McDonald's Fries after 10 weeks!?

[Xiahou]

They aren't potato at all.

No, they're made from potatoes.

Edit: that's not really a fair contest. Comparing a real burger and fries to the McDonald's equivalent is like comparing a real fish to one of those singing plastic fish.

Their burgers are also made from beef.

McDonald's claims it is healthy, they've used the argument quite frequently. It's utter BS ofc. They are lying.

I don't remember hearing their food ever being hyped as "healthy". And if I did, I wouldn't be so dumb as to believe them. Nutritional information is available at any store, on their website, or sometimes even on those crummy paper placemats your food is served on.

Spurlock is a total phony. He's like a Michael Moore who actually has some charisma. In "Supersize Me" he more than doubles his caloric intake, halves his exercise and *gasp* gains weight. OMG, I'm shocked.

[mrdun]

No, they're made from potatoes.

Their burgers are also made from beef.

I don't remember hearing their food ever being hyped as "healthy". And if I did, I wouldn't be so dumb as to believe them. Nutritional information is available at any store, on their website, or sometimes even on those crummy paper placemats your food is served on.

Spurlock is a total phony. He's like a Michael Moore who actually has some charisma. In "Supersize Me" he more than doubles his caloric intake, halves his exercise and *gasp* gains weight. OMG, I'm shocked.

Do you work for McD?

[Xiahou]

Do you work for McD?

No, I never did and God willing, never will. I'm providing my comments here on behalf of common sense.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Well I got to the stage I was eating KFC/McDonalds/local chippie every night (+ all the sweets, Coke, crisps etc), did that for a few months and ended up unable to eat for a few weaks and kept IBS as a souvenir, made for a pleasant summer holiday.

There's no point in educating people on healthy eating, they'll either eat junk food in moderation which is OK or they'll learn the hard way, or die.

I hate that guy from the supersize me programmes, real original.

Its misleading enemy, the warning signs are not being fat, I just turned completely skinny and pale (moreso than usual anyway).

[professorspatula]

Well I got to the stage I was eating KFC/McDonalds/local chippie every night (+ all the sweets, Coke, crisps etc), did that for a few months and ended up unable to eat for a few weaks and kept IBS as a souvenir, made for a pleasant summer holiday.

There's no point in educating people on healthy eating, they'll either eat junk food in moderation which is OK or they'll learn the hard way, or die.

This reminds me of a time I was on a bus in the morning and heard a young pregnant girl talking to her friend. She had been eating so much junk food and fatty food that her stomach needed to be pumped and she needed medication or something along those lines to clear the fatty deposits inside her. When her friend replied with the obvious statement, 'so you'll eat more carefully now then?', to my disgust, the ignorant girl answered, 'no way, I'm not going to change the way I eat'. I can only fear for the quality of life her child will have. The NHS should refuse to treat her for the same problem again as well. Maybe then common sense will sink in.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Nutritional information is available at any store, on their website, or sometimes even on those crummy paper placemats your food is served on.

In the film, he went to multiple locations to find nutritional information. Presuming you have seen it, perhaps you should watch it again to see what happened.

[Xiahou]

In the film, he went to multiple locations to find nutritional information. Presuming you have seen it, perhaps you should watch it again to see what happened.

It doesn't matter what he does in the film- he's a fraud. I can go right now to their website and find the nutritional information on any item on their menu. I've also seen it on their place mats. You don't watch an agenda pushing film for objective facts. Don't believe anything in it that you haven't verified for yourself.

I watched "Supersize Me" before. There were a few interesting tidbits in it, but overall it was a huge disappointment for me.

[Louis VI the Fat]

I haven't seen the movie, but McDonalds nutritional information is readily available in all restaurants and on their website. Don't know about the entire world of course, but over here it is. You can find it right on the backside of your placemat. Nothing secretive about it. McDonalds even ran ads warning people not to eat too much fastfood.

Personally, I have never understood why McDonalds is so demonised. Big, succesful and American I guess? Bah.

I have no illusions about what uber-healthy food items like sushi and seaweed look like if you leave them for ten weeks.

[InsaneApache]

No, they're made from potatoes.

Their burgers are also made from beef.

I don't remember hearing their food ever being hyped as "healthy". And if I did, I wouldn't be so dumb as to believe them. Nutritional information is available at any store, on their website, or sometimes even on those crummy paper placemats your food is served on.

Spurlock is a total phony. He's like a Michael Moore who actually has some charisma. In "Supersize Me" he more than doubles his caloric intake, halves his exercise and *gasp* gains weight. OMG, I'm shocked.

Are you for real? Or did you just win employee of the month?

[Xiahou]

Are you for real? Or did you just win employee of the month?

Someone already tried the "you must work for McDonald's" charge. You must've missed it.

Yes, I'm serious. Hamburgers are made from beef. French fries are made from potatoes. And eating 6000 calories a day without exercising makes you fat. Does any of this surprise you?

[Husar]

I'm more surprised how people get so many calories together, which reminds me I became slightly hungry about two hours ago....

[Proletariat]

Oh. My. God. McDonald's isn't good for me?! SAY IT AIN'T SO!!

[Mikeus Caesar]

Louis VI and Xiahou - in Europe you get the nutritional information on the back of the placemat, but i've noticed that over here in Australia, you get nothing. Just a blank sheet of paper.

Is it an EU law that they have to provide nutritional info on the placemats? Because i've been to numerous EU countries, and more out of need than want i've eaten McDonald's in them, and found they all had nutritional info.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Is it an EU law that they have to provide nutritional info on the placemats? Because i've been to numerous EU countries, and more out of need than want i've eaten McDonald's in them, and found they all had nutritional info.

I think it's only here in Europe. I haven't seen them in Canada or America either.