A large strawberry Surf Rider smoothie from Jamba Juice has around the same amount of calories as Shake Shack's ShackBurger.https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/jamba-juice-new-york?select=8HLNQCpUrX8WQgYXItK2zQ and https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/shake-shack-new-york-2?select=oLDaYLO6pWryVRgkRW7LUg
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The meals served at chain restaurants can be misleading.
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For example, you might think you're being healthy when you order a salad at TGI Fridays, but in reality, you're consuming the same number of calories as if you had just devoured an entire 10-inch Domino's pizza.
*It's important to note that these comparisons focus solely on calories, and do not take nutrients into account. Calories aren't everything when it comes to evaluating the nutritional content of your diet. Everything from protein and fiber to fat and sugar play a role, too.
How many times have you gone to Sweetgreen, ordered the Guacamole Greens salad, and applauded yourself for being healthy?
Which means you could have two Big Macs for about the same number of calories as a Chipotle burrito bowl with brown rice, steak, black beans, fajita vegetables, tomato salsa, corn, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole. A bowl like that comes out to around 1,065 calories.
Just to put that into perspective, you could order four Doritos Locos tacos at Taco Bell and still stay under that calorie count. The four tacos add up to 680 calories.
Sarah writes for the travel vertical at Business Insider. She graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in magazine journalism and German. She is from Chicago, and currently lives in Brooklyn.
