America?s shocking nutrition facts (restaurants)

By Ed Biado

Continuing yesterday?s worst foods list, we move on from supermarkets to restaurants. Today?s edition of The Daily 10 is based on a report by Matt Goulding of Men?s Health (US) analyzing the content of America?s dining-out options. Check out menshealth.com for the complete report that gives detailed nutrition facts and comparisons, and also healthier alternatives in the same restaurants. Meanwhile, here are the dishes you shouldn?t order:

1. The worst ??healthy?? burger is Ruby Tuesday?s Bella Turkey Burger. It contains 1,145 calories, which is already a couple of hundred more than many regular burgers. How can that pass of as a ??healthy?? one?

2. The worst Chinese dish is PF Chang?s Pork Lo Mein; a serving of which equates to carbs about five servings of pasta. Not only that, it has 1,820 calories and more than 120 grams of fat.

3. The worst salad is On The Border?s Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef. If you?re having a salad, you don?t want to be more than a thousand calories, right? This has 1,450. And sodium-wise, it has 2,410-mg.

4. The worst steak is the Lonestar 20-oz T-bone. Without side dishes, it already has 1,540 calories and 124 grams fat. Simply choosing a smaller-sized steak will drastically lower the calorie count.

5. The worst Mexican entr?e is the Chipotle Mexican Grill Chicken Burrito. Here?s the damage: 1,179 calories, 47 grams fat, 125 grams carbs and 2,656-mg sodium. That?s really super-sizing it.

6. The worst fast-food chicken meal is McDonald?s Chicken Selects Premiums Breast Strips. If you?re gonna include fries and a soda, you got about 1,710 calories more to burn.

7. The worst burger is the Carl?s Jr. Double Six Dollar Burger. It, on its own, has 1,520 calories. With fries and a soda, you?ll be consuming more calories than you should the whole day.

8. The worst pizza is the Uno Chicago Classic Deep Dish Pizza. It serves one but the reality is that it has the same calorie count as 18 slices of Domino?s Crunchy Thin Crust cheese pizza.

9. The worst dessert is Chili?s Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream. That?s 1,600 whopping calories to end a meal with. Unless that?s all you?re having the entire day, why would you eat that?

10. The worst food in America is Outback Steakhouse?s Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing. Having this 2,900-calorie starter means you?re already maxed out on your calorie allotment for the day; and not it also has 182 grams fat and 240 grams carbs. Those are not awfully disturbing numbers, really. But the fact that they?re all disguised as a starter makes it an extremely disturbing thought.