of unhealthy delicacies. This meal is in the neighborhood of 860 calories, with 46 g. of fat (14 g. saturated fat).
4. Stuffed Crust Meat Lover’s Pie from Pizza Hut can do a hurting on your arteries. Two slices alone contain 82 g. of fat (22 g. saturated fat) with 1,000 calories.
5. Caramel Pecanbon from Cinnabon has nothing on Wheaties in the health department. We’re talking 1,100 calories (56g. total fat), with practically no nutrients of worth whatsoever.
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"I think I just got a cavity just by looking at this Cinnabon roll"
6. Boston Market may provide healthy meals, but the delicious Chicken Pot Pie has 750 calories, with 46g. fat (14 g. saturated fat).
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Boston Market Chicken Pot Pie - "Bringing the Hurt"
7. Subway, with nerdy, bespectacled Jared as a spokesperson, endorses healthy meals at affordable prices constantly. However, the 6-inch Double Meat Classic Tuna slipped through the “eat fresh” cracks with clinging cheese and plenty of mayonnaise to clog an artery at a flick of a shred of lettuce. This “cardiac arrest waiting to happen” delicacy contains 790 calories, with 55g fat (16 g saturated fat). I suppose Jared the poster boy avoided this selection during his celebrated diet.
8. The ExtravaganZZa Feast from Domino’s is a deep-dish pizza, with ham, pepperoni, onion, mushrooms, black olives, beef, sausage and extra cheese. With only two slices, we’re talking about 860 calories, and 46 g. of fat (17 g. saturated fat).
9. The Mashed Potato Bowl with Gravy from KFC has more fat than the fried chicken with 690 calories and 31 g. of fat (9 g. saturated fat).
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"I’m on a diet, I’ll just eat the mash potato bowl?"
10. Dairy Queen is popular for their cool, creamy treats that can satisfy a craving like nothing else in the dessert business. Imagine serving of 1290 calories, with 500 g. of fat (39 g. saturated fat). That’s what you will get with the Caramel CheeseQuake Blizzard to match the quake of your hips, backside and love handles.
Bill Cosby said it best when he cried, “I am what I ate, and I’m frightened.” We all have our weaknesses when it comes to fast food delicacies and desserts. However, the health and diet consequences may not be worth the price of satisfying a fast food crave on a routine basis.
What is on your list of fast food that make you fat?
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Comment by Marita Oh on 5 September 2007:
The person who figured out the math for this article needs a little help. If one gram of fat contains 9 calories then an item containing 500 grams of fat, i.e, the dairy queen item, then the item would have 4500 caloies in fat alone. Ditto for the MacDonald’s item. As disgusting and unhealthy as these foods are - they don’t contain hundreds of fat calorie - at least not yet!
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Comment by mommamia on 6 September 2007:
This would have been a better article if the author had listed the top ten least fattening fast foods in comparison to the most fattening. We all know what’s bad for us, we need help knowing what there is that’s fast and good.
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Comment by Activist Mommy on 10 September 2007:
I’ve got an easy solution, one that has worked well for me. Don’t eat fast food, evr, any, at all, period. Fill up with fresh fruits and veggies all day, toss in some nuts/seeds, and a little dairy. Then smile while everyone else complains about the fat content in the triple cheese covered bacon burger with mayo.
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Comment by Daniel R. on 25 September 2007:
Cheers to what “Activist Mommy” above me says. Fast Food is unhealthy because it is about business. Convenience. Shelf-life. Cost-cutting measures. Compared to other countries, America on the whole eats wrong. Here’s an example: Not only is everything about an iced cold soda beverage bad, but drinking with meals is bad for digestion because it dilutes the stomach acids, fills up the stomach, and causes people to chew food less thoroughly (I’ll admit there is some controversy over this on the internet but read more about it in books and decide for yourself). Drink mostly in between meals and little or not at all during. Raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and beans are best. Check out renowned nutrionist Dr. Gillian McKeith’s book “You Are What You Eat.”
Comment by mike on 20 February 2008:
yes! i maintain to eat this food once a day (lol) cuz im thin person and i want to become fatty! hehheh thanks for the details i got for this site. have a nice day…..
Comment by Josh on 7 October 2008:
I question all this.. I know I’m not fit or skinny.. However, I don’t believe that it’s bad to eat fast food. I’ve lived on Fast Food for the past 5 years. And sure maybe it’s had some internal effects. But honestly I don’t think it’s really adding anything worse, maybe it is. I think since you only got 1 life to live that you should be happy with it. And for me. I enjoy eating a good meal. And I can’t afford to eat at a nice restaurant. And honestly most ppl don’t go to restaurants alone. So Fast Food really is the answer. I’ve heard that even if you have a gastric bypass and only eat like nothing, you can still gain weight. So really there’s no stopping it. I say do whatever you like. Anyways that’s what ppl are going to do.
