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McDonald's senior director of culinary innovation sees nothing unhealthy on menu

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SRG01

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chris.trejo said:
He's right about one thing, watch what you and your kids eat instead of blaming fast food/the government/etc.
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And that's why I hated Supersize Me. Entertainment-documentaries are toxic to today's societies because they spread half-truths for money. If a person's going to eat a 1000+ calorie meal three times a day, of course they're going to get fat.

McDs once in a while isn't going to hurt your overall health. In fact, increased caloric intake isn't as bad as lack of exercise.
 
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iamaustrian

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he's right
but u know how bad other US fast food chains are when you consider McDos as fucking healthy.

worst enemy of amurica isn't terrorists and al qaeda, no, it's your immense unhealthy food industry. USA will drown in it's own fat
 
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The Albatross

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Flo_Evans said:
I like mcdonalds.

Now I want some. I recently tried their smoothies cause I've been craving one and there was no smoothie place around but it didn't seem all that healthy...

Seemed to have extra sugar in it. I would drink another if I didn't have to get out of bed. :p
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Their smoothies are nasty IMO. And I respect McDonalds for what it is, but I got a smoothie there was and was really grossed out. Tasted like those old Fruit Coolatas from Dunkin Donuts.
 
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ascii42

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Yeah, I definitely need to decrease my fast food intake. It's a combination of laziness and just wanting to get out of the office. It's not like it's that hard to make a lunch.
 
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Flo_Evans

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The Albatross said:
Their smoothies are nasty IMO. And I respect McDonalds for what it is, but I got a smoothie there was and was really grossed out. Tasted like those old Fruit Coolatas from Dunkin Donuts.
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I imagine it's some sort of powdered mix and not a real freshly made smoothie. Satisfied my need for something cold and fruity. But yeah wasn't all that great.
 
Emerson

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Well GAF, I've finally lost it. I swear, reading this thread I had a great idea for a joke about me maintaining a collection of GAF's opinions about stuff and this being a very small part of it:

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But by the time I finished with it I'd forgotten the joke. What a waste of time.
 
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Jimothy

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McD's is probably the best chain in terms of how consistently good their food is. The food is usually always hot and tastes fresh. I haven't eaten there in a couple months, though. Trying to cut back on that shit.
 
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Trent Strong

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Emerson said:
Well GAF, I've finally lost it. I swear, reading this thread I had a great idea for a joke about me maintaining a collection of GAF's opinions about stuff and this being a very small part of it:



But by the time I finished with it I'd forgotten the joke. What a waste of time.
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Umm...I think you might actually have lost it. No offense.
 
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commedieu

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People are brainwashed by commercials and brand recognition around the clock. All of us are, and have been. No one wants to admit this, but its the truth. This guy knows the food is unhealthy, and its hurting people. Preying on stupid people is not an everlasting business model, which the entire world has been learning for the past few years. Everyone is in such a hurry to make money, they forget about humanity. Sucks, but geeeebus....
 
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TheChocolateWar

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Poor nutrition doesn't make someone obese, excessive caloric intake does. Granted, McDonalds and other fast foods is extreme dense in calories. One can get a six pack on McDonalds. In Fact, I am trying to do that right now because western fast food is the only place to get decent calorie/protein ratios in China. Its all about dat dere calories in/calories out and basic minimal protein/fiber macros brah.
 
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The Shadow

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Guevara said:
Any one item on the menu is fine. People just have terrible self control.

Probably the worst thing they sell is something they don't even make: soda.
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Pretty much.

That's what kind of irks me about these nanny laws. Fast Food isn't like the cigarette industry. A single meal at McDonald's isn't bad. It's when you have these fat fucks that eat there every gd day because they're too lazy to cook their own food.
 
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ido

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HFCS like poison? More pink slime comments?

It's as if looking into something takes more than 5 minutes. McDonalds, relatively speaking to other fast food chains, is not terrible.

HFCS is not poison, and no worse for you than sugar. Here.

