The 9 Unhealthiest Restaurant Dishes in America

[joeybee12]

Anew report by the Center for Science in the Public Interest has identified the unhealthiest restaurant meals in America.

The center’s nutrition experts reviewed menus at 200 restaurant chains in the US to find the meals heaviest in calories, saturated fat, sodium, and sugar for its annual “Xtreme Eating” list.

Restaurants that made the list include The Cheesecake Factory, Outback Steakhouse, and Red Lobster.

Here’s the list, ranked lowest to highest by calories.


9. The Cheesecake Factory: Warm Apple Crisp (1,740 calories)




https://www.yahoo.com/food/the-9-unhealthiest-restaurant-dishes-in-america-120609409671.html

[TBF]

1. That figures -

I do love Pizzeria Uno! I am happy I don't live by one now because it's too easy to overeat there!

[joeybee12]

3. Two are at Cheesecake Factory...

That still won't stop me from using my $25 gift card I have from there!

[Buzz Clik]

2. I have eaten some of those. They were delicious. Given the chance to do it all over...

... I would eat them again. This time more slowly.

[AtomicKitten]

4. my gallbladder seized up looking at those dishes

[underpants]

16. Which one got you?

Was it the SEVEN patties on the 7x7 burger or was it the IHOP Chorizo Fiesta Omelette that appears to be covered in by vomit and diarrhea?

[AtomicKitten]

20. so much fat and sugar to choose from

<<puke>>

[hobbit709]

5. Eating something like this occasionally isn't going to hurt most people

without some kind of medical issue. FUCK the food police.

[Warpy]

9. I agree, it won't kill you once a year on your birthday

Doing it once a week is going to add up, though.

Also, if you eat a healthy and varied diet, you're not going to be able to get whole portions of this stuff down, you'll need that doggy bag.

[nichomachus]

11. The problem is

For most people it's not occasional. It's like saying smoking one cigarette won't hurt you. Eating these things, which are basically just sugar delivery systems, could be pleasurable (Once you've detoxed from sugar, they're not to hot), although they will throw your blood chemistry out of whack for a few days.

[hobbit709]

14. If you can afford to eat out in that style every day.

I'm lucky if I can afford to eat a couple of tacos when I eat out.

[nichomachus]

17. A lot of people do --whether they can afford it or not. If not, there are cheaper options.

I was at Costco the other day. Dozens of people stuffing their faces with gobs of sugar and fat -- as a pre-dinner "snack."

[GreatGazoo]

18. Many heart attacks are easily linked back to the previous meal.

Eating an unusually heavy meal does not just add calories, it also might trigger a heart attack, especially in people who already have heart disease, researchers said in a study released today.

The study found heart attack risk jumped four times in the two hours after a large meal.

“A very large meal may start the whole process” of a heart attack, said Dr. Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, a cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
...
Of those patients, 158 reported having an unusually large meal during the 26 hours before the attack. Twenty-five patients had the meal in the two hours before the attack.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=117825

[hobbit709]

19. Many heart attacks are also linked to doing the treadmill stress test at the doctor's.

[Aristus]

45. Yeah.

So let's eliminate an important tool in the cardiac toolbox and just pray that those sub-sternal shooting pains go away on their own...

[LanternWaste]

53. Many aneurysms are also linked to absurd, half-witted analogies...

Many aneurysms are also linked to absurd, half-witted analogies...

[cui bono]

25. That's interesting. Thanks.

[linuxman]

28. Agree +1,000,000

These aren't meant for 3 squares a day. There is nothing wrong with enjoying a rich meal on occasion.

[Cleita]

6. I could eat that warm apple crisp just fine.

However, I might do it once a year on my birthday and do a 600 calorie juice purge the next day.

[haele]

41. That's like one of those Ice Cream Parlor "sundae mountains" that feeds 10.

I'd order that warm apple crisp if I was eating there with my husband and grand-daughter as a shared dessert. Heck, most everything at any of those food emporiums on the list are "order for two" or "doggy-bag" meals.

Haele

[virgogal]

7. The entrees would be 2 meals for me. Thank heaven for doggy bags.

I rarely eat desserts----but now I crave one.

[malthaussen]

8. Yum!

Everything looks so good! Of course, eat one of any of those and you're done for the week, but hey, it's worth it.

-- Mal

[underpants]

10. Mmmmm Dickey's 3 Meat Plate

What kind of meat you ask. 3, that's what kind.

[el_bryanto]

12. I never read these lists

Either something I like is on the list in which case I need to stop eating it, or nothing I like is on the list and I feel good about myself (but I might well be eating 10,11,12 and 13).

Bryant

[cyberswede]

13. Gross. My lunch today had about 352 calories

Quinoa salad (quinoa, apple, carrot, cranberries, green onion, walnuts, green pepper, poppy seeds, honey, dijon mustard, red wine vinegar, olive oil): 212 cal

Tostitos scoops (1 serving): 140 cal

Throw in a 44 oz cup of water for 0 more calories.

[Liberal_in_LA]

33. yum

[KamaAina]

15. What? No Olive Garden?

[Logical]

31. Olive garden is evil! I read it here! Nt

[In_The_Wind]

21. So, it's ok to drink 1/4 and share the rest. No?

7. Sonic: Pineapple Upside Down Master Blast (2,020 calories)

[MattSh]

55. Question about this one...

7. Sonic: Pineapple Upside Down Master Blast (2,020 calories)

This drinkable dessert comes with vanilla ice cream, pineapple, salted caramel and pie crust pieces. A large contains 2,020 calories, and 61 grams of saturated fat and 29 teaspoons of added sugar.

29 teaspoons of added sugar? How is that possible? When I hear about 29 teaspoons of added sugar, I envision someone making this, then adding 29 teaspoons of sugar. Or does the 29 teaspoons mean something else?

