How many calories are there is a homemade salad on average as opposed to a fast !


Question: How many calories are there is a homemade salad on average as opposed to a fast food salad!?
I was just wondering, because sometimes people think they are choosing the healthier option when they go out and order a salad!. However I wonder if they would have been better off (quantitatively) if they just made it out home!?!?!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


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It's the other things added to a salad besides the veggies that make them unhealthy!. Croutons, bacon, fried chicken strips, heavy dressings, etc!. are what make salads a poor choice at some locations!. By choosing a side salad at a restaurant instead of a cheeseburger, it's a far better choice, but topping it with 2 packets of Ranch dressing at 300 calories a packet and 27 grams of fat really isn't going to rescue your diet!. Might as well just get the Big Mac!. Choose fat free or lite dressing if it's an option, and don't use the whole packet--or if you can plan ahead, bring your own in a little Rubbermaid cup with a lid!. Skip the chicken or try it with grilled, and consider asking for another dish so you can split it into a couple of servings!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Salad is salad!.!.!.lettuce, cucumbers, and tomatoes will be the same no matter where you get it from!. What matters is what else is in the salad, and the dressings!. Salad is usually a good choice if you're in a fast food joint!. You just have to beware of chicken breast that's fried, and always choose whatever "light" dressing the place has to offer!. Even better, if you could carry your own dressing with you, then you have less to worry about in terms of the fat and calories in the dressing!.

A good idea is to check out restaurant's nutrition info online before you head out!. Learn the ones to stay away from!. For example, there's a salad at Applebee's with sliced steak!.!.it has over 900 calories, and over 50 grams of fat!.!.how is that even possible!?

I like the idea of just making food at home and bringing it with you!. You always know exactly what's going in it, you can choose to leave out the fatty stuff, and it doesn't take much effort to prepare!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Unless you, or the fast food place is loading them with french fries, gobs of high fat dressing or meats I'd have to say that the calories would be pretty much the same!. I don't think fast food places use any different types of lettuce or other fixings whose calories would vary from what ingredients that people use at home!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Check with this calorie chart with over 7,000 foods listed!. Every food label includes Calories, Total Fat, Saturated
Fat, Cholesterol, Sodium, Total Carbohydrates, Dietary Fiber, Sugars and Protein values!.

http://www!.healthcrazed!.com/articles/cal!.!.!.


if you still can't find what you are looking for, check calories for a related food or product there!.

evetything you do at home is better and cheaper!. You know what you put it, you do it for yourself, you try to please your own taste and it costs much less!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

It is better when you make it at home for a few reasons!. The first and most important is that fast food salads are LOADED with sodium!. At home you KNOW whats all in it and how much is added, without all the extras!. It's better to fix one at home where you know how much of what is in things!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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