Burger King's Best Dietary Bets: The Good, Poor and Ugly!

Burger King comes in neck and neck with McDonald's for the top hamburger fast food restaurant. You could really put a dent in the success of your diet if you do not choose carefully. A closer look at their menu is here.

Burger King comes in neck and neck with McDonald's for the top hamburger fast food restaurant. More and more people are beginning to choose Burger King over McDonald's, but you still need to be extremely selective about the foods you are going to pick, if not even more choosy, much like the latter.

At this restaurant, there are many choices that easily reach 600 or more calories, meaning you might really put a dent in your diet progress if you don't choose carefully. A closer look at their menu is here.

BREAKFAST AT BURGER KING

If you are going to start your day at Burger King with breakfast, there are a few choices you can choose from, and you should choose a few.

THE GOOD

Your Croissan' Wich Egg & Cheese sandwich would be the perfect choice for this meal, as this one will provide you with just 310 calories, 16 grams of fat, and 12 grams of protein. For a breakfast meal, this is a decent amount; a little higher in fat than what would be ideal, but it will not ruin your day entirely either.

The BK Breakfast Shots 2 Pack-Ham and Cheese is a second choice you can go for if you would still like anything lower in calories. With 270 calories, 16 grams of fat, and 13 grams of protein, you can get this one. It's protein to calorie content, all considered is pretty healthy.

THE BAD

The double Croissan'Wich w / ham, bacon, egg, and cheese is slightly higher in calories. There are 430 calories, 24 grams of fat, 29 grams of carbohydrates, and 23 grams of protein in this sandwich.

It's certainly a little higher than the two above choices, but it's probably a doable breakfast if you take in 2000-3000 calories a day.

THE UGLY

You've got the 'Ugly' next. The Double Croissan' Wich w/sausage, bacon, and cheese is what you'll always want to avoid when you walk through Burger King for breakfast.

It will cost you 690 calories, 50 grams of fat (which means that the overall fat content of this meal is actually 65 percent!) and 30 grams of total protein. Although the protein is good and strong, it just has way too much fat for your diet to consider.

The best burger to choose from will be the Jr. Whopper without mayo to keep the calories lower. This one contains only 290 calories, 12 fat, and 16 grammes of protein and will blend into the diets of most individuals. Obviously, it's not the healthiest meal, but neither is it a break-your-diet option.

A double hamburger will be next, providing 10 more grammes of protein but also 130 more calories. So for this one, it's a trade-off.

Although it is important to get enough protein, if you could keep a protein shake with you to have with the burger, you'd be better off selecting the lower calorie burger because more protein (as it's also higher in fat) does not only come from the extra calories in the second burger.

THE BAD

Choosing to have it without mayo would leave you with 520 calories, 23 grams of fat and 28 grams of protein if you are going to go with the usual Whopper.

Again, this is not very awful-worse it's than any of the above decisions, but it's not surprisingly high in calories that it just needs to be avoided.