If you’re like me and millions of other Americans, making healthy fast food choices is especially desirable if your life feels busier than Grand Central Station… or a Los Angeles freeway or coffee shop on Monday morning – choose your colorful analogy. After all, when you’re constantly on the run and eating out, the choices available at fast food restaurants often seem limited to sodium-laden, carb-pumped offerings that have marginal taste and are of dismal nutritional value.
While it is true that eating these types of foods all the time usually does more harm than good, the nation’s fast food chains are looking toward healthy options as people are increasingly calling for healthier foods at their restaurants. In response, these fast food chains are offering a slew of healthy entrees, side items, and desserts in an effort to satisfy diners’ demands.
As someone who spent four years shaving 90 pounds off his frame and is now trying to avoid diabetes and heart disease (family health issues that I need to watch out for), I am learning that even amid my limited hours each day and seemingly endless schedule demands, I can still eat healthfully when I’m out of the house, so long as I make wise choices about what I eat.
Read more: 5 Healthy Fast Food Choices for People on the Go