Breakfast is the most important meal of day – it’s important for our blood sugar levels and to maintain focus throughout the day. A good breakfast includes fibre and lean protein, not excess fat, saturated fat, sodium or sugar. Most of the breakfast items we find at fast food joints are far from nutritious, which doesn’t set us up well for the day! Watch as Rose shows us which breakfast foods to choose and lose when you’re on the go.
1. Burger King
Enormous Omelette Sandwich
750 cal /43 g fat /1860 sodium
*Equivalent to 21 pats butter (0.2 oz) in calories*
VS
Egg & Cheese CROISSAN’WICH®
320 cal/ 16g fat/ 670 sodium
2. McDonalds
Big Breakfast
650 calories / 39 gm fat
*Equivalent to 17 pieces of bacon cooked in fat (1 package)*
VS
Bacon, Egg and Cheese McGriddle
430 / 19 gm fat
3. Starbucks
Blueberry Scone
460 calories / 22 gm fat
*Equivalent to 22 Honey Dip Timbits in fat*
VS
Spinach, Feta and Egg White Breakfast Wrap
290 calories / 10 g fat
4. Subway
Sausage and Cheese Omelet
620 calories / 37 g fat / 1260 mg sodium
*Equivalent to 1 cup light mayonnaise (16 tbsp) in calories*
VS
Ham, Egg White and Cheese Omelet
350 calories / 8 g fat / 1110 mg sodium
5. Tim Hortons
Date and Nut Muffin
420 calories / 17 gm fat
*Equivalent to 6 slices jelly roll cake in calories*
VS
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
210 cal / 8 gm fat