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The 8 Worst Hotel Breakfast Foods

 

8. Worst Hotel Breakfast Drink : Orange Juice

1 cup , 110 calories, 1 g fat, 0 g protein, 33 g sugars

When you eat fruit whole, the fiber helps mitigate the effects of the sugar. But with juice, the fiber vanishes and you’re left with a sugar surge. Skip the juice for skim milk. A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that people who drank milk at breakfast, instead of juice, consumed 8.5 percent fewer calories at lunch.

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Skim Milk

1 cup, 86 calories, 0 g fat, 8 g protein, 12 g sugars

7. Worst Hotel Breakfast Fruit : Melon

3 small wedges, 135 calories, 30 g sugars

It’s important to get as many different fruits and vegetables into your diet as possible, but when you have a choice, melon is one of the higher-calorie, lower-nutrition fruits available. Instead trade those wedges for a cluster of grapes. Grapes pack the same heart-healthy polyphenols found in red wine. Plus, you can pop a whole bunch in your mouth without much of a caloric impact. Double bonus!

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Grapes

20 pieces, 68 calories, 16 g sugars

6. Worst Hotel Breakfast Cake : Waffle

7" in diameter, with 2 Tbsp. maple syrup, 375 calories, 11 g fat (2 g saturated), 68 g carbohydrates

See all those pockets on the waffles’ surface? They’re primed to capture margarine and syrup en masse. That means more carbs, more fat, and more calories. Go for a flat surface like pancakes to save yourself from drowning in syrup. Switch to pancakes and you’ll cut more than half your calories. Another way to cut back on the calories is to switch to agave syrup instead of maple. Its low glycemic index means your blood sugar will have a gentler ride in the wake of your carb heavy breakfast.

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Pancakes (2)

4" in diameter, with 2 Tbsp. maple syrup, 276 calories, 8 g fat (2 g saturated), 48 g carbohydrates

5. Worst Hotel Breakfast Pastry: Cranberry Muffin

1 medium, 444 calories, 22 g fat (4 g saturated), 56 g carbohydrates
This cupcake in disguise has as much sugar as a Snicker’s bar. Instead indulge in a buttered croissant. Surprised? A buttered croissant is nutritionally superior to the cranberry muffin in nearly every way.

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Buttered Croissant

231 calories , 12 g fat (7 g saturated), 26 g carbohydrates

4. Worst Hotel Breakfast Yogurt: Fruit-Flavored Yogurt with Granola

388 calories, 10 g fat (3 g saturated), 15 g protein, 53 g sugars

Fruit-flavored yogurt is laced with corn syrup, making it sweeter than 3 scoops of ice cream. Instead make your own parfait. Keep the yogurt plain and control the flavor profile yourself with nuts and fruit.

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Plain Yogurt with Almonds and Berries

290 calories, 13 g fat (5 g saturated), 13 g protein, 20 g sugars

3. Worst Hotel Breakfast Meal : Single-Serving Box of Corn Flakes with Skim Milk and a Sliced Banana

267 calories, 0 g fat, 10 g protein, 57 g carbohydrates

Not a bad start to the day, but in our book, nothing beats a few eggs for breakfast—so start your day with scrambled eggs. Research shows that people who eat eggs in the morning tend to eat less throughout the day.

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Scrambled Eggs

2 large, 204 calories, 14 g fat, 2 g carbohydrates

2. Worst Hotel Breakfast Meat : Breakfast Sausage

2 links, 250 calories, 14 g fat (6 g saturated), 24 g protein, 958 mg sodium

Protein-rich though they may be, they’re also weighed down by sodium and fat. Instead grab a few slices of bacon. Both as a side dish and as a garnish for a breakfast sandwich, bacon always beats sausage.

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Bacon

3 slices, 123 calories, 9 g fat (3 g saturated), 9 g protein, 564 mg sodium

1. Worst Hotel Breakfast Bread : Toasted Wheat Bread with Jam

2 slices, 262 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated), 50 g carbohydrates

Wheat bread is a good start, but most jams are half fruit, half sugar. You’d be better off with peanut butter. Scrap the jam and bread for a toasted English muffin with a smearing of butter. English muffins win the battle of the breakfast breads every time.

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Toasted Wheat English Muffin with a Pat of Butter

162 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated), 25 g carbohydrates

  

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