WOW! This Is the Unhealthiest Item on the Olive Garden Menu… Have You Ordered It?

I won't be the one to falsely claim that Olive Garden's offerings are unappealing – they're temptingly delicious. However, that doesn't equate to being healthy. Quite the opposite: these 'hearty Italian meals' are loaded with fat, sodium, and sugar. Ironically, the traditional Italian diet emphasizes clean, local eating, with minimal use of cream, butter, and excess cheese. The 'American touch' has transformed these classic dishes into addictive, yet potentially hazardous, indulgences.

Now, which dish tops Olive Garden's menu as the unhealthiest? Surprisingly, it's a breaded chicken dish, packed with such an alarming amount of fat, calories, and sodium that you might find yourself needing a treadmill session, water pills, and blood pressure medication just to recover from the last bite.

From Eat This, Not That:

PER SERVING: 1,980 calories, 131 g fat (76 g saturated fat), 3,720 mg sodium, 95 g carbs (5 g fiber, 9 g sugar), 112 g protein

At close to the daily recommended calories of 2,000 (based on the U.S. average), "this meal would provide enough calories for an entire day plus twice the amount of fat grams," says Lisa Andrews, MEd, RD, LD owner of Sound Bites Nutrition. Instead, Andrews recommends "If you must have it, split it three ways or eat a quarter of it and save the rest for lunch and dinner over the course of a few days."
 

This is the most unhealthy thing you can order at Olive Garden.

Chicken Tortellini Alfredo:

1,980 calories, 131 g fat (76 g saturated fat), 3,720 mg sodium, 95 g carbs (5 g fiber, 9 g sugar), 112 g protein pic.twitter.com/KFUHgM6jpK

— Amy Moreno (@VivaLaAmes11) November 20, 2023

"Let's be honest: How many of you have ordered this and devoured the whole thing, complete with breadsticks and dessert? While it's undeniably delicious, it's a harsh reality that such food is contributing to a gradual decline in American health, fostering a society increasingly characterized by obesity, lethargy, and an overemphasis on decadence and indulgence.