23 Ways to Keep Fast Food in Your Diet (page 4 of 5)

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13. Get some kind of vegetable and/or fruit with every fast-food meal. Salads are an obvious choice, and as mentioned, you could also ask for extra tomatoes and lettuce on sandwiches, tacos, and burritos. Other ways: Order a veggie burger (available at Burger King), add broccoli to your baked potato, and pick a fruit and yogurt parfait from McDonald's.

14. Get skinless chicken. This is particularly important when you're hitting KFC, home of the finger-lickin' good fried chicken. Ditch the skin -- and much of the batter -- and you'll save 240 calories and 16 grams of fat on a typical serving.

15. Order a taco salad without the shell or sour cream, and ask for only half the cheese. You still get the spicy meat and save about 300 calories and 10 grams of fat.

16. Look for ways to sneak in fiber. That means the baked potato (with skin) and chili (without cheese) from Wendy's, bean burritos and tacos from Taco Bell instead of meat (a Bean Burrito packs 12 grams of fiber -- nearly half your daily needs met!), and baked beans and corn on the cob (without butter) as side dishes (or even main dishes) at KFC.

17. Look for the word "Jr." You'll get a smaller portion. Ironically, what's considered a junior portion today used to be considered a regular size 20 years ago.

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You should check on Examiner.com. I believe one of their writers has essentially copied all 23 points of this article on their site. It should be removed as copyright infringement.

By FYI, on 09/21/2009
have never thought about it like that before. Thanks so much for the depth and understanding at which you covered the topic. it's a useful piece of information not only for me but for many others. have read lots of this stuff (download mainly from http://www.picktorrent.com but this piece really gives food for thought

By mike, on 07/30/2009
While I agree with most of this post, I think everyone should know that not all saturated fat, or fat in general, is bad for you. There are good types of saturated fat that you should consume (such as stearic acid from grassfed beef) and fat from dairy is especially good for you as it helps your brain and organs. You definitely want to stay away from anything with transfat however. Just do your homework on what your putting in your mouth and you should be fine.

By negzero7, on 09/11/2008
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