Green | July 11, 2008 | 20 comments

100 most unhealthy foods in the American diet

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Looking for some healthier foods to eat than your usual fare? It may be wise to first figure out what not to eat. Unfortunately, many of the best-tasting foods in America are terrible for us. Whether they are high in calories, fat, sugar, sodium or some other nasty additive, America’s 100 most unhealthy foods.

Some of the foods on this list are obviously unhealthy, though you may be surprised by a few. (It is the stealthy ones that can really get us at times.) Also included - beverages, as well as the worst dishes from popular American chain restaurants, to round out the list.

Common Household Foods
1. Baked Beans
2. Campbell’s Condensed Soups
3. Chicken Pot Pie
4. Hot Dogs
5. Luncheon Meats
6. Ramen Noodles
7. Saltines
8. White Bread
9. White Pasta
10. White Potatoes

Drinks

11. Baskin Robbin’s Large Heath Bar Shake
12. Cocktails
13. Coffee
14. Diet Soda
15. Eggnog
16. "Fruit Juice"
17. "Fruit" Smoothie
18. Irish Coffee
19. Liquor
20. Red Bull
21. Soda
22. Starbucks’ Java Chip Frappuccino
23. Whole Milk

Snacks

24. Chocolate
25. Coffee Cake
26. Cookies
27. Corn Chips
28. Doughnuts
29. French Fries
30. Ice Cream
31. Lunchables
32. Potato Chips

“Health Foods”

33. Bagel and Cream Cheese
34. Bran Muffin\
35. Dried Fruit
36. Fruit Cocktail (canned / syrup)
37. Granola Bars
38. Low-Fat Salad Dressing
39. Margarine
40. Microwave Diet Meals
41. Olive Oil
42. Pasta Salad
43. Pretzels
44. Protein Bars
45. Tuna Fish Sandwich
46. Turkey Burger
47. Yogurt Cups

Condiments

48. Butter
49. Honey Mustard
50. Jellies/Jams/Preserves
51. Ketchup
52. Mayonnaise
53. Sugar
54. Salt
55. Soy Sauce
56. Tartar Sauce

Allergens

57. Dairy Products.
58. Eggs
59. Fish
60. Gluten
61. MSG
62. Peanuts
63. Shellfish
64. Soy
65. Wheat

Applebee’s

66. Grilled Steak Caesar Salad
67. Riblets With Beans, Coleslaw and Fries\
68. Southwest Philly Roll-Up With Salsa\

Burger King

69. Double Whopper
70. Double Whopper With Cheese
71. King Size French Fries

Chili’s Grill & Bar

72. Awesome Blossom
73. Boneless Buffalo Chicken Salad
74. Chicken Crispers
75. Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie

Kentucky Fried Chicken

76. Chicken and Biscuit Bowl
77. KFC Original Recipe Chicken
78. Popcorn Chicken
79. Poutine

McDonald’s

80. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips
81. Chicken McNuggets.
82. Crispy Chicken Club Meal
83. Deluxe Breakfast With Syrup and Margarine
84. Premium Grilled Chicken Meal

On the Border

85. Beef and Chicken Quesadillas
86. Border Sampler
87. Corona Extra Dinner
88. Dos XX Fish Tacos
89. Grande Taco Salad With Taco Beef
90. Stacked Border Nachos

Outback Steakhouse

91. Aussie Cheese Fries
92. Bloomin’ Onion
93. Chocolate Thunder From Down Under
94. Melbourne Porterhouse

Quiznos

95. Classic Italian Sub
96. Tuna Melt

Romano’s Macaroni Grill

97. Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
98. Chicken Portobello
99. Double Macaroni ‘n’ Cheese
100. Spaghetti & Meatballs (With Meat Sauce)
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20 comments // 100 most unhealthy foods in the American diet

  • acai
  • bigloutech
  • tyronem
  • LindseyIndigo
  • tasidude
  • ifthatsalright
    • 0
      ifthatsalright  

    • This list is idiotic. It could maybe work for a list of things that are possible not the best things to eat, but the most unhealthy? I think not.
      Also, olive oil and wheat? Come on now.

      Remember when people thought the Atkins diet was actually "healthy" for us?
      Exactly.

    • 3 years ago
  • mjones04
  • AVtime
  • Jake87
    • 0
      Jake87  

    • "Dried Fruit - Fresh fruit is far healthier than dried fruit, as it takes more dried fruit (and calories) to feel full."

      Using that moronic logic, I could argue celery is unhealthy because it takes more celery to feel full compared to this or that"

      And saying a fruit is "healthier" implies it is healthy and not sick.

    • 3 years ago
  • sapere_aude
    • 0
      sapere_aude  

    • This list is useless garbage. Everyone knows fast food and chain restaurants are no good and classifying possible allergens as unhealthy is just ridiculous.

    • 3 years ago
  • Vierotchka
  • Jake87
  • ILiveonaClock
    • 0
      ILiveonaClock  

    • I'm with AVtime. Baked beans? Beans are extremely healthy and beneficial, they're great protein. But when slathered with salty fatty sauces they're no good.

      Just get a different perspective. You KNOW what's good for you. It's instinct. Go with raw foods. You can't go wrong. (unless you're eating meat, obviously.)

    • 3 years ago
  • AVtime
    • 0
      AVtime  

    • 'Unhealthy' is an incredibly silly, unscientific term. Follow the jump to see just how vaguely the 'researchers' apply this label to different foods. They don't give any evidence, nor describe what constitutes a food as unhealthy.

      Take kecthup, for example. You just can't sell me on the idea that vinegar, tomato paste, and sugar, is really that bad. Especially when they provide no research or assertions for why.

      These 'scientists' are probably the same ones who said it's 'unhealthy' for mothers to feed their children breast milk in the 50's. What's 'unhealthy' is just a neurotic trend.

    • 3 years ago
  • IAMROBOT
    • 0
      IAMROBOT  

    • But... that's all the good stuff...
      Although I thought the chicken at McD's was better for you than the BigMac, I learned something today!

    • 3 years ago
  • Viola04
  • millerke
    • 0
      millerke  

    • Just out of curiosity, what are we supposed to eat? Most health jounals actually list several of these "bad" foods as good foods to eat in small amounts because of their health benifits, such as coffee, chocolate, olive oil and eggs. I think they need to reevaluate the criteria they're using to catagorize these foods and maybe look at portion size.

    • 3 years ago
  • Nuevarine
  • xplayhousex
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