Fast Food Ilab

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Week Three ILab Fast Food Menu Creation Overview For this assignment, you have been asked to explore the nutritional value of menu items at a local fast-food restaurant. Using the available menu items, plan two meals: the healthiest meal possible and the unhealthiest healthy meal possible. Both meals should include an entrée, side, beverage and dessert. In a word document, please answer/discuss the following questions: Deliverables 1. Describe the healthy meal that you have created from the fast food restaurant using the nutritional value of menu items. a. Name the restaurant and then, write a nutritional analysis of the meal you have created (explain all of the nutrients found in the meal like carbs, protein, fat, and some…show more content…
I use to think the salads were healthy but it sometimes have more calories and fat as other meals. 2. Describe the unhealthiest meal that you have created from the fast food restaurant using the nutritional value of menu items. a. Name the restaurant and then, write a nutritional analysis of the meal you have created (explain all of the nutrients found in the meal like carbs, protein, fat, and some essential vitamins and minerals) The fast food restaurant I chose is McDonalds. The unhealthy meal I picked was the Big Mac meal which brings fries and a drink, and I added the dessert. The Big Mac itself is 550 calories. The coca cola is 140 calories and the fries are 230 calories. The dessert I chose is Hot Caramel Sundae which has 340 calories. Trans fat is 1g and saturated fat is 10g.This meal has Vitamin A and C. Also, calcium, iron, and sugar. Saturated fat is a type of fat that comes mainly from animal sources of food. Saturated fat raises total blood cholesterol levels and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels, which can increase your risk of cardiovascular disease. Saturated fat may also increase your risk of type 2…show more content…
Saturated fat raises total blood cholesterol levels and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels, which can increase your risk of cardiovascular disease. Saturated fat may also increase your risk of type 2 diabetes. It is insane the amount of calories that one meal of McDonalds is. It is so unhealthy, aaltogether the Big Mac combo meal accounts for 1,483 calories, leaving a person on a 2,000 calorie diet with very little else to eat in one day. Many fast food meals rely on added fats and sodium as a way to enhance the flavor of inexpensive or low-quality ingredients. The food is fast and cheap, the ingredients are often hyper-processed. Most processed foods include large quantities of sodium, fat, added sugars and other unhealthy ingredients to serve as flavor enhancers and

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