Fast Food

Posted by: david

25th Jan 2012 08:33pm

are all fast foods realy as bad as our dieticians etc say.i can understand the deep frried foods,but mcdonalds seem to have all supplements needed for our daily diet,bread meat salad.in moderation surely these food cannot be to bad.i believe the heart foundation has now removed there tick of approval on the healthy line at mcs.now

matticooper

22nd Feb 2012 11:57pm

It's interesting to look at all the values of the major fast food chains we have in Australia/New Zealand. Of all the choices you have from KFC, Maccas, Hungry Jacks/Burger King, Dominoes/Pizza Hut, Oportos/Ogalos, and Red Rooster, there are really only 2 that stack up against the rest - Subway, Red Rooster and McDonalds (footnote: a lot of Subway's 6grams of fat or less is calculated without cheese and without the sauces just as an FYI).

As much as it pains me to say it, McDonalds has got their act together. I've watched Super Size Me (which is frightening) and I've seen the video of the experiment that Captain Slog and Possum are referring to - and I think this happened before the "salad days" of McDonalds started happening. I noticed the taste difference when this all swept through. McDonalds changed their buns, and changed the taste (and after taste) of all of their food.

The worst is Hungry Jacks/Burger King apparently. I enjoy their food from time to time and there is less wait to get the food. Now whether that's because of poor customer service or the food - I don't know. I have been told that the Ultimate Double Whopper is about the fattiest/most laden with calories burger you can get. And I always through the Triple Cheeseburger was the artery blocking champion!

I'm not advertising the site, but much of the information I found was on quite a few Australian web sites (choice.com.au for instance). The information is out there, Google is your friend.

As for good fast food? Remember it takes about an hour of walking to burn off 1,000 - 1,250 kilojoules. At 5,000Kj for the Double Whopper - that's an awful lot of walking!

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