20 worst dishes in America
1. The Worst Food in America
Cheesecake Factory Bistro Shrimp Pasta
2,727 calories
78 g saturated fat
1,737 mg sodium
The troubling truth is this entire list of America’s
Worst Foods could be fueled solely by the Cheesecake Factory’s atrocious fare. No
restaurant combines elephantine portion sizes with a heavy-handed application of cheap
cooking fats more recklessly than the Factory folk, resulting in dishes like the
2,582-calorie Chicken and Biscuits and the 2,455-calorie French Toast Napoleon. But it’s
a relatively healthy-sounding plate of shrimp pasta that wears the tainted crown,
delivering to your bloodstream more saturated fat than you’d find in three packages
of Oscar Mayer Center Cut Bacon and as many carbs as you’d slurp down from 1½ cases
of Amstel Light. Gross. http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/1-worst-food-america?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
2. Worst Dessert
Uno Chicago Grill Mega-Sized Deep Dish Sundae
2,800 calories
136 g fat (72 g saturated)
272 g sugars
Uno Chicago Grill has a dangerous obsession with deep dishes. Not content merely
serving the worst pizza in America from those calorie-collecting troughs, they use the
same vessel to dish out the worst dessert in the country, too. The crust is replaced with
an enormous cookie, the tomato sauce with a thick river of molten chocolate, and the
cheese with a mountain of vanilla ice cream. The only thing keeping this from the bottom
slot in our Worst Food countdown is the fact that Uno’s encourages sharing, but even
if you split this dessert four ways, you’ll still take in more than twice as many
calories as you would with a hot fudge sundae at McDonald’s.
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/2-worst-dessert?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
3. Worst Chicken Entree
Cheesecake Factory Crispy Chicken Costoletta
2,494 calories
85 g saturated fat
1,677 mg sodium
Here’s the secret to stuffing more than a day’s
worth of energy—mostly from fat—into a plate of chicken and vegetables: First,
pound the chicken until it’s paper thin. That provides the most possible surface area
on which to attach oily breading. Then, cover the whole plate with a layer of butter. In
this case, Cheesecake uses what they call “lemon sauce,” but don’t be
fooled. You don’t get 4 days’ worth of saturated fat from lemons. To complete
the caper, toss on a few token asparagus spears to make them think they’re eating
healthy. Yeah, right. Nice try. http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/3-worst-chicken-entree?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
4. Worst Pizza
Uno Chicago Grill Classic Deep Dish Pizza (individual size)
2,310 calories
165 g fat (54 g saturated)
4,920 mg soidum
In all the years we’ve been putting this list
together, this pizza from Uno’s is the only item to never budge from the
hyper-caloric countdown. While a number of burgers, salads, and pastas battle it out for
the dubious distinction of being America’s worst, there is simply no competition for
this nightmarish creation. With a day’s worth of calories, more than 2 days’
worth of sodium, and nearly 3 days’ worth of fat, bread, cheese, and sauce have never
been stretched to such extremes. http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/4-worst-pizza?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
5. Worst Appetizer
Outback Steakhouse Kookaburra Wings
2,145 calories
185 g fat (75 g saturated)
3,711 mg sodium
Outside of Outback, a kookaburra is an Australian bird that
makes a noise like a chuckling human. Inside Outback, “kookaburra” denotes a
piece of fried chicken that’s been lacquered with egregious amounts of fat and
sodium. Even if you have two other victims to help defray the damage, you’ll still
wind up with 715 calories and well over a day’s worth of saturated fat. It would be
easier on your gut if you just skipped the appetizer and instead wolfed down a Burger King
Whopper on your way to dinner.
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/5-worst-appetizer?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
6. Worst Mexican Entree
Baja Fresh Charbroiled Steak Nachos
2,120 calories
118 g fat (44 g saturated, 4.5 g trans)
2,990 mg sodium
If the full day of calories doesn’t get you, then the 2 days of saturated fat
will. If that saturated fat doesn’t bring you to your knees, then the 2 days of trans
fat surely will. If the trans fat doesn’t wreak total havoc on your system . . . we
could go on like this for days. Is it just us, or is it slightly disturbing that you could
eat eight full steak tacos and still take in fewer calories than what’s found in this
plate of cheesy chips? Stick to two tacos and save nearly a half pound of body fat in one
sitting.
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/6-worst-mexican-entree?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
7. Worst Breakfast
IHOP "Big" Country Breakfast
2,040 calories
55 g saturated fat
159 g carbohydrates
4,500 mg sodium
Here’s the anatomy of a breakfast disaster: Take a
12-ounce steak, bread it, fry it, and then cover it with gravy. Then, on the side, drop
three eggs and three buttermilk pancakes. Does it not occur to IHOP that this is actually
three full meals? And that two of those meals—all but the eggs—are the sort of
indulgences that should be eaten only in extreme moderation? If this is the first thing
you eat in the morning, don’t even bother getting out of bed. http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/7-worst-breakfast?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
8. Worst Drink
Cold Stone Creamery PB&C Shake (Gotta Have It size, 24
fl oz)
2,030 calories
131 g fat (68 g saturated, 2.5 g trans)
153 g sugars
A couple years ago, Baskin-Robbins’ milk shake line could have easily claimed
the top five worst drinks in America, but when it decided to reel in some of the caloric
excesses, Cold Stone’s PB&C was left exposed as the biggest bully on the block.
