5 Summer Foods That Are Guaranteed to Blow Your Diet
Who doesn't love picnics and barbecues cocktails at the pool, baseball games, and lots of fried chicken, ribs, potato salad, ice cream, hot dogs, and beer ? Thing is, if you don't practice safe food preparation you'll lose the balance of your diet. So you need to know about some shocking calorie traps that can blow your diet.
Salad Toppers
Salads can be the ideal summer supper: light, invigorating plat of veggies and protein. But high-calorie toppers can push a salad from lean to fattening in a rush. Fried chicken strips, bacon, cheddar, velvety dressings, and bread garnishes are among the worst wrongdoers. Rather, top your greens with grilled chicken, strips of lean meat, or eggs, then pile on the veggies and sprinkle with a light dressing.Refreshing Frozen Treats
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
- Hot dog: 280 calories, 15 g fat, 1,250 mg of sodium
- Kielbasa (6-oz): 330 calories, 24 g fat, 1,590 mg sodium
High-Fat Meats on the Barbecue
The awful news: barbecue can subversion your waistline. A 20 ounce T-bone steak can tip the scales at 1,540 calories and 124 g fat. A normal cheeseburger has 750 calories and 45 grams of fat. Shouldn't something be said about pork or hamburger ribs? They originate from the fattiest piece of the animal. The good news: You can run lean with cuts like pork tenderloin, skinless chicken breast, and lean ground meat.
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