13 Healthy Fast-Food Breakfasts, According to a Dietitian
It’s not always possible to wake up early and cook yourself a nutrient-dense, leisurely meal every morning. With your foot-long to-do list (and maybe even kids running around your knees), mornings can quickly become overwhelming. So, what’s the next best option? Although you may be initially disinclined to hit the drive-thru for your breakfast fix, many different chains across the country are expanding their menus to provide healthy fast-food breakfast options. And with an estimated 195,000 franchised fast-food establishments in the US, you’re bound to run into one the moment you turn onto the highway.
To help you understand what, exactly, is “healthy” in comparison to the myriad of options lining the drive-thru menu, we’ve rounded up the most nutritional options from 13 different fast-food chains that run the gamut of both geography and taste. Specifically, we’ve looked for healthy breakfast options that are both high in protein—data shows that eating protein at breakfast helps control hunger throughout the day—and low in added sugars so that you won’t feel any unwanted crash once your meal is fully digested. We tried to keep the sodium content down, too, although since fast food items are notoriously high in salt, that factor was sometimes hard to accomplish.
Important things to remember when choosing your fast-food breakfast are both portion control and the beverage you choose to accompany your meal. Ordering smaller portions and eating slowly are both contributors to healthy weight maintenance, and sugar-packed drinks should be reserved for an occasional treat vs. an everyday option.
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