And the damage is severe: This blended peanut-butter-cup concoction makes it possible to
slurp down a day’s worth of energy with a mere 10-minute straw session. We hope Cold
Stone decides to follow Baskins’ lead and downsize this atrocity, but if not, we’re
happy to keep doling out the negative publicity.
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/8-worst-drink?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
9. Worst Burger
Denny's Smokin' Q Three Pack
2,020 calories
110 g fat (22 g saturated, 3 g trans)
3,570 mg sodium
Okay, technically this is three burgers, but the idea behind
the mini-burger is that the restrained vessels will help you knock off some calories from
the hulking mothership burger that inspired them. Rarely, though, does it actually work
out that way. In fact, after searching high and low, we still haven’t found a single
slider or mini-burger safe enough to order. Skip them all, but these especially, which up
the caloric ante by crowning the not-so-mini patties with both bacon and onion crispers.
They may look harmless, but this trio will knock out your entire day’s caloric
allotment. http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/9-worst-burger?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
10. Worst Ribs
Outback Steakhouse Baby Back Ribs (full rack)
2,012 calories
160 g fat (59 g saturated)
2,600 mg sodium
Keep in mind that this caloric heft comes without the addition of Aussie Fries, which
will invariably adorn most of the plates at Outback. Nor does it take into account the
free brown bread and salad that comes with every entrée order. For all that you can
factor in an extra 800 calories or so, bringing the total damage dangerously close to the
3,000-calorie threshold. That much energy will add nearly a pound of fat to your body,
which means if you start eating this meal once a week, one year from today you’ll
have 41 extra pounds of baby-back body fat hanging from your midsection.
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/10-worst-ribs?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
11. Worst Chinese Entree
PF Chang's Doube Pan-Fried Noodles Combo (served with beef,
pork, chicken, and shrimp)
1,820 calories
84 g fat (8 g saturated, 3.5 g trans)
7,692 mg sodium
The human body needs about 1,500 milligrams of sodium each day
to function properly. Anything beyond that is unnecessary, and possibly dangerous. And
sure, Chinese food is notorious for its higher-than-usual salt factor, but few dishes we’ve
seen come anywhere close to this number. It packs enough of the white stuff to meet your
body’s needs for more than 5 days. And the rest of Chang’s menu isn’t much
better. Stick with the Hong Kong Beef and plan to avoid the saltshaker for the next couple
meals. http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/11-worst-chinese-entree?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
12. Worst Salad
TGI Friday's Santa Fe Chopped Salad
1,800 calories
Rumor has it that Hollywood elite turn to the Friday’s salad section when it comes
time to gain weight for onscreen roles. Okay, that might be an exaggeration, but get too
cozy with these leaves and you can expect some dire repercussions. The average
entrée-size salad packs a walloping 1,216 calories, making it one of the most dangerous
sections of an already-disastrous menu. It comes as no surprise that the Santa Fe emerges
as the worst of this sad heap; Mexican- or Southwestern-themed salads—with their
abundance of shredded cheese, greasy proteins, and tortilla chips—are the worst
species of salad. If those are the flavors you’re after, why not a crunchy taco from
Taco Bell? You could have a dozen for the same caloric cost.
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/12-worst-salad?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
13. Worst Sandwich
Cheesecake Factory Grilled Shrimp and Bacon Club
1,746 calories
28 g saturated fat
2,306 mg sodium
It’s hard to imagine how a grilled-shrimp sandwich, even
a triple decker with a hefty load of bacon on top, could possibly pack more calories than
three Big Macs, but if the Cheesecake Factory has taught us anything, it’s that its
cooks are capable of defying the laws of nutritional science with the dishes they create.
Your safest bet is to skip the place entirely. Failing that, pass on the sandwiches and
pastas ; instead, look to split a pizza with a friend or take half home in a box.
Want fresh lobster delivered to your door? Save calories and gas with our list of The Best Mail Order Foods.
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/13-worst-sandwich?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
14. Worst Fast-Food Breakfast
Hardee's Loaded Biscuit 'N' Gravy with Large Hash Rounds
1,530 calories
110 g fat (26 g saturated)
3,020 mg sodium
Biscuits and gravy fall pretty low in the hierarchy of healthy breakfast options, and
the two hockey pucks of sausage that Hardee’s throws on top don’t help matters
(especially when you consider that the gravy is already studded with sausage). What that
amounts to is a full day’s worth of saturated fat before you tack on the side of
spuds. If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, then this is one of the most
important meals in America to avoid.
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/14-worst-fast-food-breakfast?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
15. Worst Food Hybrid
Domino's Chicken Carbonara Breadbowl Pasta
1,480 calories
56 g fat (24 g saturated)
2,220 mg sodium
Edible bowls just might be the pinnacle of American gluttony.
