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How many calories and how much fat are in pastrami burgers, glazed doughnuts and other favorite Utah foods? Health experts did the calculations.

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Fatty pastrami on a charbroiled cheeseburger; chocolate glaze on a deep-fried doughnut and mounds of butter and cheese on pasta — these are some of the signature foods in Utah.

We crave them because they are delicious, but deep down, there’s some guilt in that gut. You see, we know that those tummy treats are loaded with fat, sugar and calories.

The cold, cruel facts can be easy to ignore because — unlike larger chains — smaller mom-and-pop restaurants are not required to list the nutritional content of the foods they serve.

That’s where the experts at Utah’s MD Diet Weight Loss and Nutrition Clinic come in.