Smart Fast Food Meals: How to Eat Healthy at the Top 12 Restaurants [Paperback]

Peggy Reinhardt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 22, 1999

Americans love the convenience, speed, price, and taste of fast food, and the introduction of combo meals has made ordering even easier. But while the fast food chains have been combining menu items and adding up the prices for us, nobody's been adding up the fat and calories. Many popular combo meals have more than 1000 calories per meal—and they're loaded with fat. You can enjoy the convenience of your favorite fast food restaurants without sacrificing health. This innovative guide makes it easy to order lower-calorie, lower-fat meals by putting foods and exact amounts to order at your fingertips. Smart Fast Food Meals includes 48 different meals from the top 12 fast food chains—all totaling 700 calories or less, with less than 30 percent of calories from fat.

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"Americans love the convenience, speed, price, and taste of fast food, and the introduction of combo meals has made ordering even easier. But while the fast food chains have been combining menu items and adding up the prices for us, nobody's been adding up the fat and calories. Many popular combo meals have more than 1000 calories per meal—and they're loaded with fat. You can enjoy the convenience of your favorite fast food restaurants without sacrificing health. This innovative guide makes it easy to order lower-calorie, lower-fat meals by putting foods and exact amounts to order at your fingertips. Smart Fast Food Meals includes 48 different meals from the top 12 fast food chains—all totaling 700 calories or less, with less than 30 percent of calories from fat.

About the Author

Peggy Reinhardt, M.P.H., L.N., is a licensed nutritionist and consultant to food companies and restaurants throughout the United States.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (March 22, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471347981
• ISBN-13: 978-0471347989
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,587,566 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed..., July 12, 2000

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This review is from: Smart Fast Food Meals: How to Eat Healthy at the Top 12 Restaurants (Paperback)

I purchased this book for my husband, who had heart surgery several months ago. I thought it would be helpful if he had to use a fast food restaurant for lunch. This book is NOT for the serious-minded person who wishes to truly eat healthfully. If you are "addicted" to french fries and burgers and not willing to try the salad bar or baked potato offerings in say, Wendys, perhaps you'll find this book useful. Otherwise, don't waste your money. The author is not a dietitian so I should have known better.

4.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book!, November 12, 2003

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This review is from: Smart Fast Food Meals: How to Eat Healthy at the Top 12 Restaurants (Paperback)

This book does not make any pretense of being a tome about the evils of fast food meals--and it doesn't need to. We all KNOW the nutritional disadvantages and the risks we run of eating at fast food places too often--and too much. Ms. Reinart obviously lives in the real world and gives some real world ways to minimize the risks and circumvent the problems. Like, bring an apple or an orange with you. Make sure your home meals are as nutritious as possible. Hold the mayo. Simple? Sure. I knew that. So did you. And yes, we would probably all be healthier if we NEVER ate fast food. But for those of us living on Planet Earth in the third millennium, this book is a handy, portable reminder that maybe we don't need the extra mayo on the Big Mac, and it IS possible, though perhaps not easy, to save the money on fancy restaurants--which are no more nutritious anyway--avoid the boredom of brown-bagging, and maintain our health and weight.
Thanks, Ms. Reinhardt!