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20 Worst?, or 20 Best?

Photo from healthassist.net. (The Spokesman-Review)
Chloe HURLEY
Shopping shopping shopping. That’s what many teens’ agendas look like in the season of Christmas, no school, and of course, did I mention those 2 beautiful weeks of VACATION! Planning on logging in many hours at the mall? Msn.com reports on a list of the 20 Worst Mall Foods , all condemned for their high-fat, high-sodium content. Read on to evaluate your food picks, the nutritional information is in the continued article. Worst “Healthy” Snack So you think you’re being healthy…but are you? Starbucks Cranberry Flax Muffin Worst Chinese Meal I love Chinese…with a passion… Panda Express Orange Chicken Worst Smoothie Anyone seen the ‘Jamba’ SNL? Love that… Jamba Juice Peanut Butter Moo’d - 24 oz So we’ve covered the ‘Bad Foods’, what are the ‘Good Foods’? What are YOUR favorite things to munch on in the mall? Starbucks 410 Calories 17 g Fat (1 g saturated) 57 g carbs 32 g sugars Sugar Equivalent: 3 Scoops of Breyers All Natural Butter Pecan Ice Cream…(a muffin vs. ice cream? sheesh…hard choice…) Panda Express 500 Calories 27 g Fat (5.5 g saturated, 1 g. trans) 42 g carbs 810 mg sodium Fat Equivalent: 9 strips Oscar Mayer Bacon. Jamba Juice 800 Calories 21 g Fat (6 g saturated) 131 g carbs 115 g sugars Sugar Equivalent: 12 scoops of Breyers All Natural Mint Chocolate Chip…(12 scoops! Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about..rightous…:D)

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