Next thing you know, restaurants will be serving Pepsi from cups made of chocolate. It
sounds ridiculous, but the concept is exactly the same: refined carbs (pasta) served
inside of refined carbs (white bread). It’s kryptonite for diabetics (and anyone who
values self-preservation). The result isn’t just a stratospheric escalation of your
blood sugar levels, but also the consumption of more than a day’s worth of saturated
fat, 92 percent of your sodium allotment, and a punishing glut of calories. Skip the
terrifying Frankenfood and stick to what Domino’s is known for: pizza. http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/15-worst-food-hybrid?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
16. Worst Side
Five Guys Large Fries
1,464 calories
71 g fat (14 g saturated)
184 g carbohydrates
213 mg sodium
Americans consume more French fries than any other single
vegetable. Scary stuff, especially when you see just how punishing a side of deep-fried
potatoes can really be. The worst part is Five Guys offers no sensible solutions. There
are no other sides on the menu, and even if you downgrade to a “regular” order,
you still wind up with more calories than if you ordered one of Five Guys’ little
bacon burgers. You’re better off ordering two “little” sandwiches and
skipping the fries.
Want great articles like this one delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Eat This, Not That!
newsletter.
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/16-worst-side?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
17. Worst Fast Food Burger
Wendy's Triple Baconator
1,350 calories
90 g fat (40 g saturated, 3.5 g trans)
2,780 mg sodium
America has caught bacon fever, making way for a market flooded with bacon-infused
chocolates, bacon salts, and yes, even bacon sprays (spritz yourself with the essence of
pig!). This profusion of porcine is a trend Wendy’s is taking full advantage of with
its line of bacon-buoyed burgers. Consider the recipe here: three quarter-pound beef
patties interspersed with nine strips of bacon, three slices of cheese, and a big smear of
mayonnaise. It’s fat on top of fat on top of fat, 10 layers in all—a tower of
nutritional terror.
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/17-worst-fast-food-burger?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
18. Worst "Healthy" Sandwich
Blimpie Special Vegetarian
1,180 calories
59 g fat (18 g saturated)
3,540 mg sodium
Goes to show the risk in trusting buzz-terms. A
“vegetarian” sandwich might sound like a guaranteed lean lunch, but after
Blimpie tops it with multiple layers of cheese, an onslaught of sauces, and crushed
Doritos (no joke), you’re left with a hunkin’ hoagie that gnaws through nearly
your entire day’s fat allotment and more than 1½ days of sodium. You’d be
better off with a towering bacon Dagwood (but really, you’d be best to opt for the
vegetarian-friendly Mediterranean Ciabatta).
There's more where this sandwich came from: The Craziest
Food Creations of 2010.
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/18-worst-healthy-sandwich?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
19. Worst Supermarket Meal
Stouffer's White Meat Chicken Pot Pie (large)
1,160 calories
66 g fat (26 g saturated)
1,780 mg sodium
Of all the frozen options that fill out the supermarket aisles, none is more dubious
than the pot pie. It sits in the freezer like a leaden bomb, ready to explode waistlines
with a troubling mix of oil, cream, butter, and refined carbohydrates. (The package claims
it serves two, but really, when have you ever split a pot pie?) The good news is that
there are more than a few safe options for those looking for the rich, comforting flavors
of a pot pie without the caloric consequences. This version of chicken à la king from
Stouffer’s is our favorite of the bunch.
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/19-worst-supermarket-meal?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
20. Worst Kids' Meal
California Pizza Kitchen Kids Curly Mac 'n' Cheese
1,038 calories
38 g saturated fat
1,651 mg sodium
Pasta robed in melted cheese will never pass muster with the nutritionist set;
nevertheless, there are some versions out there you can feel good about feeding your kid.
Bob Evans, TGI Friday’s, and even Burger King all serve reasonable versions of the
kiddie staple. CPK decidedly does not. This bowl represents about 70 percent of the
calories the average 6-year-old should consume in a day. What’s worse, it delivers as
much saturated fat as an adult should consume over the course of 48 hours. Good news is
you can dissuade them from ordering the mac by suggesting the pizza instead. We doubt
they’ll object.
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/20-worst-kids-meal?slideshow=185560#sharetagsfocus
"To Achieve World
Government it is necessary to remove from the minds of men their individualism,
their loyalty to family traditions and national identification" Brock Chisholm - Director of the World Health Organization
"A society whose citizens refuse to see and investigate the facts, who refuse to
believe that their government and their media will routinely lie to them and fabricate a
reality contrary to verifiable facts, is a society that chooses and deserves the Police
State Dictatorship it's going to
get." Ian Williams Goddard
The fact is that "political
correctness" is all about creating uniformity. Individualism is one of the biggest obstacles in the way of
the New World Order. They want a
public that is predictable and conditioned to do as it's told without asking questions.
"The two enemies of the people are criminals
and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the
second will not become the legalized version of the first." Thomas Jefferson
- Pacific