Comment by Jim on 19 November 2008:
And we wonder why America is FAT!!
Comment by Sammie on 8 January 2009:
Unhelpful comment Jim. I’m guessing you’re British and we’re headed that way too. I visited America recently and it’s not just the fast food chains that are dishing up food unbelievably high in calories and fat. I didn’t see a healthy option in any of the 15 restaurants I visited. This has to be about demand - the sooner American citizens let chains know they want to eat fresh, nutritional food the better
Comment by tereeka skelton on 29 January 2009:
i love your website
Comment by James R. on 3 February 2009:
As a proud American, it is difficult to sit back and watch as my country is ridiculed as the fat kid on the proverbial world playground. Unfortunately, the fact of the matter is that this self-inflicted wound we call our “epidemic of obesity” traces back to a more poignant issue I’ve been littering forums with for a good while now. The truly underlying issue here is not that greedy, capitalist restaurant chains use cheap products to supply the ever-growing need for cheap, fast, crappy food. The real issue is that people don’t take responsibility for their own actions. No one is twisting your arm forcing you to eat at McDonald’s every day. Saying you’re obese because you can’t help that you crave double cheeseburgers for every meal is also not a viable excuse and blaming McDonald’s for supplying you with the means to give yourself a myocardial infarction by the age of 30 is just BS and you know it. Saying you can’t afford to eat at expensive restaurants but you like to dine out is unfortunate. I like to drive nice cars but I can’t afford a Ferrari. That doesn’t mean I’m going to go buy a Geo Metro and drive 130 mph in it. Dining out is expensive. If you can’t afford nice restaurants because you eat out all the time, try this. Eat at home more frequently and go out to a decent place where they serve decent food every once in a while. I’m 27 and I have a sedentary office job. I can easily afford to go out all the time but I choose to stay at home and cook nearly every night. Sometimes I do feel the urge to go out but I’ll usually try to order something healthy. Saying you don’t understand why you’re gaining weight when you ordered a double whopper biggie-sized with DIET COKE does not count as eating healthy.
So what’s the main point here in this ramble of a post? Make healthy choices. Eat vegetables, fruit, and other natural products. You don’t need to eat a 16 ounce steak with those two burgers so you get your 300 grams of protein that you’re gonna flush out in an hour anyways. Exercise at some point for 30 minutes a day. There is no person in this country that doesn’t have 30 minutes to do heart-rate elevating exercise. If you think you don’t, post your schedule and I’ll see if I can’t carve out a couple minutes. You may have to give something up or maybe even manage your time better, but excuses are likely what you’re doing.
Conclusion: eat better, eat LESS, exercise a bit, and stop blaming other people because you can’t get off your butt to improve your own life. Shy of maybe quadriplegics, everyone has the capacity to do these simple things. You just have to be stronger than your willingness to give in to the excuses.
Comment by Me on 4 February 2009:
Not particularly this article. But I’ve been reading for the “most fattening foods” they say things are healthy (chilli’s, sandwiches, soups, and so on) till you put meat and cheese in it. Yet, dairy and meat are supposed to be good for us. I don’t consume meat, eggs, or dairy products and it’s kept me thin without starving. GO VEGAN. You’ll feel amazing too btw.
Comment by wannabefat on 7 February 2009:
I think Im gunna go get me and my boys a Triple Wopper with cheese, and large fries, and then go get a carmel cheesequake blizzard.
-Thanks
Comment by Holly on 8 March 2009:
Loved the pics of the little fatties at Mickey D’s. Who is to blame? THE MOTHER and THE FATHER!GO ahead and eat your fill of all the fatty unhealthy foods your oversized gut can handle. It is job security for me(My DH is a Cardiologist)Just shut up about the high cost of health care ,will ya? Quit bitching about your aching joints, the pain in your chest, the inability to tie your own shoes, your bowel problems, etc. etc. etc. But the kids- that’s another story. You bet your sweet bon bons if a child such as this pictured comes into the office DFS will be notified.
Comment by Dean on 11 March 2009:
I have to agree with you Holly. Who is to blame. I think parents need to be more aware of the eating habit they are passing on to their children. Again, just because everybody else is doing it doesn’t make it right. Cheers to parents that aren’t hypnotized from the marketing of many American companies.
Comment by dwizzle on 25 April 2009:
I don’t get it. Almost everything on the menu in a fancy restaurant has more fat and cholesterol than anything at mcwhatever. There’s no difference between eating cold cereal and eating whoppers, it’s still pure cow fat.