Maintain your calorie intake by keeping an eye on the top 12 fast food

Updated on August 18, 2022 09:10 AM by Ava Sara

There was a time when people went in for healthy meals that gave energy and maintained physical health. As the world is moving fast came, up with fast or junk foods, where now people are marching towards tasty, delicious food that gives a stomach a comfortable appetite by having no guilt about their health.

These fast foods have lost their nutrients, vitamins, and minerals but are loaded with fats, sugar, salt, and other harmful ingredients and taste addictive, which makes your body and mind crave more. And these food add nothing but enriches the calories in your body by making you obese and leading you into an unhealthy lifestyle.

These fast foods work like magic; qualities like crispy, juicy, and melt in your mind make us want more, making fast food more irresistible. And here are the top 12 fastf ood items you need to keep an eye on when you are body conscious and keep calories in the count.

Flatbread with some toppings: Pizza

Have you ever thought a flatbread with some toppings could be the most loved food of all? And that’s how Pizza captured the entire fast food market. Flat yeasted bread with tomato sauce coated over it, drizzled with different grated or cubed cheeses, sprinkled with veggies or preferred toppings as per menu, and baked in a wood stove oven tastes the best.

The original Pizza tastes best when made in Italy, and the original Pizza modifies all other Pizzas. Master chefs worldwide have ripped off a true artistic pizza, and that is how the pineapple Pizza got unleashed.

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The calorie count is the biggest regret of anyone to eat Pizza. Based on the type and size of Pizza made, calories range from 200 to 300 calories per slice. People who work out stay off this fast food or have plans to lose weight; better go blind when it comes to Pizza. A homemade pizza never tastes the best, and people prefer oven-baked Pizza made in fast food centers, preferably a wooden stove-baked Pizza.

The stuff between two buns: Hamburger

Next to Pizza, it is Burger that tops the fast food list, which is why we have massive Burger joints in the entire state of America. Two buns topped with some sesame seeds, coated with layers and layers of sauces like mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, and much more to the list with grounded patties and some cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onion rings, and how about some pickled onions and crunchy pickled cucumbers and the stuff is something builds up like a two-story building.

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One bite, the heaven in your mouth, juicy, tasty that melts in your mouth and drips inside your food pipe and fills your tummy. One single burp is more than enough when it comes to quality. To date, many think there is a difference between a burger and a hamburger, but it has no difference as a hamburger has been chopped into a burger for easy saying. A hamburger with a single patty gives a calorie count of 295 calories.

Friend of burgers: French Fries

Who can say no to a bunch of French fries? Long potato fingers are fried in deep oil, crispy on the outside, and soft on the inside; go well with some sprinkled salt and enough sauce.

Previously many fast food joints were deep frying the fries in animal fat called lard that imparted an amazing taste and can even retain the crispiness for long hours. Eventually, the chains transformed the lard into vegetable oil for health reasons, and the same fries are no longer tasty as once they were.

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The traditional way of serving a burger always comes with a combo of burgers and French fries. This combination kindled an idea in Burger Kings that they came up with a new item called “Chip Butty,” where a burger is served with no patties but French fries and ketchup or some mayonnaise. With one look at this new Burger, people got terrified. And it is said that with 100 grams of French Fries consumed, 312 calories add to our body which is quite less compared with Pizza and Burger.

Delicious frozen food: Ice Creams

The sweetened creamy delight that puts all your cravings at bay melts in your tongue that puts a smile on your face. When frozen, a combination of sugar and fat comes out as a mouthwatering fast food dessert.

Thomas Jefferson founded the ice cream recipe and helped to popularize ice cream in the country when he served as the 3rd President of the United States from 1801 to 1809.

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Later Nancy Johnson invented today's modern ice cream maker, or "artificial freezer." After three years, Jacob Fussell came up with an ice cream manufacturing unit in the U.S that used the most advanced technological innovations for freezing and refrigeration.

It is tough to see anyone who can dare to say, "I hate ice creams." With ice creams, one can make endless milkshakes, cream cakes, toppings in waffles, pancakes, and many more. And in 100 grams of Vanilla ice cream, one can gain 207 calories.

Sweet rings are called Donuts

These sweet rings are made with flour, butter, and sugar, deep fried in oil until golden brown, and coated with powdered sugar, caramel, chocolate, or other glazings. Sometimes donuts are made without holes and are filled with different tasty creams. One medium size donut provides 190–300 calories to your body.

Ten billion donuts are fried every year in the United States alone. And well, before Donuts was introduced on American soil, they were called olykoeks. This is a Dutch name that means "Oily Cake," and that's how Donuts were without a hole in the center and were deep-fried in pork fat. Later the donut holes were introduced so that the real sweet treat was cooked evenly to perfection.

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There are two great days to celebrate these sweet treats

National Donut Day- first Friday of every June.
National Doughnut Appreciation Day- November 5

This National Donut Day celebration started in 1938 to recognize the "Doughnut Lassies" who gave free donuts to the American troops during World War-I. And the National Doughnut Appreciation Day is to honor the fried fast food sweet treats.

Solid baked bread : Cakes

Any anniversary celebration purely means a cake, and especially the cream on it is used to smash on the face of the person who enjoys the big day rather than licking it from the cake piece or slice, which is now set as a trend. This delicious fast food delight is made with a combination of several ingredients eggs, sugar, flour, oil, milk, and butter is the basic one.

