Airport food can really weigh you down
The airport isn’t known for its healthy eating options, but sometimes you just have to get some food while you’re traveling.
Sometimes it’s obvious what to consume and what to avoid, but the people at IndependentTraveler.com have gone ahead and done list anyway. Some is okay and some is just less bad. Of course, you can always pack your own at home.
They recommend:
+Starbucks Perfect Oatmeal at 140 calories and 5 grams of protein, 105 milligrams of sodium and 2.5 grams of fat.
+McDonald's Premium Bacon Ranch Salad with Grilled Chicken, sans dressing, with 230 calories, 33 grams of protein and 35 percent of your daily value of vitamin C. The chicken strips add a lot of salt, though
+Au Bon Pain Garden Vegetable Soup with 80 calories plus 3 grams of protein and 3 grams of fiber. But it also has a lot of salt.
+Starbucks Multigrain Bagel sans cream cheese, which is fat free and has 300 calories, 15 grams of protein and 6 grams of fiber.
+Dunkin' Donuts Egg White Veggie Flatbread with 280 calories, 16 grams of protein and 3 grams of fiber. Though, there are 10 grams of fat and 690 milligrams of sodium in this sandwich.
They say stay away from:
+Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll with 730 calories and 24 grams of fat.
+Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pan Pizza with 390 calories, 21 grams of fat and 820 milligrams of sodium.
+Au Bon Pain Southwest Tuna Wrap with 800 calories, 1,190 milligrams of sodium and 46 grams of fat.
+McDonald's Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese with 740 calories, 1,380 milligrams of sodium and 42 grams of fat.
Au Bon Pain tuna wrap
