: Fattiest Restaurant Menu Items to Avoid

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With the ever expanding waistlines of many Americans, you may want to avoid certain fatty restaurant menu items. Unfortunately, many of the items are full of fat, but certain ones are especially bad for you. The following are some to avoid.
Hamburgers. Cheeseburgers. Bacon cheeseburgers. Oh my!
Generally hamburgers are terrible for you. The meat itself is usually full of unhealthy saturated fat. Many burgers in restaurants are very large. In addition, many have even more fatty ingredients. The bread might be buttered or covered in mayonnaise. If you have a cheeseburger or an ingredient like bacon on it, then this can make it even worse. You may have all of the fat you are supposed to have in the entire day in this one meal! You can consider veggie burgers for a healthier alternative.
Dessert
As a general rule, most of the desserts offered in restaurants are full of fat (except those marketed as healthier). Cakes are especially bad for you, filled with lots of saturated fat. A cheesecake can be horrible as well. If you have an ice cream sundae, you can be downing a great deal of your fat and calories for the day. Look to see if they have a healthier dessert or have something like sweet fruit instead.
Fried foods
There are many fried foods you will find at restaurants that are very bad or you. Do you notice that your lips feel full of oil after you have French Fries? Unless they are the baked, healthier type, many of these are full of fat. Fried chicken, fried shrimp and fried fish are very bad for you. You may want to consider items that are baked instead.
Many meats
There are many meats that are unhealthy. Unless it is listed as specifically lean, red meat is often very unhealthy. Bacon is terrible for you.
There are many other restaurant menu items that you might want to stay away from. Pastas that are cream-based are usually very full of fat. Pizza is usually terribly full of fat. Cheese is very fatty and the sauce and bread can have fat as well. Just think about all of the oil that usually oozes from pizza. Also, consider drinks. A milkshake can be one of the worst things for you, full of saturated fat because it might be made with ice cream. Even salads can be bad for you if they smother them in fatty creamy dressing, bacon and croutons. Many menus now offer nutritional brochures so you should look for that. Also, new legislation will require some restaurants to list some nutritional information, which might be beneficial as well.
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