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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love the "no Mcdonalds but chik-fil-a every week" folks. It's still fast food! Wendy's might be "tastier" than McDonalds, but also, fast food. McDonalds may be the big bad, but it's far from the only bad.[/quote]

True, but the chicken nuggets (or whatever they call them at Chik-Fil-A) are actual pieces of chicken, unlike McDonald's processed nuggets.  Not saying that the breading/frying is healthy, but I'd rather eat a real piece of meat than something that is processed and formed.[/quote]

Eh, I beg to differ on that one.  Yes, it's fast food and the choices you make determine how healthy your meal is, but McDonald's doesn't even offer half the options that somewhere like Chick-fil-A does: sunflower multigrain bagels, grilled chicken wraps, fresh fruit cups or carrot salads to substitute for fries... I believe they hand-bread their chicken and chop the cabbage and carrots for their salads, too.  (DH's younger brother worked at one in high school so I've learned a little, but I won't lie - I eat there on occasion and it's pretty good).

Found this online: [b]http://health.yahoo.net/experts/eatthis/americas-best-and-worst-restaurants[/b][/quote]

The problem with this is that how this author ranks "healthy" is not terribly enlightened. Low calorie, processed food that children will want to eat will rank more highly than high-calorie "real" food. A salad with nuts and avocado slices drizzled with olive oil is going to have more calories than a small McD's hamburger--but I am doubtful that the hamburger is going to be more healthful than the salad. My kid would rather eat the avocado slices and nuts than a hamburger--and I think that it's because we have trained his palate to appreciate good food. Sure, we allow him to have "junk food" every once in a while, but we are setting the foundations at home for healthy eating. [/quote]

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