Fast Foods
Papa John's Pizza: Mysterious Nutrition
I found myself in a pinch and ordering some Papa John's pizza. This popular pizza is probably full of white processed flour, but other than that, I thought, "how bad can it be?" After all, their marketing revolves around...
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Lose Weight with a Subway Breakfast Too?
Subway fast food chain is well-known for their spokesman, Jared, who lost 245 pounds on the Subway diet. The company recently launched new breakfast menu items including flatbreads and egg white sandwiches. Seems like a great idea for those on...
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The Dirt on Supermarket Sushi
My local grocery stores have been selling sushi for a few years now and I have been a frequent customer. I always assumed it was a healthy choice. I started wondering not only how long sushi sits out there in...
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Who Has the Healthiest Grilled Chicken Sandwich?
If you're out, about, and starving, there are 100's of restaurants to choose from. I think I could eat out here, three meals a day, in San Diego and never repeat a restaurant for at least a whole year! Making...
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Dairy Queen Shrinks Down the Blizzard
Grub Grade Wow, I remember in the 90's everything being "super-sized." Only wussies went to McDonald's and didn't walk out with an albatross nest of fries, and a gallon of water-downed Coke. But, we live in a different time. Everyone...
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What a Happy Meal Looks Like One Year Later
Photo: Joann Bruso Those little plastic toys that come in a Happy Meal are so wasteful. You're just going to throw it away, after all, and that plastic junk will sit in a landfill for-ev-er. But here's the thing: If...
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The 7 Hotdogs of the Apocalypse
Flickr: chrishuseinGlobal warming, swine flu, terrorism, even the Jonas Brothers, you'd figure one of these would mark the destruction of mankind, but no. Instead, doom will come stuffed with cheese, wrapped in bacon, fried in oil, stuffed in a bun...
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How Many Calories In Your Burger and Fries?
With mandatory calorie information in restaurants in New York, and Congress calling for calories to be displayed on fast food menus throughout America, we might hope that fast food consumers are starting to pay attention and reconsider eating that...
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Do McDonald's Burgers Decompose?
McDonald's seems to be the villain in the never ending battle of good food versus evil food. You may even have heard the rumor that Mcdonald's food lasts forever. There is so much information floating around out there about...
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The Most Disgusting Objects Ever Found in Food
Okay, we all know our food is full of trans-fat, high-fructose corn syrup, artificial flavors and preservatives, but it could be a WHOLE LOT worse. Like these unlucky people who found used bandages, a dirty knife, mice, stones, metal shards...
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The 7 Hamburgers of the Apocalypse
Hamburgers, next to apple pie and statins they're the ambassadors of American cuisine--for better or for worse--and these harbingers of heart disease might be the baddest of all. Here are 7 over the top hamburgers that are guaranteed to clog...
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Do Fast Food Binges Lead to Liver Damage?
A new study again confirms that eating fast foods not only causes weight gain, but also rapidly damages the liver. The 18 participants of the new Swedish study had transformations that mirrored filmmaker Morgan Spurlock in his controversial 2004 documentary...
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Fast Food vs Full-Service Restaurants: Which is Better?
New research shows that people who live in areas with more full-service restaurants tend to be thinner. Those who live in areas with a high ratio of fast-food restaurants tend to be heavier. So it seems it's not just about...
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Quiznos Calories: No Wonder They Concealed Them
Fast food outlet Quiznos has finally listed their nutrition information. A brief look through the data shows some outrageously high Calorie amounts in their food....
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What's Lurking in Fast Food?
John Andrews at NewsTarget uncovers some of the more unpleasant ingredients in what often sounds like 'healthy' food. Did you know? Wheat bread at Subway is not 100% whole grain (whole wheat flour is down on the ingredients list -...
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Is Subway Better Than McDonald's?
Subway has for years claimed that they are the "healthy" fats food choice. Their targets are specifically set on McDonald's, the one chain that still stands in their way. Here's how their combo meals compare side-by-side against a Big Mac...
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McDonald's: The Secret of Their Success
McDonald's (USA) serves 27 million people every day, 1 million more every year since 2003. Since 2002 McDonald's (USA) have experienced 45 consecutive months of sales increases. In a recent Business Week column, McDonald's CEO James Skinner claims "We've...
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Is Domino's Pizza Healthy?
Domino's pizza is apparently a "Good Choice for a Healthy Diet". That's according to a press release claiming that Glamour magazine and Men's Health both recommended Domino's Pizza....
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Why Indian Food Is Fattening, And How to Make it Healthier
Many people think that healthy takeaway food means simply avoiding a burger and fries or KFC chicken. Often, ethnic foods such as Chinese or Indian are seen as the healthy option - perhaps because they don't come with a side...
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McDonald's Chicken Selects: Tricked Again
Last month McDonald's handed out millions of free samples of its Chicken Selects. Chicken nuggets have earned a bad reputation, so it's obviously time to push something new. The Chicken Selects have been around since 2004 and are described as...
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