With our busy lives, we all love the convenience of fast food or our chain restaurants. However, it might shock you to realize the calories, fats and sodium in some of our favorite choices. American people are being duped. We need to become more aware of what we are putting into our mouths.

I found a great site that is nonprofit that will help many of us to learn how to eat in a more healthy manner: http://www.helpguide.org/life/fast_food_nutrition.htm

I have no affiliation with this site in any manner. The chart below is only a small sampling of some of the foods that we tend to select and only meant to open our eyes. Happy eating!

(I put this in a nice table; however, hubpages did not convert as a table - anyone have any suggestions on how to do this???)

Restaurant

Calories

Calories g fat

g fat

sodium

Burger King

Whopper Jr. (without mayo)

370 calories

25 g fat (9 g saturated)

570 mg sodium

Chili's

Smokehouse Bacon Triple Cheese Big Mouth Burger with Jalapeno Ranch Dressing

1,870 calories

137 g fat (47 g saturated)

Guiltless Black Bean Burger

609 calories

11 g fat (1.5 g saturated)

1,791 mg sodium

Southern Smokehouse Bacon Big Mouth Burger

1,610 calories

107 g fat (36 g saturated)

4,150 mg sodium

Oldtimer

780 calories

42 g fat (12 g saturated)

1,260 mg sodium

Dairy Queen

1/2 lb. FlameThrower GrillBurger

1,140 calories

82 g fat (27 g saturated, 1.5 g trans)

1,940 mg sodium

Cheeseburger

400 calories

18 g fat (9 g saturated, 0.5 g trans)

920 mg sodium

Denny's

Double Cheeseburger

1,540 calories

116 g fat (52 g saturated, 7 g trans)

3,880 mg sodium

Meat Lovers Scramble

1,130 calories

66 g fat (29 g saturated, 0.5 g trans)

3,180 mg sodium

Veggie Cheese Omelette

500 calories

37 g fat (12 g saturated)

940 mg sodium

DQ

Original Burger

350 calories

14 g fat (7 g saturated)

680 mg sodium

Hardee's

Two-Third Pound Monster Thickburger

1,420 calories

108 g fat (43 g saturated)

2,770 mg sodium

Boca Burger

500 calories

15 g fat (4 g saturated)

1,320 mg sodium

McDonald's

Quarter Pounder

410 calories

19 g fat (7 g saturated)

730 mg sodium

In-N-Out Protein-Style Cheeseburger

330 calories

25 g fat (9 g saturated)

730 mg sodium

Red Robin

A.1. Peppercorn Burger

1,440 calories

97 g fat

5,784 mg sodium

Garden Burger

517 calories

18 g fat

1,748 mg sodium

1/3-lb Low-Carb Thickburger

420 calories

32 g fat (12 g saturated)

1,010 mg sodium

Romano’s Macaroni

Grill Spaghetti and Meatballs with Meat Sauce Dinner

1,810 calories

118 g fat (54 g saturated)

4,900 mg sodium

Tomato Basil Soup with Cheese Tortellini

260 calories

5 g fat (1.5 g saturated)

1,040 mg sodium

Ruby Tuesday

Colossal Burger

2,014 calories

141 g fat

Top Sirloin Steak

336 calories

16 g fat

T.G.I. Friday's

Cheesy Bacon Cheeseburger

1,590 calories

Ahi Tuna Ciabatta Burger

800 calories

Wendy's

Quarter-Pound Single

430 calories

20 g fat (7 g saturated)

870 mg sodium

All

Chips and salsa

500 calories

25 g fat (4 g saturated)

230 mg sodium