Tuesday, 01 December 2009

• The Worst Winter Fast Food Items!

  
  
   

  Even though that new holiday-flavor Starbucks mochachinolattefrappacino looks delicious, you should probably only indulge once when it comes to these new holiday "fast food" treats.

  Thanks to AOL Health, here is a list of the unhealthiest seasonal delights!

  • Boston Market's Pastry Top Chicken Pot Pie. While it may be belly-warming and tasty, this dinner can pack 800 calories, 48 grams of fat and 1,090 milligrams of sodium - which is all of your alloted fat for the day! Unbelievably delicious, but disgustingly unhealthy.
  • A grande Cosi's Eggnog Latte. This may be a fun Christmas-themed drink, but leave it as a treat just for the holiday. This hot beverage contains 527 calories, 26 grams of fat and 294 milligrams of sodium! If you're looking to avoid weight gain this winter, make sure to steer clear of this!
  • Dairy Queen's Pumpkin Pie Blizzard (medium). Thankfully this Blizzard won't be around through December, because it packs 780 calories, 28 grams of fat and 450 milligrams of sodium! If you're craving that pumpkin taste, try roasting some seeds in the oven after sprinkling them with salt - same great taste with significantly less fat!
  • A large Harvest Pumpkin Soup from Au Bon Pain. While the calorie content is not alarming (clocking in at 320), and though it only has 17 grams of fat, the sodium count is astronomical! With 1,720 milligrams of sodium, you're consuming over half of your daily alloted sodium count in this one bowl.
  • Starbucks' Hazelnut Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream and Whole Milk. Even though you can save a few calories and grams of fat by skipping the whipped cream and asking for fat free milk instead of whole, you're still going to come close to 600 calories, 32 grams of fat and 140 milligrams of salt. This may not be the worst treat on the list, but it's definitely something that should still be limited to a once-in-a-while indulgence.
  • Au Bon Pain's Gingerbread Man Cookie. Who can resist the sweet taste of gingerbread during the holidays? Well, at 320 calories, 10 grams of fat and 150 milligrams of sodium, you better learn! Although this cookie doesn't come off as something completely unhealthy, think of the size of it - he's smaller than a glass of water and is almost the equivalent of three shots of alcohol in weight! He may be sweet, but try not to love him too often.
  • Panera Bread's Cinnamon Crunch Bagel (with two ounces of cream cheese). With 610 calories, 16 grams of fat and 640 milligrams of sodium, this bagel will certainly satisfy any sweet tooth in the morning, but with a hefty price. If you're looking from something sweet as cinnamon, try putting a cinnamon stick in your hot chocolate, or eat some apple-cinnamon oatmeal.

  What other "fast food" treats do you look forward to during the holiday season? Which ones will you have the hardest time staying away from?

   

  For the full list of unhealthy seasonal eats, check out AOL's list of the "Worst Fast Food of the Season."

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