I'm sure McD's was part of his diet of moderation
A friend pointed this out to me the other day…
McDonald’s website has some pretty interesting (and predictable) frequently asked questions and answers.
Here’s my favorite:
Frequently Asked Questions About McDonald’s USA Food & Nutrition
Q: Can McDonald’s food be part of a healthy, balanced diet?
A: Yes. Many nutrition professionals agree that McDonald’s food can be part of a healthy eating style based on the sound nutrition principles of balance, variety and moderation. One key to a healthy diet is to moderate, not eliminate, favorite foods because eliminating foods is rarely successful long term. In fact, the American Dietetic Association says all foods can fit into a healthy diet and what’s most important is eating a balanced diet over time, rather than focusing on any one food or meal.
McDonald’s varied menu and range of serving sizes make it easy to fit our food into a balanced diet and to create a range of meal combinations that fall within recommended guidelines for calories, fat and other nutrients.
McDonald’s would no sooner consult “nutrition professionals” (whatever the hell that means) than they would hire professional writers to answer questions like this in such a vague and McDonald’s-centric point of view. OF COURSE the answer is yes. Was there any doubt?
OF COURSE they wouldn’t condone eliminating anything from ones diet. Why would they? If anyone were to do such a thing, I wouldn’t be surprised if fast food was the first thing to go! As I’ve said before, anyone who argues that moderation is a better choice than elimination of something that many would agree is not the best choice is only doing so because they can’t let go of their cravings.
As for the menu selections mentioned that fit into a balanced diet, take a look at their meal suggestions that:
…many nutrition professionals agree can be part of a healthy diet based on the sound nutrition principles of balance, variety and moderation.
Notice that most of the meal suggestions feature either a small juice, milk, or diet soda as the beverage. Also, you won’t find a quarter pounder on there anywhere… or a big mac, or a bacon cheeseburger (the items in which they spend most of their advertising on). Fries are mentioned once, as a small size, with the following asterisk:
*To reduce sodium, French fries may be ordered without added salt
I would love to hear of someone trying that while in the drive-through.
I think a monthly cocaine bender can be part of a healthy lifestyle.
I love it when people order an extra value meal with a diet coke.
My old roommate did that but it was because she couldn’t have sugar. She had a medical condition. She didn’t care too much about her health or anything but having a massive amount of sugar in her drink and her meal could put her in a coma.
the creator of this site is a worthless-bigoted peice of dogshit that really needs to get fucking life
LOL @ anonymous. I didn’t know that worthless-bigoted was an actual compound word that really existed! hehe…you amuse me with the “you need to get a life” quip, because if you truly had a life, you would have moved on from this blog if you didn’t like it. Instead you felt compelled to take the time to post an inflammatory comment. Congrats to you!
As for the “moderation” argument, I was working at this very establishment part time during my early college days. Nobody ever ordered any of the listed “healthy” combination of foods. During the time I worked there was the massive Atkins craze, however, and tons of people ordered their burgers without buns, as if that actually helped their fat ass lose any weight…with a diet soda of course…haha.
They actually mentioned this in Supersize me, which i actually just happened to finish watching. Upon hearing about this, they called 100 nutrition professionals from across the country to give their oppinions- only 2 of them thought micky D’s could be involved in a well balanced every day diet.
I saw this in one of my forums and thought immediately of your blog. It’s about a fatty mom who feeds her poor toddlers junk food. She’s so retarded.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1174210/30-stone-mother-feeds-baby-triplets-junk-food-diet–admits-McDonalds-just-months.html
Oh, I have to add something to the salt-free fries thing. Another little nugget (pun SO intended) from slaving at Crackdonald’s in my youth……people really WOULD order them in the drive thru, and we’d accommodate, but it was a huge pain in the ass on both ends, as the customer would have to wait while we cleaned out the thing that the fries were kept in, wipe all the salt out, and start a fresh batch just for them, wait…wait…wait…okay, here’s your fries! I’d say it’s just worth it if you have special dietary needs not to think they can be fulfilled at a fast food place. Fast food is not something to eat every day, no matter what these corporate drones are trying to tell us.
Bloggy, you haven’t updated in forever…how did your Minerals exam go? Hope all is well!
Again, the problem is not that there are possibly some things that we may be able to eat at McDonald’s but that why would we want to support an organization that thrives off of selling people garbage? They are drug dealers, plain and simple.
jen
Boda Weight Loss Blog
WTF!!!!!!!!!