Eating healthy is something I normally try to do on a regular basis. But am I really saving myself or my funds when I pick out a meal by using the nutrition facts sheet as a menu?

Being supremely calculative, or just crazy, I computed the results of this lunch time duel to the death.

McDonalds Premium Asian Salad with Grilled Chicken.

• $4.75 (Not counting trip to restaurant.)
• 300 Calories (390 with dressing)
• 90 Calories from fat (110 with dressing)
• 10g fat (12.5 with dressing)
• 1g Saturated Fat
• 0 Trans Fat
• 65mg Cholesterol
• 890mg Sodium (1630mg with dressing)
• 12g Sugar (22g with dressing)

Healthy Choice Chicken Noodle Soup, Nature Valley Peanut Butter Bar, and Dole Tropical Fruit Cup.

• $3.76
• 370 Calories
• 80 Calories from fat
• 9g fat
• 1.5g Saturated Fat
• 0 Trans Fat
• 10mg Cholesterol
• 670mg Sodium
• 29g Sugar

In most cases the bag lunch beats out McDonalds.

Damn there is a lot of sodium in the dressing, no wonder McDonalds lists it seporate, they hope you forget to add it.