Hungry for a fast food burger or a slice of pizza? Here's how they stack up in calories, fat, and sodium.

TYPICAL FAST FOOD MEALS

McDonald's Quarter Pounder with cheese, large fries, 16 oz regular soda: 1166 calories, 51 grams fat, 1450 mg sodium

Four slices Domino's sausage and mushroom pizza, 16 oz regular soda: 1000 calories, 28 grams fat, 2302 mg sodium

Two pieces KFC Chicken (breast and wing), buttermilk biscuit, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn on the cob, 16 oz regular soda: 1232 calories, 57 grams fat, 2276 mg sodium

Taco Bell taco salad, 16 oz regular soda: 1057 calories, 55 grams fat, 1620 mg sodium

Subway Veggie Delight Sub (6 inch): 240 calories, 3 grams fat, 590 mg sodium (Numbers do not include optional cheese, mayonnaise, or oil.

• A hamburger, whether fried, grilled, or barbequed, derives as much as 75% of its calories from fat
  
• Whole milk is 3.5% by weight but 50 fat calories
  
• 63 of an egg's 80 calories are from fat
  
• two strips of bacon leave some fat in the pan, but still provide 80% of the calories from fat.
  
• A common meal of steak, baked potato with sour cream and butter, salad with dressing, roll with butter, and coffee with cream supplies 75% of its calories as fat.
  

Just a few of the reasons why eating a vegetarian diet is the best diet for you.

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Even so come, Lord Jesus
Linda

[This message has been edited by Linda Sutton (edited September 27, 2000).]

Grain kernals consist of:

Bran — the skin or husks of grains separated from the flour as by sifting.

Aleurone — finely granulated protein present in seeds generally and forming the outer layer of cereal seeds.

Endosperm — a tissue which surrounds the developing embryo of a seed and provides food for its growth.

Germ — the living part of the wheat kernal. Is actually the embryo of the wheat.

White bread and white flour does not contain the bran or the germ where the fiber and the vitamins and minerals are. Whole grains are the best for you.

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Linda

Here is a very interesting little piece I just read today.

Say No to Joe? Could your morning cup of java raise your risk of rheumatoid arthritis? That's the question that Finnish researchers set out to answer in a recently published study. For 15 years, they tracked nearly 19,000 men and women aged 20 years or older, none of whom had a history or other evidence of rheumatoid arthritis - an autoimmune disease that causes joint inflammation - when first tested. By the end of the study period, researchers found that those who reported drinking as few as 4 cups of coffee a day were twice as likely to test positive for the most common type of rheumtoid arthritis than those who drank less. Coffee consumption was linked to an increased risk even after adjusting for other factors, such as age, smoking, and weight. Researchers say it's still unclear whether an ingredient in the coffee itself, a particular brewing method, or other lifestyle habits of coffee drinkers are responsible for the elevated risk. (Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 8/00)

Comment: Coffee is a strong drink that can influence many systems of the body. Although this study is preliminary, I've long believed that coffee can worsen or increase the risk of certain conditions. If you're concerned about your use of coffee, I recommend you switch to a healthier alternative, such as green or herbal tea, or grain-based coffee substitutes.

Dr. Andrew Weil's Self Healing, October 2000, page 5.

What about the diet beverages such as coke?

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In His Love, Mercy & Grace

Daryl

I grew up drinking Coke, Pepsi and Mountain Dew..... after giving up caffeine containing beverages i can tell you from personal experience you can get the same caffeine rush from them as you can a cup of coffee.

The way most people drink these caffeinated beverages, they will have the same problem from them as they would drinking coffee.

I watch kids today drink one after another of these drinks.

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What is right is not always popular.
Gerry B.

Diet colas have the same amount of caffeine as their sugar sweetened counterparts. I know of only two exceptions, unless they have changed recently. Barq's root beer has caffeine but the diet version doesn't. It is just the opposite with Barq's creme soda. The regular is caffeine free, but the diet has caffeine. With all sodas and other drinks, check the ingredient labels. At least in the USA, caffeine must be listed on the label if it has been added.

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Linda

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Originally posted by Linda Sutton:
Barq's root beer has caffeine but the diet version doesn't.

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I never knew that. Just out of curiousity, I must check the label to see if it is the same here in Canada.

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In His Love, Mercy & Grace

Daryl Fawcett :)

A few years ago, one of the librarians at our library told us about a young friend of hers who was dying from cirrhosis of the liver. She had never drunk alcoholic drinks. Her liver was destroyed by her habit of drinking several cases of Pepsi each day. By the time she learned the results of her habit, it was too late to save her.

It wasn't necessarily the caffeine in the Pepsi that poisoned her liver. There are other harmful substances in cola drinks. And all poisons taken into our systems are sent to the liver to be detoxified. Most of us simply do not realized how many toxic materials we take into our system every day, even from healthful foods. We should be careful not to overwhelm the natural protective mechanisms God has placed within us, by consuming foods that we know are mostly harmful.

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The Lord is the strength of my life and my portion forever.