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Originally Posted by daveT
McDonalds fries are very good you!
And, only at McDonald's can you buy a salad with 900 cals and 15g of sugar. wtf is going on here?
LOL! Mmmm fries
Did you see
the article about the teacher who actually lost weight eating nothing but McDonalds?
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"You could lose weight any way you want as long as you eat less and you're conscious," said Young [a nutritionist who also appeared in the doc Super Size Me]. "I think in this case what was happening is he was aware of the total amount that he was allowed, and I think that is what helped him lose weight." In other words, Cisna was simply using portion control to lose weight.
It's also no shock to find that there are many not-as-bad-for-you items on the menu at McDonald's, she added. The problem, said Young, is that most people who walk into a McDonald's restaurant don't have the discipline (nor the figurative weight of students counting on them for a school project) to resist ordering high-calorie foods.
But you hit the nail on the head with whether McDonald's healthy selection of foods is actually better for you.
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In addition, McDonald's newer, "healthier" choices leave a lot to be desired, and can sometimes even be worse for you than their traditional offerings. According to Mcdonald's nutrition information, the Bacon Ranch Salad with crispy chicken and ranch dressing, for instance, is 570 calories and contains 1,400 milligrams of sodium and 36 grams of fat -- 58 percent and 56 percent of one's recommended daily allowance, respectively. A Big Mac, on the other hand, is 550 calories and contains 29 grams of fat and 970 milligrams of sodium.
Many a weight loss attempt has been ruined by someone failing to track their calories and instead just eating more healthily. Sure, a salad (probably) has more veggies than a Big Mac, but douse it in dressing and you've defeated the point. There are times when I'll gleefully indulge in some fast food, but that's because I carefully selected the purchase after reviewing the nutrition to evaluate its caloric comparison to the meal I would have had instead.