On the Total Fat scale, Chipotle’s pork burritos, at 44 grams, ties P.F. Chang’s Crispy Honey Shrimp, while Chang’s shrimp edges ahead in calories–1.061 to 1,053. Neither of which can hold a fat burning candle to Denny’s French Toast Slam, with 75 grams of fat and 1,180 calories. The competition is brutal, but the goal of the L.A. Times comparison of the fat and calories in the offerings of 11 fast food restaurants is a noble one: to help us eat as fast as we can and gain weight as slowly as we can. The Times’ Jeannine Stein and Shari Roan choose two items from each fast food joint, one clearly bad for you, and one clearly less bad for you.
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Health, fitness and lifestyle tips for people over 50 who still like to play hard
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Here in Australia the Aussie Heart Assoc. hands out “ticks” (or check marks to us Americans) for foods or meals that they approve of. It must be a bit of a racket for the AHA because they tick certain vegies over others that you find at any grocer’s freezer section, but it is a plus as well in that the program has motivated places like McDonalds Australia to provide sandwiches and whole meals that get the AHA tick and are marketed as “Tick Meals”. Salads with yogurt and fruit, small sub sandwiches that Burger King has offered in the States for a while, and some side dishes. I usually go on a day when my 4 year-old has off from school, buy the paper and get a tea from the McCafe’ while she plays on the gym equipment and picks at her Happy Meal.
I wish “Mackers” would offer this stuff in the States.