What's Healthier-- Big Mac or Pizza Hut?

Which do you think is the healthier choice and why? Pizza has a reputation for being lethal while on a healthy diet.  But Big Mac’s… Well, it does have the word BIG in its name for a reason…

If you guessed that the slice of pizza from Pizza Hut is the healthier choice you are correct.  One slice of hand tossed style cheese pizza is only 220 calories, with only 72 calories from fat.  The Big Mac is a whopping 576 calories, with 292 calories from fat.  The total fat from a Big Mac is 32.5 gram, versus 8 grams of total fat from a slice of Pizza Hut.

Let’s imagine you walk into MacDonald’s with your family and like most people you order a Big Mac Value Meal.  Add 230 calories for a small fries (more than the slice of pizza!) for a total of 806 calories.   Now let’s imagine you walk into Pizza Hut with your family and order one pie.  You were only going to eat one slice, but everyone one has two slices so you join in.  You eat 440 calories, with 144 calories from fat.  You are still way under the damage of one Big Mac without the fries.

There are, or course, better choices to make if you find yourself in MacDonalds.  Check out their nutrition information here: http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/food_quality/nutrition_choices.html  and be informed the next time you must eat fast food.  Pizza Hut also posts all of their nutrition information which can be found here: http://www.pizzahut.com/nutrition.html


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