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    5 Worst Fast-Food Breakfasts (and What You Should Order Instead)

    The holidays are just about here, and between errands and travels, you may have to hit up a fast-food joint or coffeehouse in search of breakfast. The bad news: There's plenty of junky temptation out there. The good news: Lots of franchises have jumped on the health bandwagon and now offer better alternatives. Here's what to avoid, as well as better-for-you choices:

    Starbucks

    What to skip: Like most coffeehouses, Starbucks' bakery menu has plenty of obvious calorie and fat bombs: donuts, fritters, croissants, and the like. But their Zucchini Walnut Muffin is a wolf in healthy sheep's clothing. It has a whopping 490 calories, 28 grams of fat, and 490 milligrams of sodium.

    What to order: The Strawberry & Blueberry Yogurt Parfait has 300 calories and just 3.5 grams of fat (none of it saturated), along with a satisfying 7 grams of protein and 3 grams of fat. Crave a hot breakfast? The Starbucks Perfect Oatmeal clocks in with 140 calories, 2.5 grams fat, and 4 grams of fiber.

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    McDonald's

    What to skip: You'd think one of those Egg McMuffins is the worst breakfast offender. Nope, that honor goes to the Big Breakfast with Hotcakes. It weighs in at a heart-stopping 1,090 calories, 56 grams of fat (including nearly all the saturated fat you should have for the day), and 2,150 milligrams of sodium.

    What to order: The 290-calorie Fruit & Maple Oatmeal has 5 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber. Nice! Even better, order it without brown sugar and request light cream to save 50 calories and slash the fat in half. Can't resist the Egg McMuffin? Order it without the American cheese and it comes in at a not-so-awful 250 calories, 9 grams of fat, and 15 grams of protein.

    Jamba Juice

    What to skip: C'mon, how bad can a smoothie be? Depends what you order. Choose a 24-ounce (that's the Original size) Peanut Butter Moo'd and you'll slurp down 770 calories before you know it.

    What to order: Lots of places are serving oatmeal these days, but Jamba's is made from hearty steel-cut oats made with a touch of soymilk. Order yours plain with a cut-up banana. It's just 240 calories, but has 6 grams of fiber and 9 grams of protein that will hold you over until lunchtime.

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    Subway

    What to skip: The Breakfast B.M.T. Melt, with its hefty 480 calories and 22 grams of fat, is sure to make you drag all morning long.

    What to order: The Black Forest Ham, Egg & Cheese -- on a muffin with an egg white -- offers ample indulgence for 170 calories and 4 grams of fat. The 14 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber will keep you satisfied in the a.m.

    Bruegger's Bagels

    What to skip: Resist the sesame bagel with cream cheese. This classic combo tallies at 440 calories and 14 grams of fat. Hey, bagels have gotten big, and those schmears of cream cheese are generous, too.

    What to order: Go for the Skinny Sesame Bagel with light garden veggie cream cheese. It has just 310 calories. Even better, swap the cream cheese for hummus, which has heart-healthy fat, satisfying protein, and 20 percent of the iron you need for the day.

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    2,460 comments

    • Richard  •  29 days ago
      If not for fast food, I would have died a long time ago.
    • Right Wing Extremist  •  29 days ago
      I love breakfast at the Heart Attack Grill, in Las Vegas !!!
    • craig  •  Troy, Michigan  •  29 days ago
      Life is short, have dessert first. look, have what you want, just don't over do it.
    • DennyW  •  6 months ago
      My Mom has a cup of regular coffee, a bowl of oatmeal and a piece of toast every morning of her life and she is 88...never had a car and walks everywhere she goes. She makes all of it at home and it probably dont cost 50¢.
      • bo d 6 months ago
        Now here is a person with common sense..and intellighent....have a great daY!
      • darrin 29 days ago
        mother trucking oatmeal and goddanged toast , if I have to eat one more bowl of mothertrucking oatmeal im gonna choke somebody
    • lyssa  •  6 months ago
      if I wanted yogurt on the run I could just as easily run into the grocery and buy it for $.69 instead of paying $2 at mcdonalds
      • Paul D 6 months ago
        So?
      • Nick 6 months ago
        While you're there grab some Eggos and cook them on your radiator
      • edno 6 months ago
        FYI yogurt parfaits are only $1.
    • dave p  •  6 months ago
      I skip all the junk for breakfast anyway. I have a generous glass of wine. So there.
    • Candide  •  6 months ago
      The healthiest choice at McDonald's is to turn around and walk back out the door without buying anything.
      • Sara V 6 months ago
        You said it!!
      • Lauren 6 months ago
        Actually, McDonald's has some really healthy choices now. I'm not saying that it's okay to walk in and get some fries and obviously not the big breakfast thing they were talking about, but you can still get some good stuff there.
      • Murphy 6 months ago
        And it's pretty easy to walk back out the door, given how poor the service is.
    • oneofmany  •  6 months ago
      If we go out, we will eat what we please, thank you! Healthy choices at home almost 100% of the time. The holidays are coming. We are going to eat cookies, friend! Apple cider! Hot chocolate! Egg Nog! Pies, strudel. Yes, indeed we are! Keep your paws off of our holidays!
    • SweetPetiteFeet  •  6 months ago
      Whew! At least Pop-tarts are okay;-)
    • Paul  •  6 months ago
      I always tell them not to put that liquid butter/margarine they squirt out of that bottle on my mcmuffins. It tastes the same without it. Seems like they could save money by just not using it. Dr. Oz says that margarine just clogs the arteries.
    • Neal  •  6 months ago
      it's hard to understand why someone would go to a restaurant to eat oatmeal
    • Steven  •  6 months ago
      It really cracks me up, how in this day in age people are cutting as many calories as possible. When the world falls into another great depression or even maybe worse, soon, people are going to be eating anything they can no matter how 'bad' it is for them.

      Advertisers will be using high calories and fat as a selling point.
    • snakedoctor  •  6 months ago
      I like the comment about our grandparents ate what they wanted and lived to ripe old ages, it seems to me that we did'nt start getting sick until we started listening to the food police! And if you have'nt noticed the food police keep changing their minds about whats good for you and whats bad, one week coffe is good the next its bad, same with eggs,salt, dark chocolate and so on. I'd rather enjoy what I'm eating then constantly worry about it!
    • D R  •  6 months ago
      QUIT TELLING ME WHAT TO F'ING EAT!!!!!!!!
    • Mark G  •  6 months ago
      five strips of bacon two eggs fried hash browns and toast with allot of butter thats a real breakfast DONT BE A MAMBY PAMBY
    • michael  •  6 months ago
      how about we all eat what we want to .so tired of these so called food gurus and anyone that needs This much advise from ''experts'' needs to get out and live..
    • Sbirdsong  •  6 months ago
      I like my sausage mcmuffins but I don't go sit on my #$%$ in an office all morning afterwards. Key is do something that will burn those calories of fat.
    • Aura  •  6 months ago
      I like my bagel with regular cream cheese thank you very much.
    • Helen  •  6 months ago
      Biscuits and gravy, hash browns, a double order of bacon and hot tea with sugar! MMMMMM!!!!!
    • Katie  •  6 months ago
      This is ridiculous all the (healthy) versions are way too low on calories. If you really think 170 calories is going to keep you sustained, then you have something else (an eating disorder) coming to you. Oh, and just because something is low in calories does NOT mean it is healthy and vice versa.
      As a runner, If I ate those things for breakfast it would be completely unhealthy. It is more like choose 3 lol. Even for the sedentary individual, just choosing one is not enough unless you plan on snacking on

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