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Amerigo Vespucci

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Mon Feb 13, 2012, 12:20 PM Feb 2012

Yahoo Health posts "The Best and Worst Burgers" list [View all]

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The Best and Worst Burgers According to Yahoo! Health

Posted by Robyn Lee, February 10, 2012 at 1:00 PM

You probably aren't eating burgers for their healthful properties, but in case you're wondering where to get the (relatively) healthiest and unhealthiest burgers from chain restaurants, Yahoo! Health recently published this list of the nutritionally best and worst burgers in ten categories each. Click through their slideshow for full descriptions, or check out this quick list:
Best...

Plain burger patty: Wendy's Jr. Hamburger
Low-carb burger: In-N-Out Burger's Hamburger With Onion, Protein Style
Burger with mushrooms and cheese: Dairy Queen's Mushroom Swiss GrillBurger
Other-meat burger: Ted's Montana Grill's Skinny Dip Bison Burger
Gluten-free burger (with bun!): Cheeseburger in Paradise's Back to Basics Burger
Sliders: Ruby Tuesday's Zucchini Cake Minis (AHT note: This is what a slider is.)

Meatless drive-through burger: Burger King's BK Veggie Burger
Restaurant veggie burger: Denny's Veggie Burger

Portobello burger: Cheeburger Cheeburger's Grilled Mushroom Portobello Sandwich
Turkey burger: Hardee's and Carl's Jr.'s Charbroiled Turkey Burger [AHT review]
Worst...

"Cheeseburger": Friendly's Grilled Cheese Burger [AHT review]
Double cheeseburger: Denny's Double Cheeseburger

Drive-in burger: Sonic's Ring Leader Loaded Burger
Burger posing as breakfast: Perkins' Sunrise Burger

Healthy-sounding burger: Ruby Tuesday's Avocado Turkey Burger
Oversized burger: Fifth Third Ballpark's Fifth Third Burger
Fair or festival burger: Krispy Kreme Burger

Burger melt: Red Robin's All-American Patty Melt
Burger hybrid: Applebee's Quesadilla Burger
Burger so bad it should be illegal: Chili's Southern Smokehouse Bacon Burger
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There are good burgers? They all suck. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #1
Your post doesn't compute in my brain. Bladian Feb 2012 #4
Oh, burger form is fine - just hold the meat. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #19
Unfortunately, so do most veggie burgers unless they're locally-made. Chan790 Feb 2012 #5
I feel the same way about tofu. It sucks. HappyMe Feb 2012 #8
I like tofu, I like Hamburgers, I like veggie burgers OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #11
hope you like your GM Soy products. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #17
Go to the Weary Traveler on Willy Street in Madison for a "Bad Breath Burger". MMMMmmmm. Scuba Feb 2012 #2
There are ways to make a burger less caloric . . . HughBeaumont Feb 2012 #3
dammit Kali Feb 2012 #6
Those last three look gross. GoCubsGo Feb 2012 #7
As I suspected, the worst cheeseburger belongs to Friendly's DinahMoeHum Feb 2012 #9
In-and-Out Double-Double. AtomicKitten Feb 2012 #10
Oh god why did you have to post that Bladian Feb 2012 #13
A Krispy Creme burger? Who thinks up this sh*t? marmar Feb 2012 #12
A singer who battled diabetes, hypertension and died of a heart attack (according to legend). HughBeaumont Feb 2012 #15
What, no Whataburger??? Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2012 #14
I'd rather have a Whataburger than any of those others. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #16
And Whataburger has a good grilled chicken sandwich, too. gkhouston Feb 2012 #18
The 50/50 burger from :D Spot in Maplewood, MN Divameow77 Feb 2012 #20
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