Taco Bell is promoting the drive -thru diet. I’ve been wondering whether it is possible to come up with a week’s worth of healthy drive -thru meals. I downloaded the nutritional info from McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Arby’s, KFC, Dunkin Donuts, and Taco Bell. I did not include fast food restaurants that are highly regional or those that do not normally have a drive thru window like Subway. Below is the essence of the Taco Bell drive-thru diet. As you can see, it is nutritionally fairly sound except for two things: sodium levels are fairly high and there are no fruits or vegetables to speak of in their servings. But the fruit and vegetable problem is uniform throughout the “drive-thru diet” concept.

TACO BELL FRESCO MENU

Fresco  Crunchy  Taco- 150 calories, 7g protein, 7g fat (0 trans,2.5 saturated), 3g fiber

Fresco Soft Taco-Beef- 180 calories, 8g protein, 7g fat (0 trans, 3 saturated), 3g fiber

Fresco Burrito Supreme-Chicken- 340 calories, 18g protein, 8g fat (0 trans, 2.5 saturated), 8g fiber

Fresco Burrito Supreme-Steak- 330 calories, 16g protein, 8g fat (0 trasns, 3 saturated), 8g fiber

Fresco Ranchero Chicken Soft Taco- 170 calories, 12g protein,4g fat (0 trans,1.5 saturated),2g fiber

Fresco Grilled Steak Soft Taco-160 calories, 9g protein, 4.5g fat (0 trans, 1.5 saturated), 2g fiber

Fresco Bean Burrito- 340 calories, 12g protein, 8g fat (0 trans,2.5 saturated), 11g fiber

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