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BaldFriede 
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 Topic: Why is McDonalds so unhealthy?
Posted: August 23 2017 at 01:30 |
Because it belongs to Donald Trump; that's why it is called McDonald's  . And nothing healthy can come from this guy.
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Posted: August 22 2017 at 10:29 |
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The fact that there is one in every Walmart should be enough of a warning.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: August 22 2017 at 08:37 |
 Blacksword wrote:
^^^ There's still a few Wimpy's about it seems. They used to be better than McD's IIRC.
When I was a teenager I ate stacks of McD's burgers. Every Saturday me and my mate would go into town, visit Our Price and pick up an album or two, then go for a burger. My standard order was THREE cheeseburgers, large fries and an apple pie. I'm suprise as never fat, or mad as a cow. |
I thought they got bought out by Burger King... and disappeared afterwards Haven't seen any in my UK trips since the last two decades (York, Lincoln, Hull, Canterbury or London) ... probably better that way. They were really disgusting in the 80's... But hey, this is UK food after all. I used to do the same: head downtown Toronto, do all the record shops on the Yonge strip upwards (comparing prices), eat a Fire Pit Burger (the mega stuff with fries and onion rings, than head back down buying the albums before getting to the station and still grab another before going back home
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Blacksword
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Posted: August 22 2017 at 05:44 |
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^^^ There's still a few Wimpy's about it seems. They used to be better than McD's IIRC.
When I was a teenager I ate stacks of McD's burgers. Every Saturday me and my mate would go into town, visit Our Price and pick up an album or two, then go for a burger. My standard order was THREE cheeseburgers, large fries and an apple pie. I'm suprise as never fat, or mad as a cow.
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Posted: August 22 2017 at 05:20 |
Sean Trane wrote:
Can't beat Wimpy in the "taste like crap" dep't  Can't believe this FF chain lasted into the 90's. |
The 90s? We still have a Wimpy in my home town, and it's normally quite busy. Our local McD's just closed down.
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Posted: August 22 2017 at 04:20 |
Slartibartfast wrote:
I do have a weakness for their steak biscuit. |
I had one of those on my way to Gencon back in 2006. I was quite impressed by how mediocre it was. How do you f**k up steak?? That greasy mess sat in my stomach like a rock. Never again.
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Posted: August 22 2017 at 04:11 |
Rubber Biscuit?
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Posted: August 22 2017 at 04:04 |
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I do have a weakness for their steak biscuit.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: August 22 2017 at 03:25 |
Blacksword wrote:
It's no more unhealthy than any supermarket ready meal. In fact a Big Mac contains less salt and sugar than a typical 'slimmers' ready meal from any supermarket. I would stop short of saying McD's is healthy, but it's far from the poison some food snobs believe it to be.
The fact that it tastes like sh*t is another debate. |
Can't beat Wimpy in the "taste like crap" dep't Can't believe this FF chain lasted into the 90's. As for McD, if you take out the ketchup (that's where a lot of sugar lies) whenever possible, some of it is quite pleasant to the tastebuds
progaardvark wrote:
After Armageddon, the only thing left will be McDonald's buns and cockroaches. The buns will eat the cockroaches. |
:lol Actually, whet I did appreciate at McD is that they toast the buns (not the case at BK or other burger joints, from my experience)
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 11:06 |
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After Armageddon, the only thing left will be McDonald's buns and cockroaches. The buns will eat the cockroaches.
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 04:05 |
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 03:08 |
Tillerman88 wrote:
^wow man, this is really an avant-garde thought.... oh yes indeed ha haha
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"Eating healthy" is a bit of a gamble don't you think?
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Blacksword
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 02:46 |
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It's no more unhealthy than any supermarket ready meal. In fact a Big Mac contains less salt and sugar than a typical 'slimmers' ready meal from any supermarket. I would stop short of saying McD's is healthy, but it's far from the poison some food snobs believe it to be.
The fact that it tastes like sh*t is another debate.
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 02:28 |
Tillerman88 wrote:
CosmicVibration wrote:
Not only the quality of the food is piss poor but all the other labeled and unlabeled ingredients expose you to a toxic cocktail. How can a fresh hamburger bun stay mold free for over year?
I like my fries to only consist of potatoes, salt and pepper. Sometimes other spices such as onion and garlic powder are nice. I definitely don’t want or need an antifoaming agent in my fries.
