RANKED: The 9 unhealthiest restaurant dishes in America

Business Insider ^ | 06/03/2015 | HAYLEY PETERSON

[SeekAndFind]

A new report by the Center for Science in the Public Interest has identified the unhealthiest restaurant meals in America.

For the center's annual "Xtreme Eating" list, its nutrition experts reviewed menus at 200 restaurant chains in the US to find the meals heaviest in calories, saturated fat, sodium, and sugar.

Restaurants that made the list include The Cheesecake Factory, Outback Steakhouse, and Red Lobster.

Here's the list, ranked lowest to highest by calories.

9. The Cheesecake Factory: Warm Apple Crisp (1,740 calories)

Center for Science in the Public Interest

This decadent dessert has whipped cream, caramel sauce, apple crumble, and two scoops of ice cream. It has 48 grams of saturated fat and 32 teaspoons of sugar.

8. IHOP: Chorizo Fiesta Omelette. (1,990 calories)

Center for Science in the Public Interest

The egg dish is "loaded with spicy chorizo sausage, roasted peppers, onions, and pepper jack cheese, then topped with a citrus chili sauce and sour cream," according to the report. It also comes with three buttermilk pancakes.

When you account for four tablespoons of syrup on the pancakes, the calories come to 1,990, with 42 grams of saturated fat, 4,840 milligrams of sodium, and 1,035 milligrams of cholesterol.

7. Sonic: Pineapple Upside Down Master Blast (2,020 calories)

Center for Science in the Public Interest

This drinkable dessert comes with vanilla ice cream, pineapple, salted caramel, and pie-crust pieces. A large contains 2,020 calories, with 61 grams of saturated fat and 29 teaspoons of added sugar.

6. Uno Pizzeria & Grill: The "2 For $12 Pick & Choose" menu (2,300 calories)

[GreyFriar]

I should add, that I have eaten at IHOP probably 4 times in the last 10 years. Steak and Shake, the nearest one is a 6 hour drive from where I live. Thus stopping there for a meal is a treat on a long driving business trip; usually once going west and once on the return trip. And perhaps an extra stop for a choclate milk shake only. I don’t mix the shakes with the meals but drink coffee or unsweet iced tea

I don’t know where a Sonic or Cheesecake factory are in business in my area.

[rfreedom4u]

That omelet has my mouth watering!

[sten]

sorry, steak & shake is long dead.

five guys rules supreme

[Uncle Miltie]

Saturated fat is not the major issue

http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f6340

[JoeProBono]

[Uncle Miltie]

Stop Trashing Eggs: Large Study Finds No Harm

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryhusten/2013/01/15/large-meta-analysis-finds-no-harm-associated-with-eggs/

[Ingtar]

I can only lose weight and feel better when I eat a diet high in fats. The meat meals there would be quite healthy for me.

[WayneS]

There is at least one of each of those restaurants within a 35 mile radius of my house.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I’d mourn for the pig-outs I would have to leave behind with a plan like this, but if it actually worked....

[Signalman]

Heart Attack Grill, Las Vegas, NV, MENU:

http://www.heartattackgrill.com/heart-attack-grill-menu.html

[equaviator]

Hey, Center for Science in the Public Interest, here’s something (un)healthy for you to eat>>> My shorts!

[dangus]

Nothing personal, but anyone who posts anything from Center for Science in the Public Interest ought to be zotted so hard their great-great-grandkids will be afraid to use Leapfrog toys.

[Uncle Miltie]

For years, the party line from the American Heart Association, National Institutes of Health, World Health Organization, and others was to reduce dietary fat. They generally called for limiting fat intake to under 30 percent of daily calories. There wasn’t much evidence to support the notion of low-fat diets in the beginning. (38) There is even less now. Numerous reports over the years have questioned the wisdom of recommending low-fat diets for preventing or retarding heart disease.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/fats-full-story/

[T-Bird45]

The Chorizo Omelet is pretty good and I never get pancakes at IHOP so I avoid the syrup calories. Order toast instead.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

There was a comedian, Lewis Black, on HBO who said, to the effect, that on ones knows what a ‘good’ diet is. What you eat might kill the person sitting next to you.

I am inclined to agree with that thinking because it all boils down to genes, both good and bad genes.

[wagglebee]

You probably shouldn't eat stuff like that every day, but you can't beat it once in a while.

[pabianice]

5 Guys food is, in my daughter’s words, “revolting.” The fries are limp and taste like packing material, not potatoes. The burgers disintegrate in your hand. Eech. My grandson said, “How come they keep the food (bags of potatoes) out here where people eat?”

[HiTech RedNeck]

I’ve frequently heard that it is better to trim the carbs. An extreme is the Atkins diet.

[lurk]

Center for Science in the Public Interest. Half a dozen skinny pale-skinned greenie vegan control freaks in a storefront somewhere in northern Virginia.

[dfwgator]

An extreme is the Atkins diet.

It's only extreme in the Induction Phase.