Burgers are bad, right? Nope. The dish could actually be a better choice than a so-called superfood salad if you\u2019re trying to trim down.<\/p>\n
Healthy burgers made of a bun, beef, lamb\u00a0or\u00a0chicken patty, a slice of bacon, cheese and lettuce could contain fewer calories than cafe-style \u201csuperfood\u201d salads that are loaded with high calorie haloumi, nuts, seeds and fatty dressings, a nutrition expert says.<\/p>\n
But before you reach for a greasy Big Mac or Huxtaburger and fries, there are a few rules to consider.<\/p>\n
A nutrition analysis shows the average \u201csuperfood\u201d bowl \u2014 made up of ingredients including quinoa, chicken and feta \u2014 contains at least 820 calories, while a burger has about 740 calories, according to a leading Melbourne-based fitness coach and diet expert.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe theory that a salad is healthy versus an unhealthy burger is misconstrued,\u201d Jacob Schepis, of JPS Health Fitness, told News Corp Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey add a lot of tasty extras to a salad and it ends up becoming more calorie-dense than a burger.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not to say a salad doesn\u2019t contain more micronutrients, vitamins and minerals than the burger, but at the end of the day, eating more calories than what we think isn\u2019t healthy either.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why sometimes, a burger actually has less calories than a salad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Click for more from News.com.au.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n
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Burgers are bad, right? Nope. The dish could actually be a better choice than a so-called superfood salad if you\u2019re trying to trim down. Healthy burgers made of a bun, beef, lamb\u00a0or\u00a0chicken patty, a slice of bacon, cheese and lettuce could contain fewer calories than cafe-style \u201csuperfood\u201d salads that are loaded with high calorie haloumi, Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}