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<br>Hungry Girl Today: 08.01.07 
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<br>HG,
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<br>My husband turned me on to the Snack Wraps at McDonald's -- they seem 
<br>quasi-nutritious and satisfying to have when I bring my 2 small children to 
<br>McD's to play. My guess is that the sauce is the worst part of these wraps, so 
<br>I order them without it. They taste really good, but how do they stack up 
<br>calorie/nutrition-wise? What else can I snack on there? 
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<br>Snack Wrap Lover
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<br>Dear Snack Wrap Lover, 
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<br>I get lots of mail about those Snack Wraps. Apparently people LOVE 'em. For 
<br>starters, make sure you order yours with the grilled chicken, not the crispy 
<br>chicken. Ordered as is, each grilled chicken Snack Wrap has 260 - 270 
<br>calories and 8 - 10g fat (the crispy chicken ones each have 320 - 330 
<br>calories and 14 - 16g fat). Ordering them without the sauce, like you do, isn't 
<br>a bad idea, but you'll only save 15 - 25 calories, which isn't a tremendous 
<br>amount. If you skip the cheese, you'll save an additional 40 calories and 3g 
<br>fat. Keep in mind, 260 - 270 calories isn't a huge amount, but the wraps are 
<br>pretty tiny, so you don't really get a lot of bang for your calorie buck. Believe 
<br>it or not, most of the calories in that snack wrap come from the tiny tortilla. 
<br>Each one has 140 (plus 4g fat)! Eeeks! Personally, I'd much rather have one 
<br>of McD's salads. You can have a delicious Caesar, Southwest, or Asian one 
<br>with grilled chicken for 220 - 320 calories. And those come with twice as 
<br>much chicken as the snack wraps, so your calories are coming from protein 
<br>rather than from a carby tortilla. Add a little low-fat dressing (the Newman's 
<br>Own Low Fat Italian or Low Fat Balsamic Vinaigrette are your best bets), and 
<br>you won't be tacking too many more calories onto your meal. Other standout 
<br>snacks at the Golden Arches? Their ice cream cones (150 calories, 3.5g fat), 
<br>Apple Dippers (105 calories, <1g fat -- WITH the caramel dip!), Fruit 'n 
<br>Yogurt Parfait (160 calories w/ granola, 130 calories without -- each has 2g 
<br>fat), and their Snack Size Fruit & Walnut Salad (210 calories, 8g fat). To see 
<br>all of McD's nutritional info, click here. 
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<br>Links:
<br>http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/eat/features/snackwrap.html
<br>http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/eat/nutrition_info.html
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<br>Hungry Girl, 
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<br>Do zero-calorie foods really have no calories? 
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<br>Calorie-Counting in Calabasas
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<br>Dear Calorie-Counting, 
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<br>Some calorie-free foods do have calories.  I would even go as far as to say 
<br>MOST calorie-free foods have SOME calories -- even Splenda has 4 calories 
<br>per packet (sorry to be the one to break it to you). Other sugar substitutes 
<br>(like aspartame and saccharin) have calories as well. So diet sodas (and 
<br>other so-called "calorie-free" items sweetened with these) do have SOME 
<br>calories too (not many, but some). The rule is this -- if something has fewer 
<br>than 5 calories per serving, the FDA says it's ok to state that the product has 
<br>0 calories. That's why sometimes you see weird serving sizes on products -- 
<br>because food companies want to keep the calorie counts for their products at 
<br>zero. Things like no-calorie cooking spray and no-calorie butter spray have 
<br>some calories, and they add up if you use a lot of them. Companies are also 
<br>allowed to "round down" calorie counts. So if something supposedly has 5 
<br>calories a serving (like Fat Free Reddi-wip), it could, in theory, really contain 
<br>as much as 7.5 calories per serving. Now that may not seem like a big 
<br>difference, but if you down an entire 40-serving can of Fat Free Reddi-wip 
<br>(trust me, it's not impossible!), there is a chance you are taking in 300 
<br>calories, as opposed to 200. I'm not telling you this to scare you. I just want 
<br>you to be aware of it so you can make your decisions based on those facts. 
<br>Have fun!
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<br>CHEW ON THIS:
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<br>contain vitamins A & C. So peach it up!
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