Even though McDonalds doesn't use "pink slime" anymore, a good read: pink slime
 
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Srsly

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Like the hat? said:
http://mobile.mcstate.com/nutrition-v2/3/4/

Only 192% of your recommended daily value of cholesterol
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Fast food is easy to over-reat, but if you don't have a tendency to overeat it, then it's probably not very unhealthy. I avoid it because I have the tendency to over-eat it, but I also have the tendency to over-eat all kinds of supposedly healthy things, so I'm not going to single out fast food.

Dietary cholesterol intake has jack shit to do with health, and anyone who says otherwise is ignorant or lying. In fact, Canada recently removed their recommended upper limit because there is no evidence that dietary cholesterol has anything to do with heart disease in humans.

And any place that fries their food in partially hydrogenated vegetable oil is automatically much worse than McDonald's.
 
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ido

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Srsly said:
Dietary cholesterol intake has jack shit to do with health, and anyone who says otherwise is ignorant or lying. In fact, Canada recently removed their recommended upper limit because there is no evidence that dietary cholesterol has anything to do with heart disease in humans.

And any place that fries their food in partially hydrogenated vegetable oil is automatically much worse than McDonald's.
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This interests me, as heart problems are in my family. Care to link me some info on this? Don't worry, I'm not all lazy... GTS right now.
 
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The Shadow

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ido said:
HFCS like poison? More pink slime comments?

Even though McDonalds doesn't use "pink slime" anymore, a good read: pink slime
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The guy that writes that blog sounds like a nut job. I don't see how anyone could defend pink slime unless they work for the beef industry or are just plain stupid.
 
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ido

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The Shadow said:
The guy that writes that blog sounds like a nut job. I don't see how anyone could defend pink slime unless they work for the beef industry or are just plain stupid.
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Yes, it is a blog. However, it's sourced fairly well, imo.(I will concede the site owner, after browsing around, isn't the smartest peanut in the turd, but the sources are still relevant) From all that I have read on pink slime, I do not feel it is more unhealthy than "normal" beef. I am always open to a change of mind, though.

Also, thanks Srsly... Will read your link. Interesting stuff.
 
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Esch

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iamaustrian said:
he's right
but u know how bad other US fast food chains are when you consider McDos as fucking healthy.

worst enemy of amurica isn't terrorists and al qaeda, no, it's your immense unhealthy food industry. USA will drown in it's own fat
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if you think mcd's is healthy you are a fucking idiot, plain and simple.

to be honest our grocery game is more messed up than the fast food.
 
Acerac

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That seems completely reasonable. A treat once a week isn't unreasonable, especially if one's diet is balanced otherwise. Also worth factoring in is that McDonalds has been offering far healthier options than they have in the past.
 
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outunderthestars

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I have no problems with Mcdonald's menu. They clearly list the nutritional content of their food, even going so far as to put it on the food containers. That is all we can really ask of any food company really.
 
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Black Mamba

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A chef who once cooked at the Four Seasons eating a Big Mac once a week perplexes me.

I'm going to assume he said that just to show he loves his company. Because I just can't buy into a chef eating a Big Mac every week. Big Macs these days taste awful. It takes almost no effort to cook a better burger at home. And at a cheaper price.
 
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Acerac

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Black Mamba said:
A chef who once cooked at the Four Seasons eating a Big Mac once a week perplexes me.

I'm going to assume he said that just to show he loves his company. Because I just can't buy into a chef eating a Big Mac every week. Big Macs these days taste awful. It takes almost no effort to cook a better burger at home. And at a cheaper price.
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Convenience is a powerful motivator. That said of everything available at McDonalds I don't know why somebody would choose a Big Mac. The fact that he claims to get it consistently is even more perplexing.
 
