Chuck Africa, WE need this!

A couple of days ago, I was watching the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien where he mentioned KFC's new sandwich with deep fried chicken breasts instead of buns, so I decided to search it on the net to make sure such a sandwich exists. UNfortunately, it does!! It's still in the testing phase so is available only in Providence, RI and Omaha, NE....and thank god for that!!

So the "sandwich" is called Double Down and between those two deep-fried chicken breasts are 2 kinds of cheeses, bacon, and sauce. Calories? I wasn't able to find any accurate information on that, but I'll be damned if it doesn't have at least 600 cals!!

So what did I do next? I tried searching for other outrageous menu items on America's restaurant chains' menus, fast-food and otherwise....and the results were shocking!! I always knew that DQ's Blizzards contained pure FAT and that Starbucks couldn't be healthy with all that whipped cream (regardless of what Mary-Louise Parker has on Weeds). I knew it, I knew it, but deep down, I was wishing that it wouldn't be all that bad, for the sake of humanity. Well, it is....check out the following items:

• Domino's Pasta Bread Bowl, Pizza Primavera. Couldn't find nutritional info on Domino's website but got it off from another website. 1340 Calories...that's more than a day's worth of what I should be taking in (1200 given my lifestyle and need to lose weight)


• Ruby Tuesday's Boston Blue Burger. 1424 KCal....smooth! Again, couldn't find it on Ruby Tuesday's website.


• Hardee's Monster Thickburger. Two 1/3 lb. charbroiled 100% Black Angus beef patties, 4 strips of bacon, 3 slices of American cheese and mayonnaise on a sesame seed bun. 1420 Cals.....oh momma!


• Wendy's Baconator. This one has 830 cals but 51 gms of fat (76% DV based on 2000 calorie diet) and 23 gms of saturated fat....more than 100%....!!


• Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing. I believe this one is from the book, Eat This, Not That! Whopping 2900 calories....that's more than two days' worth of calories for me!!


• Old Spaghetti Factory Chicken Caesar Salad, dinner portion, 990 cal. For a salad???? Just keeps getting better, doesn't it?


• Baskin Robbins Large Chocolate Oreo Shake, 2600 cal

NOW I understand why this is the fattest nation. Unfortunately, the problem runs deeper than this and it seems like no one cares about the people who actually eat this trash. I cannot imagine how it must be for the ones who eat such things....limited income, no health insurance, lack of awareness and education, and chronic ailments...that's some life!

My homemade naked burrito with guacamole, pico de gallo, black beans and brown rice is waiting for me....but I guess I just lost the appetite!