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What Not to Eat at Restaurants
Top 10 Terrible Side Dishes
From calorie-laden macaroni & cheese to fat-drenched fries, these meal accompaniments will wreak havoc on your diet
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America's Worst Sides
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#10: Worst Healthy Side
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#9: Worst Baked Potato
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#8: Worst Onion Rings
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#7: Worst Mozzarella Sticks
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#6: Worst Mashed Potatoes
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#5: Worst Loaded Fries
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#4: Worst Regional Side
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#3: Worst Pasta Side
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#2: Worst Mexican Side
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#1: Worst Side Dish in America
America's Worst Sides
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Side dishes exist to make entreés look more appealing. Picture a skinless baked chicken breast sitting alone on a plate. Boring, right? Now bring in its favorite wingman—a big scoop of barbecue baked beans, cornbread stuffing, or roasted red potatoes. Suddenly, that chicken dinner becomes a perfect meal.
But here’s the problem: Often, your wingman completely overdoes it. In nutritional terms, that’s precisely what’s happening at many of America’s favorite chain restaurants. As sides swell to more than 1,400 calories—yup, you read that right—they’ve begun to calorically upstage the entreés they're supposed to be supporting. That 350-calorie roast beef sandwich is a nutritional charmer until you tack on the 600-calorie side of fries—and that's before drinks and dessert join the party.
Your goal: Choose a side that complements your meal, not one that adds another meal's worth of calories to your waistline. To this end, here are the top 10 side dishes to avoid, from the pages of the new Eat This, Not That! No-Diet Diet!
But here’s the problem: Often, your wingman completely overdoes it. In nutritional terms, that’s precisely what’s happening at many of America’s favorite chain restaurants. As sides swell to more than 1,400 calories—yup, you read that right—they’ve begun to calorically upstage the entreés they're supposed to be supporting. That 350-calorie roast beef sandwich is a nutritional charmer until you tack on the 600-calorie side of fries—and that's before drinks and dessert join the party.
Your goal: Choose a side that complements your meal, not one that adds another meal's worth of calories to your waistline. To this end, here are the top 10 side dishes to avoid, from the pages of the new Eat This, Not That! No-Diet Diet!
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