It’s the country’s second-largest burger chain, and the first to dish up a vegetarian burger—with reduced-fat mayo, no less. But hold the applause. Even though the Veggie Burger is a winner, with only 429 calories, the thrust of Burger King’s menu is decidedly toward bigger, more, and higher. The Double Whopper with Cheese hovers around 1,000 calories, with a knock-down 27 grams of saturated fat. The Old Fashioned Vanilla Milkshake is almost a meal by itself, with 700 calories and 41 grams of fat (26 of them the artery-clogging saturated kind).
To be fair, Burger King’s fat-and-calorie bombs aren’t any worse than the competitions’. They just seem to have more of them. There isn’t a lot on the BK menu that fits comfortably into any reasonable diet, but you can cherry-pick and find a few things that are more or less reasonable. Load up your sandwiches with onions, tomatoes, and lettuce, and you’ll push your vegetable and fiber intake in a healthier direction without adding substantially to the calories. Here are six good choices from BK.
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