Name of the blog | Healthy Airport Foods

After having reviewed your cheap travel options including cheap airplane tickets, cheap fares, cheap deals, discount hotel rooms, cheap auto rentals, discount travel deals, and cheap vacation packages, before you head to the airport you should make yourself aware of the healthiest foods available at the airport as well as foods you should never eat prior to boarding a plane. Eating well before your departure is important because it gives you energy, keeps you healthy, and prevents regrettable airport binge eating born of hunger. Eating healthy varies depending on your dietary habits but is food that is low in fat and cholesterol, has some fiber, and features some fruit or vegetables. The following is a list of healthy airport snacks available at almost every airport nationwide: • Fruit can be found at just about every café and fast food restaurant at the airport. Mixed fruit consisting usually of apples, oranges and bananas is usually located near cash registers. • If you want something more interesting than the apple, banana, orange trifecta, look for pre-cut fruit in refrigerated cases. There are often seasonal mixes consisting of cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew melon, grapes, blueberries, and strawberries. • Yogurt is widely available at almost every airport outlet that opens for breakfast. Remember that not all yogurt is healthy. Plain yogurt that is not loaded with extra sugar (but may be sweetened with a little honey) is the heathiest. Beware of packaged parfaits which typical has a fat and sugar content that get a boost from granola and vanilla yogurt. • Soup is usually warm, and nourishing. Avoid cream-based soups and look for long time favorites such as chicken noodle, vegetable, lentil, and minestrone soups. A good dose of vegetables will provide the energy needed while you travel. • Salads can be healthy so long as you dress them yourself, given that dressings can triple the fat and calories of a salad. Dress your salad lightly or just ask for a few lemon slices and squeeze them over your salad. Select salads that come with veggies and fruits instead of cheese and croutons. • Snacks from home such as carrot and celery sticks, a favorite fruit, a make your own snack pack of nuts and dried fruit are ideal. Even a less than perfect granola or energy bar can help prevent hunger driven airport indiscretions. • Starbucks classic oatmeal come with 160 calories, with 5 grams of protein, 125 milligrams of sodium and only 2.5 grams of fat, as well as calcium and iron. Be care how much nuts, brown sugar, and/or dried fruit you add as these topping will up your calorie count. • Au Bon Pain’s chicken noodle soup has just 120 calories and one gram of fiber, though it is high in salt, with 1,30 milligrams of sodium. • McDonald’s bacon ranch grilled chicken salad has 300 calories (without dressing), 39 grams of protein and only three grams of sugar. The grilled chicken alone adds 510 milligrams of sodium. • Dunkin’ Donuts veggie egg white sandwich has 240 calories plus 14 grams of protein and four grams of fiber. Real veggies such as bell peppers, spinach, and onions add vitamins. There are 10 grams of fat and 670 milligrams of sodium in this sandwich. • Panda Express’ string bean chicken breast comes with only 190 calories, plus 14 grams of protein and four grams of fiber. Be aware that if you eat a full portion of white rice you will be digesting an additional 380 calories. Brown rice is a better choice for fiber (four grams) but adds even more calories (420). • Chick-fil-A’s grilled market salad is packed with healthy ingredients including romaine lettuce, apples, nuts, and strawberries. This salad has plenty of vitamins without too many calories (330) or too much fat (13 grams). Opt for the light Italian dressing to add only 25 calories. The unhealthiest airport food options include: • Cinnabon’s cinnamon roll has 880 calories, 37 grams of fat, and 58 grams of sugar. Similarly, unhealthy is the caramel Pecanbon (1,080 calories) and the Oreo cookies & cream Chillatta (107 grams of sugar). • Pizza Hut’s stuffed crust pan single slice of cheese pizza contains 310 calories, 13 grams of fat, and 660 milligrams of sodium. While those numbers might not sound so bad, many travelers cannot limit themselves to eating a single slice. • Dunkin’ Donuts’ sausage, egg, and cheese croissant is filled with 720 calories, 52 grams of fat, and 1,120 milligrams of sodium, making this one of the unhealthiest items on the menu. A heathy alternative is the turkey sausage and egg wake up wrap, which has only 240 calories. • Au Bon Pain’s Mediterranean chicken harvest hot bowl has 700 calories, 27 grams of fat, and 780 milligrams of sodium. Make sure to pass on their double chocolate chunk muffin, which has 580 calories, 270 grams of fat, 66 grams of carbohydrates, and 41 grams of sugar. • Starbucks’ specialty drinks can be as unhealthy as an entire unhealthy meal. Its Eggnog Crème drink has 12 grams of saturate fat and 59 grams of sugar, even before adding extras such as whipped cream. Starbucks Peppermint Hot Chocolate packs 10 grams of saturated fat and 61 grams of sugar. • McDonald’s double bacon BBQ burger contains 920 calories, 1,750 milligrams of sodium, and 51 grams of fat which is more than 100 percent of your recommended daily intake of saturated fat. If you add fries and a soft drink, the unhealthy numbers only go up. • Tac Bell’s fiesta taco salad nachos are topped with beans, whose famous gas causing effect only increases in the sky. This dish comes with 1,370 calories, 80 grams of fat, and 1,320 mg of sodium. www.cheapfares.com

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