| Americans like to have their food fast, fresh, and | | | | 2. Cheese |
| ready. Because of the fast paced lifestyle that | | | | Cheese is not only high in fat, but it has sodium. |
| most Americans lead, often the fast food | | | | Try to skip the cheese and ask for more greens. |
| restaurant is the only place to go for a quick | | | | 3. High-fat Salad Dressing |
| meal. Since Americans want healthier options, | | | | Salad dressing calories can often equal to the |
| many often pick the salad item on the menu. | | | | same amount of calories as ice cream. Try to |
| However, this could be disaster in you are | | | | choose fat-free salad dressings like Italian or |
| monitoring what you eat for a healthy diet. | | | | Balsamic Vinaigrette. |
| Because we often look at the menu and feel the | | | | 4. Bacon |
| healthiest option is a salad, fast food restaurants | | | | Bacon is high in saturated fat. Although as delicious |
| tend to add tastier yet fattier items to the salad. | | | | bacon can be, skip this item if you are watching |
| Often, a fast food salad can have as much fat, | | | | your waistline. |
| calories, and sodium as a fast food meal with | | | | 5. Beef |
| fries. Here are five items that are in most fast | | | | Beef is another item that has saturated fat |
| food salads that can hinder your diet | | | | because it is cooked in oil. Choose grilled chicken |
| 1. Deep-fried Tortilla shell | | | | over beef salads for your diet. |
| The tortilla shell may be the best part of a taco | | | | Try your best to use caution when selecting a |
| salad but the caloric content makes taco salads a | | | | fast food salad. Use these tips the next time you |
| big blunder to your diet. Skip the shell and you will | | | | are at the restaurant and you will be making |
| save calories. | | | | healthy decisions for your diet. |