Going Off Menu

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is known for his healthy habits, such as running several times a week and eating his wife's homemade granola. That's why it made a bit of news on foxnews.com when he went off menu and ate fried chicken last week. Not just any fried chicken, mind you, but none other than some from the Colonel himself.

He only ordered it because there was no broiled chicken left, and he said it was OK because he took off the skin and only ate the chicken. His press secretary confirmed that it had no trans fat or saturated fat, and WebMD's Director of Nutrition, Kathleen Zelman, said it was a great choice.

"It's very nutritious and it's a healthier way to eat fried chicken," Zelman says.

(With or without skin, Romney's not the only one who likes fried chicken; fellow candidate Mike Huckabee confessed that it's his favorite guilty pleasure food.)

We can only imagine how difficult it is to stay healthy when you are overextended and have no time to keep up your healthy habits. That's one reason why we asked the candidates about how they handle the stress of the campaign.

You can read about that and all the candidates' health habits, challenges, and guilty pleasures on our Candid Candidates page.

Valarie Basheda
Managing Editor, WebMD