Whoa. This Men's Health feature -- detailing the truth of what we may often put in our bodies -- is entertaining, informative, and downright sobering. Did you know, for instance, that eating the fried onion strings at Chili's is the recommended caloric equivalent of TWO WHOLE DAYS for a petite woman (or well over a recommended full-days worth of calories for a large guy)? I am not. touching. that. stuff. again! :o (equally shocking, by the way, is the nutritional info on many other sweet and savory favorites) - Adam Lasnik

the book is quite good and on amazon you can view the first dozen pages or so which gives you basic foods to eat each day. if you eat those, coupled with some protein, you'd have all the dietary needs your body requires. - Justin Long

I hate this article because my favorite Outback appetizer is the number 1 worst food in America. French fries + melted cheese + bacon + ranch. Yes it is disgusting. But Yes, it is french fries + melted cheese + bacon + ranch and it is fucking delicious. - Roshan Vyas

Sigh - why is the "worst" always the "best"? I mean, I know why - our bodies are set up to have once chased after our food - and to go a significant time without nourishment. Our bodies CRAVE calories and fat by design. The years of evolution did not, of course, take into account we'd one day mostly become sedentary creatures pounding away on keyboards. Our ancestors would have done well to be lazier :) - Vince DeGeorge

#8: Et tu, PF Chang? - Erik Dafforn

Calories can still be burned. I worry more for the preservatives, fillers, artificial crap, etc I take in; that's the stuff evolution or intelligent design never factored in ;) - Michael W. May via twhirl

Adam: these surprise you? - Nathan Johns

I'm glad MH didn't use the stock shots provided by the restaurants. They seemed to take pictures of the food they ordered which made those foods look completely unappetizing. - EricaJoy

It's no shock that, say, a Baskin Robbins dessert is bad for me. Duh :). What freaked me out was just how horrifically bad. e.g., the same amount of fat as *dozens* of strips of bacon, more calories than FIVE Big Macs, etc. - Adam Lasnik