How to Eat Healthy at Wendy's

It's not easy to eat healthy in a fast food restaurant, but Wendy's does give you the means. There is a site with nutritional information for all the foods the restaurant offers. And these steps will guide you to the more nutrional meals on the company's menu.

Instructions

1. Order a salad. A Mandarin Chicken Salad has the least amount of calories, 170, and 2.5 grams of fat. You can add a Fat Free French salad dressing for 70 calories more. The Southwest Taco Salad has 430 calories and 22 grams of fat, even if you add the Fat Free French salad dressing you still have too many calories, unless you are eating dinner and have this many calories still available.

2. Choose a sandwich. A Ham And Cheese Sandwich from the Kids menu is the ideal item with 240 calories and 6 grams of fat. Older customers can order a Junior Hamburger which has 280 calories and 9 grams of fat. A Triple with Everything has 980 calories and 59 grams of fat.

3. Add a side. A side salad only has 35 calories and no grams of fat, a Caesar side salad or a mandarin orange cup has 80 calories and 4.5 and 0 grams of fat, respectively. A large French Fries has 520 calories and 24 grams of fat.

4. A Kids meal Chicken Nuggets has 190 calories and 12 grams of fat, while a 10-piece Chicken Nugget meal contains 460 calories and 30 grams of fat. Adding Barbecue Nugget Sauce adds 45 calories and no grams of fat, but the Heartland Ranch Dipping Sauce adds 160 calories and 17 grams of fat.

5. Select a drink. A Diet Coke, Small Cup or Dasani Water has no calories and no fat. A Chocolate Frosty Medium has 430 calories and 11 grams of fat.

Tips & Warnings

• A gram of fat equals 9 calories, so a meal that contains 400 calories and 40 grams of fat is 90% fat.

Resources

• Calculate calories and fat grams.
• View Wendy's menu.