The Hollando Diet

Brad Edmonds posts about the very real possibility of eating at a fast-food joint thrice daily and still staying fit. (Or, depending on how closely one has been following the patented Hollando Diet method of chummy goading, not becoming any worse.) He writes:

First, if you want to be healthy, stay away from white flour (all grains) and processed sweeteners. These are the two classes of items that load up many useless carbohydrate calories in a hurry; your body turns these to fat if you’re not racing in the Tour de France.

That being said, visit the website of any large-scale fast-food chain. McDonald’s makes no secret of their nutrition information – the nutrition link is on the home page, and nutritional information for all their food products is on a single page. Note that McDonald’s offers salads. Note also that you can order a $1.00 double cheeseburger, and make it healthier by simply not eating the bun. Stay away from the fries, as delicious as they are – they’re the nutritional equivalent of white flour.

If you’re going to eat three meals a day there, get your carbohydrates from perhaps one single bun a day, and load up on the meat, cheese, eggs, and salads (they even offer a fruit salad with walnuts, and the creamy dressing is in a separate container so you don’t have to use it). So not only does McDonald’s offer some fresh, raw fruits and vegetables, but you can get filled three times a day without overloading on calories, period. Certainly you can do it without overloading on simple carbs. (Via LewRockwell.com.)

As a public service to the readers of The Hollando Diet (both of you), presented below are self-provided fast food nutrition facts to encourage edified eating, courtesy of the free market:
McDonald’s
Burger King
Taco Bell
Subway
Denny’s (my first and only time in a Denny’s having been breakfast with Holland at 2 o’clock in the morning in Waco)

Readers, post your favorites!

Finally, I must note that I strongly disagree with Edmonds that one can ever eat “well” at one of these places. How, I ask, is this possible without linen tablecloths and a man who effeciently scrapes bread crumbs therefrom?