Is there anything unhealthy about Panda Express?
Sauces with anything usually mean added sodium and fat. Anything batter coated and fried (orange chicken) is loaded with sodium and fat. The Orange Chicken at Panda Express is 500 calories per 5.5 oz serving (you are probably getting more, they never measure) and over half of those calories are from fat. The same serving has 810mg of Sodium. (recommended intake of sodium is around 2200mg) By itself, that isn’t a deadly amount of anything for most healthy people. But add in the chow mein at 390 calories and 1,020 mg of sodium and the Beef and Broccoli at 150 calories and 510mg sodium – you have quite a heavy meal. The totals for the meal you describe is: 1,040 calories 46 grams of fat (for a total of 414 calories from fat) 2,340 mg of sodium. Again, that is for their advertised portion sizes. Since they just guess at portions (packing the plate full) you are probably getting more. So look at those totals and see if that fits into your diet – and how often you could eat that way and not