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Black Mamba

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Acerac said:
Convenience is a powerful motivator. That said of everything available at McDonalds I don't know why somebody would choose a Big Mac. The fact that he claims to get it consistently is even more perplexing.
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Sure, for the less fortunate and such. But for a well-regarded chef? I mean, his entire life is about cooking. Surely, he'd prefer to cook his own burger than eat a god damn big Mac, right? We're not talking about a single mother of 3 working 2 jobs, here. We're talking about a well off chef.

edit: Unless you mean he eats there free. But like you said, of all the items, why that one?
 
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Black Mamba said:
Sure, for the less fortunate and such. But for a well-regarded chef? I mean, his entire life is about cooking. Surely, he'd prefer to cook his own burger than eat a god damn big Mac, right? We're not talking about a single mother of 3 working 2 jobs, here. We're talking about a well off chef.

edit: Unless you mean he eats there free. But like you said, of all the items, why that one?
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Convenience is amazing no matter how well off a person is. Even the very rich would prefer food made swiftly with little hassle on occasion. If he were the one deciding what made it to the menu I could see it as an issue of pride.

I can't imagine why he'd consistently choose a Big Mac though. Hell, I'd not buy them if they were on the dollar menu.

Pro-tip, if you feel like it you can buy Big Macs for a dollar. Just modify a McDouble to have a sesame seed bun, lettuce, tomato, special sauce, etc. I highly suggest only doing this during the day when you are actually in McDonalds to prevent spiteful employees from spitting on your burger. The employees totally see what you're doing and will either love you or hate you for it.
 
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ElectricBlue187

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Its hard to make a man know something he's paid to not know. Of course McDonalds is almost all unhealthy comfort food, that's how they make money. It's up to you to forgo it.
 
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2San

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Enco said:
Get a burger without fries/coke and it's not too bad.
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Yeah, this is what I tend to do. McD's burgers(Big Mac/QP) are around 500 cal's over here. You can easily fit that in somewhere in the week, maybe even twice, without too many problems.
Despera said:
Is it true that McD sandwiches are indestructible? That they don't disintegrate for months?
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Your body can digest it without problem, so they're far from indestructible.
 
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CTE

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Black Mamba said:
Sure, for the less fortunate and such. But for a well-regarded chef? I mean, his entire life is about cooking. Surely, he'd prefer to cook his own burger than eat a god damn big Mac, right? We're not talking about a single mother of 3 working 2 jobs, here. We're talking about a well off chef.

edit: Unless you mean he eats there free. But like you said, of all the items, why that one?
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I'm a chef, well used to be until my injury. We have some of the worst eating habits in the world. Stems from having to eat on the fly because we're too busy feeding other people at normal eating hours. Never base how good a chef is off of what he eats.
 
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SeanR1221

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ido said:
HFCS is not poison, and no worse for you than sugar. Here.
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Um...is that supposed to make me feel better? Sugar is what makes you fat and causes health issues. I went to McDonalds ingredients page. Searched high fructose corn syrup and got almost 60 matches. Absolutely fucking gross and it's not just them. Start looking at your labels.
 
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fly high ~ayunite~

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Honestly, I only eat at McDonalds less than 10 times a year on average except this year I think I must have had a Big Mac meal and a Starbucks venti frap every day in March this year because they're ridiculously cheap and they do delivery in China and I went off Chinese food after getting food poisoning for a week. I don't know how I'm still 160lb (5'11). US McDonalds isn't that bad in terms of portion size, in Thailand their medium is huge.
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What's in the Big Mac sauce?
 
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Soda

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McDonald's really gets a lot of heat. It's not even remotely bad compared to those family style restaurants like Chiles or Applebee's. The nutrition value of a homemade burger is probably equal of not worse than a McDonald's burger using similar ingredients.


Edit: fly high, the sauce is thousand island salad dressing.
 
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dc89 said:
It's healthier than most sandwich meal deals you can get at the supermarkets for like £3.50
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Yeah I was kind of blown away when even a tuna and sweetcorn sandwhich is on par with a double cheese burger.
Some of the beefiest stuff they do along with the pots of pasta are pushing 700+ per packet.
 
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