10 most dangerous American fast foods you should never order

Planning to order in some 'junk' to beat the Monday blues but feeling a little guilty? Well, the good thing is you can make your meal less unhealthy by avoiding certain fast foods with dangerous amounts of fat, sugar, and sodium that could derail your fitness routine.
Eat This, Not That recently shared the list of least healthy menu items, ranked from bad to worst, from some of the popular fast food chains that you should absolutely avoid.
Eating even a tiny portion of fast food with high amounts of sugar, salt, fat, chemicals and additives regularly can silently raise your risk of many chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes. According to a study published in Journal of Nutrition, each additional weekly fast food or restaurant meal was linked to weight and waist circumference increases over 13 years. Consuming fast food three times per week led to a 0.45 kg ± 0.15 kg weight gain.
Not all fast foods are created equal and some could be relatively healthier than the others. Look for items with lean protein, vegetables, whole grains and avoid high-fat, sugary, and processed options.
However, when it comes to providing wholesome nutrition, nothing can beat homemade foods. Making them at home enables you to restrict the amounts of salt, sugar, and fat. Also, one can opt for a healthier cooking method like baking or shallow-frying instead of deep frying.
Here's a list of the top ten worst fast food meals with No. 1 being the most unhealthy option.


With an astounding 910 calories and 60 grams of fat, the bowl comprises the chain's secret recipe fries with coleslaw pickles, five original recipe chicken nuggets, and Nashville hot sauce. This overdose of sodium could worsen your chronic disease issues such as high blood pressure, stroke, kidney disease as well as fluid retention.

A salad gives an impression of a healthy food, but one look at the total number of calories, sodium and fat, and you will understand why this has been listed as one of the worst fast food items to order. The salad has fried chicken nuggets, corn, two types of shredded cheese, crumbled bacon, grape tomatoes, a sliced boiled egg, and charred tomato crispy bell peppers. While these ingredients may not seem so unhealthy, the avocado lime ranch dressing adds 310 calories and 32 grams of fat into the mix.

Arby’s Crispy Chicken Club Wrap packs 880 calories, 49g fat, 64g carbs, and 1,870mg sodium, making it the unhealthiest menu item, even surpassing Beef N’ Cheddar and Half Pound Roast Beef. Loaded with chicken nuggets, bacon, cheddar, and honey mustard, it's a calorie bomb. If your location serves breakfast, a double order of biscuits and gravy is even heftier at 960 calories and 56g fat.

The breakfast sandwich packs in dangerous amounts of calories and fat content with two times the meat, the sammie rounds up to 900 calories, 54 grams of fat, 70 carbs, and nearly 2,000 grams of sodium.

Having this item alone with no sides or drinks is enough to exceed half of your daily recommended calories. It has 36 grams of fat, 2,310 milligrams of sodium, and a surprising 164 carbs. A few calories and a lot of carbs can be saved by ditching the bread bowl, but that could mean a heavy helping of mac and cheese, which could translate into a higher fat content and more cholesterol.


This high-calorie and fat-filled burger has an astonishing six salty slices of bacon on top of two patties, American cheese, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The sodium amount is extremely dangerous with 1,200 calories and 81 grams of total fat.

Order it at your own risk as this multi-storied burger has three burger patties, Applewood smoked bacon, American cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, onion, ketchup, and mayo. It has 86 grams of fat and 36 grams of saturated fat.

Popeyes' fried chicken is beloved, but its unhealthiest item isn’t the signature chicken or sandwich, it’s the bone-in wings. A 6-piece order of Signature Hot or Louisiana Garlic wings packs 1,200 calories and up to 98g fat, surpassing even fast-food burgers. And that’s before adding ranch for extra indulgence.

When you can't decide whether to have a sweet or savoury first meal of the day, it may seem like a good option, but at the cost of packing in dangerous amounts of calories. With pancakes, a biscuit, and hashbrowns, this meal packs 158 carbs, 48g sugar, 63g fat, and 2,070 mg sodium. Scrambled eggs add protein, but at 1,340 calories, it’s a heavy start to the day.

The most unhealthy item in the list, it packs in an unbelievable 1480 calories and 3570 mg sodium. Not to forget the 186 gm carbs and 61 gm fat. The honey BBQ sauce that coats the chicken strip increases the total calories to unhealthy levels. Also it has the super-high sodium content which makes this one of the most sodium-laden fast food options, potentially contributing to high blood pressure, water retention, and other health risks.
While indulging in fast food occasionally is fine, being mindful of high-fat, high-sugar, and high-sodium options can help you make healthier choices. Opting for balanced alternatives ensures you satisfy your cravings without compromising your well-being.