Fast food is synonymous with "unhealthy food," but diet columnist Charles Stuart Platkin says it doesn't always have to be that way. Breakfast, he says, is so important for a healthy lifestyle that it's o.k. to eat on the run - as long as you carefully pick the best option. He points to our most healthy choices on the menus at some leading chains, including McDonald's (Egg McMuffin, Fruit & Walnut Salad) and Starbucks (Fruit and Cheese Plate; lowfat muffin and coffee with skim milk and Splenda).
Fast-food breakfast, the healthy way
by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Aug 18th 2005 @ 1:43PM
Fast food is synonymous with "unhealthy food," but diet columnist Charles Stuart Platkin says it doesn't always have to be that way. Breakfast, he says, is so important for a healthy lifestyle that it's o.k. to eat on the run - as long as you carefully pick the best option. He points to our most healthy choices on the menus at some leading chains, including McDonald's (Egg McMuffin, Fruit & Walnut Salad) and Starbucks (Fruit and Cheese Plate; lowfat muffin and coffee with skim milk and Splenda).
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