Food Menu Overview Essay

Total Length: 847 words ( 3 double-spaced pages)

Total Sources: 4

Page 1 of 3

Food Menu and Nutrition

Food Menu Overview

The objective of this study is to create two food menus as follows: (1) one healthy food menu; and (2) one unhealthy food menu, from a local fast food restaurant. Following the creation of these menus, this work will write a nutritional analysis of the meal created, discuss the reaction of the writer to this information and describe how this will affect the food choices of the writer in the future in terms of food choices from fast food restaurants.

The food choices that one makes when dining at fast food restaurants make a great difference in the amount of nutrition received from dining at fast food restaurants as well as the total calories that are consumed and the other factors that make foods either healthy or unhealthy for consumption. One might assume that dining at a fast food restaurant is in general unhealthy in nature however, this study conclusively shows that this is simply not always the truth.

McDonald's Fast Food Restaurant: Healthy Menu

Entree: Premium Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken

Beverage: (unsweetened)

Dessert: Wildberry Smoothie

Analysis of Meal Items

Premium Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken -- 190 calories, 50 calories from fat, 3 grams saturated fat, 70 mg cholesterol, 580 mg sodium, 10 grams carbohydrates, 4 grams dietary fiber, 15 grams sugars, 27 grams protein, daily intake of Vitamin A 160%, Vitamin C 35%, Calcium 20% and Iron 10%.

Iced Tea (no sugar) 10 mg sodium

Wildberry Smoothie -- 210 calories, 5 calories from Fat, Trans Fat 0.5 grams, 1 gram saturated fat, 5 gram cholesterol, 40 mg sodium, 49 mg carbohydrates, 2 gm dietary fiber, 49 gram sugars, 3 gram protein, 45% Vitamin A, 25% Vitamin C, 8% Calcium, and 2% Iron daily intakes.
Reaction to Analysis of Menu Items

This meal choice totals only 400 calories for the salad with chicken, the beverage, and the dessert. The writer of this work was quite surprised to learn that one can actually dine at McDonalds and maintain a relatively healthy food intake and to avoid consumption of high calories food as well as maintain a low intake of Trans Fat, Fat from Calories and Carbohydrates. Review of this meal choice enables the knowledge that one can dine at McDonald's and still maintain a healthy diet.

II. McDonald's Fast Food Restaurant: Unhealthy Menu

Entree: Angus Bacon and Cheese

Side Item: Large Fries

Beverage: Dr. Pepper

Desert: Strawberry McCafe Shake

Analysis of Meal Items

Angus Bacon and Cheese -- 709 calories, 350 calories from Fat, 18….....

Need Help Writing Your Essay?