Big Mac

[nol3afclover]

How about a Big Mac for $1????

Order a double cheese burger, add lettuce, add Mac Sauce....No extra charge...And BOOM, you got a BicMac without for extra bread for $1.

 

[austin_88]

of course the patty isnt 100% meat - ever done cooking? you need stuff to make it stick together usually
Also any minced meat is usually the leftovers and crap off the floor unless you are paying for prime mince, which i cant see a large corperate doing for the sake of a few whingers (though in NZ they actually do use 100% NZ Beef apparently).
Sausages also are the same, in fact they cannot be considered sausages here unless it has over 50% meat, and a few dont so they get called 'sizzlers' and other wanky names.
Chicken nuggets are probably the worst, they appear to be entirely chicken fat, chicken skin, and god only knows what

But again, this is not a McDonalds thing, this is how they make our food. Ever looked at the ingrediants of a mince meat pie? Parts of noses, eats, livers, lungs, etc. Its not because they are out to get you, its just how they make the food, thats why its so cheap. Like cheese is just moldy cream/milk kinda thing.

But either way, this still has nothing to do with weight loss, which its all about anyway, and you can eat snails and tree bark if you want, so long as the calories in are less than the calories out

So true!

I dont know what the rest of the world eats but Australian McDonalds is 100% Australian Beef & Chicken. Its just a bun, patty, cheese, salad and sauce! Whats so bad about that??? And a lot of the time its a GRILLED calorie.

Like Wishes said, its all about calories in V calories out. If I have mcdonalds one day I just have to have a lighter meal, or just get the burger, diet coke and no fries? Or a healthy choice option (tandoori chicken roll is 400 calories)?

 

[mastersync]

Read 'Foodnation' and you will see how come McD's burgers are so juicy. Artificial juice flavorings...

 

[wishes]

clearly another idiot who doesnt read packets. Most foods have artificial flavourings and colourings and crap - they have done for decades. This is why the govt have places to test whats safe and whats not.
And yes ANYTHING eaten in excess will be unsafe .. duh!

 

[Blancita]

of course the patty isnt 100% meat - ever done cooking? you need stuff to make it stick together usually

In my opinion, changing one's lifestyle is not going from 5 Big Macs to 1, its substituting unhealthy fattening processed foods for better quality foods. I dont add anything to my hamburger to keep it stuck together, certainly not a ton of sodium and the other unhealthy ingredients added to the McD burgers. Not to say I never eat at McDs, but frankly I seem to get mildly grossed out every time and tend to not want to return for another several months.

I also disagree about the additives and how we can trust our government to keep us safe from unnatural chemicals. We have lead in toys, pesticides in our foods, and lots of cancer and other diseases that could very well be caused or exaserbated by the chemicals in our foods and environment. Not to say I'm always eating organic by any stretch, but let's not fool ourselves either. You're always going to be better off eating natural versus processed and chemical ridden. That's just plain old common sense.