T and I recently dined with my brother and his family at Red Robin. This meal occurred a few weeks after our doctor suggested I become more conscious of my diet in the hopes of keeping Baby Bean's weight down. I should have ordered a salad, but they just didn't seem interesting that night. Instead, I ordered the Whiskey River BBQ Chicken Wrap. I thought the Spinach tortilla sounded healthier than a bun and when isn't chicken good for you if it's grilled?
I was horrified tonight to read an article on Yahoo! that listed this sandwich as one of the 10 unhealthiest around. As quoted from the article, "Chicken sandwiches have an undeserved healthy reputation—that's because, while they're built with the leanest meat, they're often stuffed and flavored with enough high-calorie sauces and fillings to sink a ship." Full article here.
Um, yep, I was definitely fooled. As it turns out, eating this sandwich had about as many fat grams as a Big Mac. Guess I still have a few things to learn about nutrition.
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Seriously! I've taken time in the past to look into nutrition at fast food restaurants and I'm always floored. The things I think are healthy are loaded with "hidden" calories and the things I think would be awful are pretty reasonable.
For instance, a cheeseburger at McD's is actually fewer calories than one of their McGrilled Chicken sandwiches.
That's good because I love me some McD's hamburgers. :-)
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