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Sunday, July 27, 2008

By Joe Wilkes

A while back, we tested your fast food saturated fat IQ, but do you know which of these favorites have the most saturated fat (the bad artery-clogging kind)? Rank them from lowest to highest sat fat content.

One half of a rotisserie chicken. The chicken is the lowest with 9 grams of saturated fat (most of which could be avoided if you remove the skin). It has 31 grams of total fat (almost half the recommended daily allowance [RDA]), 68 grams of protein, 0 grams of carbohydrates, and 557 calories. It's a great high-protein, low-carb option; and if you can resist the skin, it can also be a low-fat option.

4 strips of bacon and 3 eggs, fried. This favorite breakfast combo has the second lowest saturated fat content, with 10 grams of saturated fat. It has over 33 grams of fat total (about half the RDA), with 30 grams of protein, less than 2 grams of carbs, and 436 calories.

Grilled cheese sandwich (2 slices of white bread, 2 slices of American cheese, grilled in 2 tablespoons butter). This has 18 grams of saturated fat (14 of which come from the butter) and 28 grams of total fat. This is actually the dish with the lowest fat content overall. If you toast the sandwich in your broiler, you could lose most of the fat content. The sandwich also has 30 grams of carbs, 12 grams of protein, and 432 calories—the lowest calorie count on the list, but almost as much as the bacon and eggs.

One cup of vanilla Häagen-Dazs ice cream. This dessert packs a whopping 22 grams of saturated fat, more than twice the bacon and eggs and almost as much as the porterhouse steak. It has 36 grams of fat overall, 42 grams of carbs (mostly sugar), and 10 grams of protein to show for its 540 calories (almost as much as the half-chicken).

One 12-ounce porterhouse steak (fat trimmed). This has 24 grams of saturated fat, about a day and a half of what the government would recommend. The steak contains your entire day's allowance of total fat, 68 grams. At 964 calories, it runs away with the calorie-count prize, too. It does boast 80 grams of protein and zero carbohydrates, which would make it an Atkins hall-of-famer.

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