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 Pepperidge Farms Pot Pies. It says 510 calories, but that's for 1/2 a pie, and most eat the whole thing. Add the 31 grams of fat, and this is way over a day's allotment.
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 Burger King Quad Stacker. With 4 hamburger patties, 4 slices of cheese, 8 strips of bacon, sauce and a bun, its 1000 calories, over a day of sodium (1800 mg), and 2 days worth of fat (33 grams)! (Translate: 5 hours of dancing.)
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 McDonald's Chicken Select sounds healthy, but they are the same as Chicken McNuggets: 630 calories and 11 grams of fat. That's the same as the Big Mac, but the burger has 1010 mg of sodium, and the chicken has 1550 mg!
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 Burger King Fries. One king-size order has 600 calories and 3/4 of the daily maximum in fats. (Translate: one hour of tennis.)
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 Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake. The low-carb cheesecake has the same calories as the regular, 610. That's the same as an 8 oz. prime rib.
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 Campbell's Red & White Label Soups. Salt galore here. Half a can is more than half the daily salt quota. Better brands are Healthy Choice and Campbell's Healthy Request.
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 Dove, Ben & Jerry's, and Haagen-Dazs. Half a cup
(which is less than 1/2 a pint, that little special carton!) has
300 calories and 13 grams of fat. |
Swoops. Each six-pack has 200 calories, 8 grams of fat, and over 4 tsps. of sugar. (Translate: 20 mins. of bike riding.) |
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 Mrs. Fields Cookies. One cookie has 300 calories and as much fat as a 12 oz. sirloin! Add 6 tsps. of sugar, and that's one nasty cookie. (Translate: 40 mins. on a stair machine.)
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 Mint Chip Dazzler at Haagen-Dazs has 1270 calories and 38 grams of fat--two day's worth! One cup is the same as a T-Bone steak dinner with salad, baked potato, and sour cream.
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 Starbucks Venti Caffe Mocha. Add whipped cream and it's like a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in a cup: 490 calories and 16 grams of fat! (Try it without the whipped cream, substitute nonfat milk, and reduce the size to a tall: 170 calories and no fat!) (Translate: 40 mins. of swimming.) |
 Starbucks Frappucino. Add whipped cream and it's like a milkshake: 770 calories and 19 grams of fat! It's the equivalent of a Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pizza!
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 Krispy Kreme Donuts. Sugar-coated white flour friend in vegetable shortening with partially hydrogenated oil. The original has 3 grams of saturated fat and 3 1/2 grams of trans fat. Kreme-filled raised this to 5 grams of saturated fats and 5 grams of trans fat. Remember, the American Heart Assoc. recommends only 2 grams of trans fat the entire day! Ah, but wait! While the donut has 200 calories, a respectably Dunkin' Donuts corn muffin has 510 calories! |
 Ruby Tuesday Chocolate Tallcake. Clearly grotesque indulgence, this carries 21 grams of fat and 605 calories, over 1/4 of your day! |
 Uno deep-dish individual pizza. An incredible 2070 calories and 159 grams of fat. This is all you can eat today. |
 Betty Crocker Warm Delights. Who knew that we could make a microwavable pouch of cake mix and fudge, thick non-recyclable plastic surrounded by cardboard. In three minutes, you, too can have 400 calories of sugar, white flour, and oils: 2 grams of trans fat, 3-6 grams of saturated fat, and 10 tsp. of sugar! |