8 Worst Appetizers in America

#7: Worst Seafood Starter

Red Lobster Crispy Calamari and Vegetables

1,520 calories
97 g fat (11 g saturated)
3,050 mg sodium

"Crispy" is nothing more than a polite way of saying "covered with oil-saturated breading." That puts the tariff for this meal at nearly 100 grams of fat, which is more than you'd find in eight McDonald's cheeseburgers. Fortunately, Red Lobster also carries one of the world's healthiest starters: shrimp cocktail. It's loaded with protein and health-promoting minerals, and it's naturally low in calories. You'd have to suck down 76 jumbo shrimp to equal the 1,520 calories in Red Lobster's Crispy Calamari and Vegetables.

 

Eat This Instead!

Chilled Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail

120 calories
0.5 g fat (0 g saturated)
580 mg sodium