Calorie In Fast Food

One-third of the total calories in the American diet come from restaurant food. About 10 percent of that is made up by fast food. Nearly 20 percent of Americans are hardcore "fast foodies", meaning they eat convenience or fast food every day.

Despite the admittedly weak efforts of the fast-food chains to introduce healthier foods, the three most popular menu items haven't budged over the decades: french fries, soft drinks, and, of course, the almighty hamburger.

When you consider that you can easily blow most of a day's fat and calorie allotment in a fifteen-minute lunch - a Quarter Pounder with double cheese at McDonald's can overload your system with 730 calories and 40 grams of fat - it's hard to imagine that anyone could eat the calorie in fast food with any regularity and still lose weight.

Without a doubt, fast food french fries pose the worst danger to your weight and health. French fries are often soaked with trans fats, chemically altered oils that are an even greater risk for heart disease than saturated fats like butter and lard. A typical small order packs has between 200 and 300 of calorie. You'd have to walk between two and three miles to burn them off - and even then your arteries would still be stuck with the extra-fatty load.

Before you order, think about the calories in fast food. Ask yourself if your appetite really demands that much chow. A little forethought and knowledge will really help. Consider this:

• The McDonald's Quarter Pounder with cheese, a 16-ounce soda, and an order of large fries contain 1,166 calories.
• The McDonald's regular hamburger with small fries and a 16-ounce club soda weighs in at 481 calories

If you did nothing else in your weight loss efforts but switch to the second, smaller meal, you would save over 3,400 calories a week. With this one simple changes, you'd lose one pound a week! That's 50 pounds a year!

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