Happy meals aren't so happy
A recent report reveals that fast-food kid's meals have too many calories. This would be the point that you say "No, duh!" Quite unsurprisingly, nearly every combination of the kid's meals at KFC, Taco Bell, Sonic, and Chick-fil-A are too fattening. Restaurants -- like McDonald's and Burger King that offer apple slices or other options instead of fries fared a little better. Subway came out on top, with 12 of its 18 possible kid's meal combinations under a reasonable amount of calories.
The study deemed a reasonable amount of calories as 430 -- based on the fact that the average 8-year-old should eat 1,200-1,300 calories a day.
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In this busy world, it's sometimes hard to avoid fast food restaurants. But though you may find yourself in a situation where you don't have a choice of where to eat, you can always choose what to eat.
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This is getting a little serious now -- yet another national food chain has seen possible E.coli outbreaks in the wake of outbreaks in several states where Taco Bell and Taco John's restaurants were located. States like New Jersey, Iowa and Minnesota has had confirmed cases already.
Well, the ongoing E.coli outbreak that has now haunted Taco Bell for about a week has now widened, as
The recent outbreak of the E-coli bacteria in Taco Bell locations in three states may have been caused by the bacteria's infection in green onions used at the restaurant, according to the company, which removed from its 5,800 U.S. restaurants yesterday to be safe.
E-coli -- the food poisoning bacteria that recently received quite a bit of press in the recent bagged spinach scare -- is at it again, and it has forced the closing of a Taco Cell restaurant i New Jersey as a result.
We've all been there: we're in a rush, we're hungry and the only way we can get some much-needed energy in the form of food is by visiting a fast-food joint. So you mosey up to counter of the establishment of your choice and are confronted with a variety of options. You're trying to be healthy so you go for the salad. You made the best choice, right? In some cases you did. But as we all know, fast food restaurants spend lots of time and money trying to make their products the best tasting and this usually involves adding fat, sugar, sodium and other unhealthy ingredients. It's hard to navigate your way around menus these days, and it takes time researching what your best options are.
Taco Bell, along with the recent announcement of fast food buddy KFC, will start lowering the amount of transfats in its foods soon, according to the nation's largest tex-mex fast food company. 







