I have a sort of love/hate relationship with fast food. I love how fast, cheap and yummy it is, I hate all the artificial crap, and how fattening it is. I also hate how it takes advantage of the underprivledged throughout the globe.
The worst of these is, of course, Mickey-D's. (Read the book Fast Food Nation or see the documentary Supersize Me.) I try not to eat there.
The thing is, lately they have been trying to dumb-down the image of an evil fast food company. They have been introducing "healthy" stuff  and promoting active lifestyles.
But, guess what, they are just more corporate lies.
Example: my mom, who is always trying to maintian her weight, buys their chicken wrap thingies all the time thinking that it is  healthier then other stuff on the menu.  She ussually will order that with a small fries and a water or Diet Coke.
She, unfortunately, has been tricked into the common misconception that chicken is alway healthy. Has anyone actually looked at the fat content of that stuff?  The chicken wraps at McDonald's actually has more fat and calories then a regular cheeseburger. If you get it grilled instead of fried it still has more fat and the same amount of calories as the hamburgers.
McDonald's  knows that most people assume that chicken is healthy (and in most cases it is, it depends on how it's prepared, among other things) and uses it to lie and make even more money,
Interesting, huh?
McDonald's Nutrition Facts

Thanks,
Mark
 
   

 


 
 
whispertales on
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These fast-food restaurants are sneaky as hell.  They'll go as far as promoting things as "light" or "healthy" options, when in fact they're just as bad as anything else on the menu.  I avoid all of them except in the most extreme circumstances when nothing else is available.
MisterOrange on
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you know you have a certain way of taking what I say in like three hundred words and putting it ino two sentences.
I'couldn't agree more, we're speaking the same language, here.
The worst part is we fall for it over and over.
whispertales on
Re: another corporate lie
Heh...I'm a professional writer.  It's my job to communicate concisely and accurately.

 

Just say NO to fast food! 

MisterOrange on
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lol

that's easier said then done. But, yeaf, I try not to eat the crap.

punno on
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Its all about how good you can manipulate the consumers with misconception about any product.. The sad thing is that we american are still falling for it .. just because its seems more convinient.. for us..
MisterOrange on
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right, because if we asked McDonald's they would say that they arent misleading and that they are healthy but 300+ calories in one chicken thing isn't really healthy is it?
punno on
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so true.


 
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