| It depends. | | | | Sunflower Seeds |
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| Are you having a salad or a tossed meal? | | | | Regular ranch dressing,lots of it |
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| Does the salad dressing you're using have a | | | | On the side of the salad but on the same |
| lot of calories in it, and are you using so | | | | plate she piled servings of potato salad, |
| much of it on your salad that you have the | | | | pasta salad, and cottage cheese. |
| caloric equivalent of a McDonald's burger on | | | | |
| your salad in dressing alone? | | | | I think I remembered all the ingredients. I |
| | | | may have forgotten one two, but I'm pretty |
| Many people think that if they are having a | | | | close to having them all. I remembered her |
| salad for lunch or dinner, or even breakfast, | | | | salad because she talked about her diet a lot |
| that they are having a healthy meal. And | | | | during lunch and was so proud of herself for |
| yes, a salad can be a very healthy food | | | | not ordering the hamburger she really wanted |
| choice. It can also be just as bad of a food | | | | and instead having the salad. When I pointed |
| choice as a fast food burger and fries | | | | out that the hamburger would have been less |
| depending on what is put on that salad. | | | | calories, she laughed at me. I think she |
| | | | thought I was joking but I wasn't. |
| Here's an example of a salad a friend of mine | | | | |
| who was dieting recently made for herself | | | | My friend did not have a salad. By the time |
| when we were having lunch at a restaurant | | | | she finished making her salad it was hard to |
| with a salad bar. I watched her make a huge | | | | see the lettuce. She had a tossed meal. And |
| salad and this is what it contained: | | | | she had several high fat items in that salad |
| | | | like the processed deli meats, the cheddar |
| Iceberg lettuce | | | | cheese, and the bacon bits. |
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| Shredded carrots | | | | On the other hand, a salad can be a very |
| | | | healthful choice. Some good choices are: |
| Tomatoes | | | | |
| | | | Dark leafy greens although iceberg is okay |
| Cucumbers | | | | too |
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| Hard boiled egg | | | | Raw vegetables like tomatoes, broccoli, |
| | | | mushrooms, carrots, cauliflower, cucumber, |
| Diced ham | | | | green pepper (or any other color pepper), |
| | | | celery, radishes, and onions |
| Diced turkey | | | | |
| | | | A low fat or vinaigrette dressing (raspberry |
| Diced salami | | | | vinaigrette has big flavor without having a |
| | | | lot of calories) |
| Bacon bits | | | | |
| | | | A salad can be whatever you want it to be. |
| Shredded cheddar cheese | | | | But a salad piled high with high calorie and |
| | | | high fat foods in a not the perfect diet |
| Shredded Parmesan cheese | | | | food. In fact, what it might be is the |
| | | | perfect diet wrecking food because it fools |
| Croutons | | | | people into thinking they are eating a low |
| | | | calorie meal when they aren't. |