McDonalds fries:
Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [Wheat and Milk Derivatives]*, Citric Acid [Preservative], Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (Maintain Color), Salt. Prepared in Vegetable Oil: Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil with TBHQ and Citric Acid added to preserve freshness. Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent. Contains: Wheat and Milk. *Natural beef flavor contains hydrolyzed wheat and hydrolyzed milk as starting ingredients. |
Nuff said. Thanks man, I was trying to make a point here about the damn heavily processed food, so your input sums it up pretty well....:)
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Not that I doubt any of your other infos (and indeed overly-processed food is evil), but how do you figure about the bun?? Coz I never heard that. I'm sure it's filled with additives, but for years??  Even their lettuce and tomatoes are not organically-grown for sure.
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Tillerman88
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Posted: August 20 2017 at 16:55 |
CosmicVibration wrote:
Not only the quality of the food is piss poor but all the other labeled and unlabeled ingredients expose you to a toxic cocktail. How can a fresh hamburger bun stay mold free for over year?
I like my fries to only consist of potatoes, salt and pepper. Sometimes other spices such as onion and garlic powder are nice. I definitely don’t want or need an antifoaming agent in my fries.
McDonalds fries:
Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [Wheat and Milk Derivatives]*, Citric Acid [Preservative], Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (Maintain Color), Salt. Prepared in Vegetable Oil: Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil with TBHQ and Citric Acid added to preserve freshness. Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent. Contains: Wheat and Milk. *Natural beef flavor contains hydrolyzed wheat and hydrolyzed milk as starting ingredients. |
Nuff said. Thanks man, I was trying to make a point here about the damn heavily processed food, so your input sums it up pretty well....:)
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CosmicVibration
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Posted: August 20 2017 at 16:43 |
Not only the quality of the food is piss poor but all the other
labeled and unlabeled ingredients expose you to a toxic cocktail. How can a fresh hamburger bun stay mold free for over year?
I like my fries to only consist of potatoes, salt and
pepper. Sometimes other spices such as
onion and garlic powder are nice. I definitely don’t want or need an antifoaming
agent in my fries.
McDonalds fries:
Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil, Soybean Oil,
Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [Wheat and Milk Derivatives]*,
Citric Acid [Preservative], Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (Maintain
Color), Salt. Prepared in Vegetable Oil: Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil,
Hydrogenated Soybean Oil with TBHQ and Citric Acid added to preserve freshness.
Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent. Contains: Wheat and Milk.
*Natural beef flavor contains hydrolyzed wheat and hydrolyzed milk as starting
ingredients.
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Posted: August 20 2017 at 11:32 |
Sean Trane wrote:
condor wrote:
McDonalds is fast food, not junk food. |
Wow, you are able to answer back in a thread you started  
Please keep this new wholesome habit, as it doesn't look to us that you're just throwing anything that goes through your thoughts and abandonning it right away
You're kind of right... the hamburger itself is not really junkfood, if there is some tomato , salad and onions and it not drowned under a mayo-derived sauce. AAFMOF, there was always a possibilty (since the 70's anyways) to eat in a saner way, by replacing the fries (and the sauce dip) by a salad and the coke by a club soda (sparkling water)... But the fact is that hardly no-one did it (maybe nowadays some do >> I take a burger plus a ceasar salad when I go there), so the way most people used it, it was like junk food. It seems to me that the way McD cooks their beef patties (plate/pan frying) is also much fattier than flame broiling (like Wendy's, Burger King or Harvey's), where the fat leaves the patty by gravity
But I'd say that McD is more unhealthy, it is towards the planet's future.
Not only in terms of deforestation to grow the cattle and create the soja cultures needed for this kind of mass consumption, but also by making fast-food junkies prefer this type of food instead of a more local type of dishes, this creating a sizeable worldwide traffic/transport pollution, Globally, the impact of McD on the planet's climate changes is enormous.
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Awesome reply; very helpful
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Posted: August 20 2017 at 06:50 |
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well there is the important part..... it simply tastes like sh*t... it isn't like one doesn't have scores of better tasting and yeah.. even perhaps more healthy options if one is into that kind of stuff.... if one wants a quick fast food bite.
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Tillerman88
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Posted: August 20 2017 at 02:09 |
^wow man, this is really an avant-garde thought.... oh yes indeed ha haha
Edited by Tillerman88 - August 20 2017 at 02:09
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: August 20 2017 at 01:47 |
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People can eat whatever the f**k they want, health societies should be worrying about disease rather than what someone chooses to eat, however cheap or expensive. If you died tomorrow, it wouldn't make a difference if you had McDonald's for dinner or not, lol
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