[In_The_Wind]

57. Yuck! So, I'll have a sip and toss the rest.

nevermind, my doctor would have a fit. Having a love affair with ice cream is part of the reason I'm a type II diabetic.

[immoderate]

22. Hmm. That prime rib looks good!

Like most of these, I think of it as food for a week.

--imm

[Prism]

23. They shall never have my Cheesecake Factory!

Buffalo roll appetizer, mmmmmm.

I go once a year on my birthday and run vigorously the day of and after.

Worth it.

[BlueJazz]

24. Red Lobster: “Create Your Own Combination” meal (2,710 calories)

2710 calories! Wow...that's more than what I eat in 2 hours!

[cui bono]

26. Most of those have some sort of dessert in there or are an actual dessert.

Misleading to me.

Still surprised by some of that caloric content in the non-dessert options.

[Initech]

29. I'm also wondering why they counted things that are meant for 2 people.

Of course a 3 meat barbecue plate with 3 sides isn't meant for one person to consume, unless you are a competitive eater.

[RKP5637]

27. I have to admit, all of these dishes look delicious. Maybe once or twice won't hurt! LOL! n/t

[tridim]

30. Typical BS figures... Ignore the carb numbers and instead warn about saturated fat

Saturated fat is GOOD FOR YOU.

Those foods are mostly junk, but not because of the animal fat.

[ProfessorGAC]

32. Meh!

I really seriously doubt that ANYBODY who orders any of these doesn't know they are eating a boatload of food in one sitting and that they're going to be STUFFED(!) when they're done.

These lists are not going to stop anybody from doing anything. Seems a bit pointless to me.

[Bettie]

43. They make the lists

to make the self-righteous people feel better. They get to tout their morally superior fat, salt, gluten, and sugar free diets of quinoa, kale, and air to mere mortals who sometimes eat restaurant food and enjoy it as well.

[ProfessorGAC]

47. Sort of Where I Was Going, Bettie

It's just food.

[Bettie]

50. Yep. It's just food

These lists are one of my "buttons". I get so tired of food being used for moral judgements.

[Gormy Cuss]

46. People tend to underestimate the caloric, fat, and sodium levels in food

whether in their own cooking at home or while dining out.

CA has a menu labeling law requiring disclosure of calories and sometimes other metrics like saturated fat and sodium content for items sold at chain restaurants. Some people don't care and order what they want. Some substitute based on the data.

[ProfessorGAC]

48. OK

I can see that. It still seems awfully preachy when i these lists carry the tone like this one. The commentary isn't just dispassionate data delivery. It's very morally superior in its tone.

[bigwillq]

34. Never tried any of those dishes

I didn't like iHop--went once.
Been to Sonic twice. Not impressed.
Went to Cheesecake Factory once. Thought it was OK, but nothing special.

Edited: Missed this one.

Went to Outback once. Would never go back. The line to get in was so long and, to boot, the food was awful.

Have not been to the other places listed. Some we don't have in CT.

[HockeyMom]

36. My feelings exactly

especially as a home cook. I know exactly what is in my dishes, and how to control the fat content. Only time we ever eat at any of these places is when we have no choice and are traveling on the road.

[bigwillq]

37. Well, I can't pretend I am a food snob

I am not. I do eat out, including from fast food places and chain restaurants, but I was just not impressed with the meals I had on the places listed at that link.

[HockeyMom]

40. I am very small

5'1" and a 100 lbs. I just look at the portion serving. Me? You are kidding. Wish they would give me the Kid's Menu. When you are on a long road trip, there is no taking home a Doggie Bag.

[hughee99]

35. I bet my body would hold up to 1740 calorie apple crisp better than

three day old gas station sushi or a vending machine egg salad sandwich, regardless of the calorie content.

[HockeyMom]

38. Georgia Peaches are in Season now

We live in Florida and getting shipments of fresh peaches. Going to splurge and make this.

:http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/coconut-peach-cobbler-with-bourbon-pecan-ice-cream

Cutting recipe in half (only 2 people in household). Can do without the sweetened coconut, and the low fat ice cream. Use frozen vanilla yogurt instead as wanted. Modify, modify, modify when you cook/bake yourself.

[bvar22]

39. Louisiana Chicken Pasta sure looked good to me.

[JI7]

42. most of this should be once in a while or shared

[winter is coming]

44. Most of that doesn't even look good, and all of it's way too much for a single serving. n/t

[sendero]

49. There is nothing wrong..

... with eating that sort of food now and then, but if you make it a frequent habit, you are going to be big as a house.

[randome]

51. Most people can't pace themselves well, though. Define 'now and then'.

Everyone will skew that phrase to justify succumbing to their taste buds more frequently. Most people are food addicts so it's best to stay the hell away from meals like the above for...forever.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

[ScreamingMeemie]

52. So they added stuff to the Steak and Shake burger, otherwise it wouldn't be that high.

I'm sorry, but that shake sounds disgusting, and I doubt most people order that together. I'm not a fan of the look of the burger either, but it wouldn't hit the top nine on its own. I've had the iHop chorizo omelet, but I don't eat the pancakes and I bring 2/3s of it home. This was a ridiculously silly article.

[woodsprite]

54. We get some odd looks at reataurants, but our family splits dessert 4 ways.

That being said -- I really don't like apple crisp much, however, Cheescake Factory's lemoncello cake with fresh strawberries (plus extra strawberries) is what we choose to share when we venture there.

[ScreamingMeemie]

56. Why would you get odd looks? Everyone seems to do that.

I look odder at people who can manage to eat the whole thing by themselves or split it between two. You must live in a town that loves its desserts.

[BuelahWitch]

58. I like Steak n Shake

But that 7 patty hamburger, yuk!