SECTION FIVE: Week 7: Dining out
- you are in a hurry and have to stop at the nearest burger drive-through window. what would be
your best choice?
a. A fish sandwich without mayonnaise and a diet soda
b. A hamburger with mustard and ketchup only, iced tea and a soft-serve kiddie ice cream cone
c. A green salad with two packets of ranch dressing and iced tea
Some people think that fish is better than beef, regardless of how it is cooked. In most fast-food places,
the fish is fried, so the calories are really high. Your best bet of the three selections above would be the
plain burger and the small soft-serve cone. Why not the green salad? The salad itself has a low calorie
count, but without any protein in it, you’ll be hungry in no time. Add two packets of dressing, which is four
servings, and you’ve just dumped about 350 calories of fat on your meal. The burger meal with the kiddie
cone adds up to only about 300 calories.- the snack machine at work is calling to you. what would be the best selection?
a. A bag of baked potato chips
b. A cereal bar
c. A bag of trail mix
A half a cup of trail mix can log in at about 400 calories, even though it sounds healthy. The nuts and raisins
add up quickly – and if you toss chocolate chips and banana chips (which are fried) into the mix, the
calories climb. Baked potato chips run about 110 calories an ounce, which would be less than the cereal
bar at 140 calories per bar, but if the chip bag contains more than an ounce of chips, the cereal bar would
be a better bet.- you’ve had a busy day of shopping at the mall, and the chinese food at the food court smells
so good. which would be the best choice?
a. Stir-fried vegetable chow mein
b. Beef and broccoli with half a bowl of steamed rice
c. Two egg rolls and a bowl of wonton soup
Beef and broccoli would be your best bet. Stir-fried vegetable chow mein is loaded with oil and the calories
in all those noodles add up quickly. Two egg rolls and a cup of wonton soup sounds like a light meal, but
the fried egg rolls are about 350 calories and the soup about the same – a total of 700 calories for such
a small meal. Beef and broccoli with steamed rice will have fewer calories and much more nutrition than
either of the other choices.