Not many know That National cake day is celebrated on November 26. And in those days, not many people enjoyed eating cakes as many believed that having a fruit cake under a pillow would earn any lady a handsome husband.

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Based on the size, type, cream, and other ingredients added to a cake calorie count vary, and in 100 grams of sponge cake, one can get 297 calories.

Crunchy thighs: Fried chickens

Fried Chicken, also known by the name Southern Fried Chicken, is a very popular fast food dish in the United States. Here the chicken pieces are marinated, then coated with seasoned flour dust or, at times, batter, then coated with washes and dusted in crumbs, and then deep fried in oil. This process leaves a crispy coating on the outside chicken and juicy, soft flesh on the inside.

Generally, fried chicken is described as crunchy, juicy, and crispy and then was later introduced to spicy and extra spicy with salty that comes with different types of sauces. And based on the customer’s preference, paprika or hot sauce is added to the fried chicken for some extra spicy flavor.

One can relish it with sauces, mashed potatoes, gravy, cheese, and corn. Southern fried chicken got its name as enslaved black people brought it, and after the abolition of slavery, its popularity on the fried chicken grew as a Southern dish fast food.

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One hundred grams of chicken fried legs account for 254 calories. And for sure, one leg cannot serve our appetite, so they even introduced bucket fried chicken.

Cocoa seeds and sugar confectionery: Chocolates and candies

Anything unhealthy is now categorized as fast food; sweet dishes like chocolates also come into this fast food category. One small piece of chocolate is of no ill health, but a bar of chocolate is fast food as the high amount of sugar is not a healthy plan for our body.

Though many reports claim the benefits of eating chocolates, as end users, we are unaware of the quality of products used like emulsifiers, preservatives, quality of cocoa used, and fat content.

All processed food suffers deficiency in nutrients, so how can chocolate alone benefit your body? And dark chocolate is considered good for health due to its reduced sweetness and high amount of cocoa used in it compared with other milk and white chocolates.

Candies are sugar confectionery that gives you energy and makes you feel good, but not in the long run, as its main ingredient is pure sugar. But still, just like all other fast foods, chocolates and candies are on the list, as 100 grams of milk chocolate gives 535 calories, 100 grams of dark chocolate gives 546 calories, and 100 grams of white chocolates give 539 calories.

Aerated drinks

Fizzy drinks, soft drinks, or anything come under fast food items. With Burgers, Pizzas, and fried chicken introduced by these fast food giants, they never came up with the concept of serving water on the table; instead served these soft drinks like coke, and Pepsi, which is nothing but aerated, colored, sugary soft drink. These fast food retailers introduced a bite-and-a-snip culture.

These drinks have been most widely preferred as an alternative to thirst when eating outside rather than preferring to drink water. As if coke is bad, they came up with diet coke with added artificial sweetener; though initially it was said to lose weight, only recently its side effect was studied that it increases the glucose level and causes the excess to convert into fat. And that’s why these soft drinks are now a part of fast food.

Soft drinks and certain health drinks also fall under this fast food list. One hundred grams of cola contributes to 38 calories, though people will happily drink but still think about the post-effect of what sugar does to your body.

Nitrogen-packed food: crisp chips

Chips filled with high sodium content and artificial flavoring make it to call chips fast food. Though they are delicious, light, and mild, the fat content is higher due to the deep frying process. Fish and chips are a popular combo next to burgers and French fries, and people often tend to enjoy them with no guilt and pure pleasure.

The history behind the invention of chips was that an entrepreneur named Laura Scudder started to sell chips in wax paper bags; later, the same chips were sold with sealing the bags to reduce crumbling, and now they are sealed in nitrogen packets to avoid turning it from rancid.

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However, nothing matches fresh chips when deep fried and reaches your table with sprinkled salt and mild spiciness. One hundred grams of potato chips give you 536 calories which are unimaginable.

Baked dough pieces: Cookies and biscuits

On average, Americans consume over 2 billion cookies annually, which accounts for 300 cookies per person. Among all the cookies, chocolate cookies are everyone’s favorite; then comes the peanut butter cookie and oatmeal cookie in the preferred cookies list. And these cookies come in different shapes and sizes, and now even readymade cookie dough is available in the market with which cookies can be made at home with ease, and many love to relish upon some balls of raw cookie dough as they are tasty. And parents usually serve cookies with a glass of milk, even for breakfast.

To enjoy these tasty baked pieces, Americans celebrate National Cookie Day on December 4th, along with the Christmas celebration.

Processed meat

The most preferred meat is processed meat, where Americans love to buy sausages, smoked meats, and fermented meat, and the list is heavy. These meats are processed for two reasons one is to improve taste, and the second is to improve the shelf life of the meat. This makes daily cooking easy and makes the restaurant meat tastes delicious and juicy. Sausages for your hot dogs, pepperoni for pepperoni pizza, easy juicy patties for burgers, and much more to add and this list.

The calories for this processed meat vary from the processing procedure and the method; for example, a slice of 21 grams of baked ham has 72 calories, whereas a slice of Boiled Ham has a calorie of 26.

Going vegan may be a better option for retaining health and safety, just a personal thought.