Welcome to the Eat This Not That podcast, brought to you by Bob's Redmill.

I'm John Hammond, and this is Megan Murphy.

Hi, everyone.

And in this episode, we're going to be highlighting some surprisingly healthy fast food meals.

They do exist.

And we're at a time of year now where you're probably going to find yourself in a mall of some sort, whether it's Black Friday or just the run-up to the holidays kind of thing.

Or maybe you're just kind of bouncing around a lot during its parties and, you know, things to get to.

Odds are you're going to find yourself really hungry at some point in time during the day and with not a lot of options nearby, but fast food options, which is totally fine these days, right? Yeah. I mean, we all do it. We all do it, especially this time of year. I mean, nobody has time to, not every day at least, make a nice home cooked meal, and sometimes fast food is the only option. What's good is that there are decent choices out there when you're on the go right and look and here's

another thing maybe you're not out on the go all day long maybe you're just tired of cooking yeah right

because you've got you got families and parties and friends coming over and you're like you know what

like i just i don't want a night off and let's just go get something and so so this is a good good

show for that too because you're going to get a sense of the healthy options that exist. And like, these are like popular places. These are places that I went to when I was growing up that I take my, my boys to, like even today. So it's not to say, like you don't want to make a steady diet of any of these things because you want to control your fruit source as much as possible. But in those situations, whether it's running around for a hectic day or just taking a night or a day off, there are really surprisingly good options out there. And these are like, these aren't like the best of the worst. Like these are good options. Yeah. And they've gotten so much better over the years. So it's nice to see that these places have evolved based on how America's eating. And like to underscore that today, a lot of fast food

joints even offer vegetarian options. And if you're gluten-free, like it's all out there. And if you're

curious about some of the scary ingredients, hiding in your favorite entree maybe, you can check out

the nutrition and ingredient information

right on the restaurant's website. Most of them put that up there and look for some of them, you know, it's not the easiest thing to find on the website, but it doesn't. It's hidden. It doesn't take, you know, you have to be Sherlock Holmes to really kind of sleuth it out. You know, a Google search will probably pull it up for the most part. just make sure it's the most up to date because, you know, with a lot of these places,

things will change seasonally. So please take that in a note as you listen to this episode, depending on when you're, when you're finding it and when you're coming to us, because some of these things might be seasonal. So just always, always check beforehand. And like we've said in previous episodes, if you're going to a restaurant or something, like scan the menu in advance and know what lies ahead.

So you make smart decisions and smart choices.

But look, you don't have to worry about it with these meals because the eat this and not that team has already done it for you.

Right.

They've dove into the data.

They've connected with nutritionists to make sure that these are actually the best choices available. So you don't have to worry about like scanning the numbers, like what we're about to talk about. Like this is, this is pre-approved. Just walk up and just get your order in. Exactly. So if you're up and Adam early, you're ready to tackle the day and beat those crowds at the mall.

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