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Stop & Go Fast Food Nutrition Guide

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There are books that amuse and a few that shock. But if you partake of fast food in any of its forms - whether a burger joint or upscale chain café - get ready to be dumbfounded. The Stop & Go Fast Food Nutrition Guide by Steven Aldana, Ph.D, shows calories, fat (split into various categories), sodium, and dietary fiber of a wide range of the snacks, meals, and drinks you could find at close to 70 chains ranging from A&W to White Castle. Entries are color-coded in a green, yellow, and red motif to show relative healthiness of of the chow.

Let's take an example or two. Like the Starbucks apple fritter? That's 790 calories, with 37 milligrams of fat and a whopping 830 milligrams of sodium. Death on a dish. A plain old 16 ounce latté? That's a grande at 260 calories. How about a Hardee's Big Country Breakfast Platter with country steak? Just 1150 calories, 455 milligrams of cholesterol, and a completely astounding 2660 milligrams - otherwise known as almost 2.7 grams - of sodium. Personally, I'd double check the numbers for the green, yellow, and red coding: a Subway sweet onion chicken teriyaki 6-inch sub may have only 5 milligrams of fat and 370 calories, but it's got 1220 milligrams of sodium.

Take it with you when you're out and get rid of some weight, because you'll surely lose your appetite.

This book is a great quick guide for various fast food restaurants that allows you to easily pick the items that have acceptable levels of fat, sodium and calories. I travel a great deal and too often end up at a fast food place. I thought I had figured out the calories and fat in various foods such as the Frisco Melt at Steak & Shake. Boy, was I WRONG. This book is now a permanent resident of my car.

Great book to help anyone make healthy choices when eating out. Book is easy to read and fits perfectly in the glove box for convenient use.

This has absolutely zero information for diabetics. No total carbs, no sugars, etc. It is worthless to someone who wants to know about anything other than fat or sodium content.

Love this book. I keep it in my car so I'll have it when we eat out/go through drive-throughs. I just wish it had every eatery in it. Handy to have with me. Got one for my daughter and daughter-in-law.

This is a great guide. I keep it in the car and have discovered some great items with much better nutrition that I never would have tried otherwise.