Taco Bell Drive-Through Diet
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February 4, 2010 • Kaylene Chessani
Filed under Opinion
Some people think that the Taco Bell Drive-Thru Diet Fresco menu is healthy and wonderful. Others disagree and think it is not much different from the “regular” Taco Bell menu.
“The reality is most Americans are on-the-go and will eat foods purchased through a drive-thru an average of 10 times a month,” said registered dietitian and nutritionist for the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, Ruth Carey.
“Whether ordering in the drive-thru, or in the restaurants, Taco Bell’s Drive-Thru Diet Menu makes eating convenient with not just one, but seven tasty choices with nine grams of fat or less.”
On the other hand, the Drive Thru Diet is “Not a weight loss program,” according to Christine Dougherty, the woman who appears in the Taco Bell commercials.
Dougherty says she lost 54 pounds. “These results aren’t typical, but for me they were fantastic!”
And in the small print? Fresco is “not a low calorie food.”
Dougherty says that she reduced her total daily calorie intake by 500 calories by choosing Fresco items and “making other sensible choices.”
“I think it’s a joke,” Elijah Pittsinger, GJHS senior, said. “Nothing from Taco Bell can help you lose weight.”
Many people who have tried the diet have to say about the same thing: Taco Bell is fast food and those places have fat in everything.
To break it down, the Taco Bell Fresco menu is only 50 calories less than the “regular” menu per item. It replaces the cheese with salsa; there are around 100 calories in an ounce of Mexican Cheese, and around 10 calories in your typical salsa.
“The food tasted like the regular menu and I felt bloated,” Katie Walker, GJHS sophomore, said.
“A fast-food restaurant shouldn’t be the first choice when going on a diet,” McCall Willet, 10, said.
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