It is difficult to eat at fast food restaurants without taking in a large number of carbohydrates.
Even salads have to be watched since many add extra ingredients such as corn and breaded chicken.
For the most part, fast food carbohydrates are not going to be whole grain or complex.
If you must eat out, you need to consider a couple ways to control the amount of fast food carbohydrates you take in, since they are likely not going to be the healthiest variety of carbs for your body.
Let's start with the obvious: avoid the fries if you are concerned with fast food carbohydrates.
Fries are obviously made from potato, which will spike your blood sugar and likely be stored as fat.
They also drenched in grease and offer absolutely no nutrients to your body.
These are worthless fast food carbohydrates that offer nothing to you but additional weight to haul around.
Many restaurants now have apples or applesauce for kid's meals and you can order them with your meal as well.
Most major fast food chains do not offer whole grain breads on their sandwiches, so do not be fooled into thinking you are getting healthy fast food carbohydrates if a sandwich has a brown colored bun.
Many of these buns may be "made with" whole grains, but the majority of the ingredient is still refined flour.
Even Subway's whole grain bread is not completely whole grain.
You can cut out some of the fast food carbohydrates by not eating the top bun.
If packing your own lunch is not possible and you must eat fast food, your best bet to limit fast food carbohydrates is to go with a salad topped with grilled chicken.
Look at the ingredients of the salads available and avoid ones that come with the dressing already on or that include extra carbs such as corn.