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- yourbrokenoven, on 07/19/2008, -5/+88so? it's fast food. what's so amazing about a high calorie fast food meal? this is like bathing in bleach and then wondering to yourself "well, i'm clean, but i wonder why my skin burns so much..."
- anagoge, on 07/20/2008, -12/+58I firmly believe that if you are walking into a McDonald's, the last thing on your mind is the calorie content of their food.
- Halsfield, on 07/20/2008, -5/+45on a normal person's 2000 calorie diet, thats really not bad for a full meal. not great, for sure, but if you only eat there a couple times a week its not the worse place you can eat. Try going to an italian restaurant with all the bread sticks, alfredo sauces, etc, and see how many calories that is.
a lot of people actually use more like 3000-4000 calories a day, and for them thats nothing.
the worse part is really the sodium , that meal has about 1/3 of your day's calories and about 150% of its sodium. the fat content isnt great either. - mentat0, on 07/19/2008, -3/+41This is a decent step to help people become more calorie conscious. As a recovering fat guy I know all too well how it easy it is to forget those numbers when you're hungry. It's also worth noting that 2000 calories for adults is just a baseline. Each person's individual requirements are different. I encourage you to do the research and figure out your own needs. Diet is only one part of the equation, though. Exercise also needs to be a present for weight loss to occur in a healthy manner.
- sugarazor, on 07/20/2008, -9/+29I really don't think it's McDonald's responsibility to help people become "calorie conscious." Nor do I think the government has the right to tell private businesses how to run their operations. It was bad enough with smoking bans, but I can at least understand those due to it affecting others, but food? What you eat is a choice you make yourself and everyone knows this ***** is horrible, but if you want to eat it, that's your choice. People know the risks, the government shouldn't have to get involved here. If McDonald's starts taking a hit due to people choosing to no longer eat their unhealthy food, then they will have to adapt and begin accommodating for those who want healthier options.
Anyone who is going to McDonald's now and saying "Oh my God, what have I been eating?!" has been living in denial. - zerries, on 07/20/2008, -5/+23People shouldn't need to be told what is good for them and what is not. It's your responsibility not the fast food chains. Take control of your own life.
- deadbaby, on 07/20/2008, -2/+17As much as people like to bitch about fast food as the great devil they don't seem to really grasp the fact that almost any meal from a non-health oriented restaurant (aka 99% of them) is as bad and usually worse than fast food because of bigger quantities. If you really want to eat healthy you have to make it yourself and, given the high cost of fruits & vegetables, it's going to cost you a lot. That alone pretty much sums up why we have a problem with weight in this country. (and elsewhere) It's inconvenient and expensive to eat healthy
- beatleman, on 07/20/2008, -0/+15Watch out for Quizno's subs... Their nutritional information wasn't available anywhere until late 2007, and for good reason. I just looked up the calories for a large Tuna Melt sub I had the other day: 1,680 calories!! I could have used those calories for a Double Whopper and fries and still had some left over :-(.
- YZBot, on 07/20/2008, -1/+15Yeah, but who gets ONLY the Big Mac. It's so often the combo with fries and a soda. I'm sure that is in the 1,000 calorie range.
- pak314, on 07/20/2008, -0/+10If only you read the second line of that article. "And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow — like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda."
- michaelzhao, on 07/20/2008, -1/+11this stuff is already published...
on McDonald's website...
on their tray liner...
also on the box (at least where I live) with in depth calorie information...
people are just too lazy/stupid/*insert whatever reason to go looking for it, and then blame McDonald's when they get fat...
Personally, I think the Big Mac tastes great. I go to McDonald's about once a twice a month when I need a quick bite to eat. People give McDonalds a lot of flak for making "horrible" food. However, nobody is forcing you to eat there.... - YZBot, on 07/20/2008, -0/+10Read the article?? Are you MAD!!!
- staplez, on 07/20/2008, -0/+9The problem with Tuna salad is the mayo they put in the tuna. That's what makes it so fatty.
- Skootles, on 07/20/2008, -1/+9*OM NOM NOM NOM
- inactive, on 07/20/2008, -0/+8Well, I certainly applaud anyone wanting to eat 100 big Macs, but take it from this old McDonald's rat, I've spent my entire adult life eating at McDonnald's, and a program like this one can do more harm than good.
If you only eat big Macs one part of your body (and that's all a single burger type like Big Mac is going to do for you), you're setting yourself up for injuries down the road. I've seen it a hundred times.
Big Macs basically only train the gut muscles and to some extent, the esophagus. What you really want to do is train your entire digestive system, all the major gut groups (esophagus, stomach, colon, liver, and kidneys) at the same time, over the course of a Big Mac meal. So, you will need to add large Big fries, and Large coke with it. Ask for the "Go Big" program.
I'm proud of you guys wanting to do this. Three big meals! Falling in love with eating big Macs, etc., is one of the greatest things you can do for yourself. And you WILL fall in love with it if you can just force yourself to stick with it a year or two and experience the amazing progress you'll make.
But do it right, okay?
My advice, find any McDonnald near you, with qualified burger flippers who will design your burger for you (especially in the beginning, until you get the hang of it yourself) and guide you in your quest for physical fatness. Three to 5 burgers a day, three days a week, is all you'll ever need to do (I refuse to believe anyone is so busy that he or she cannot make time for that, especially considering how important it is).
And don't worry about being embarrassed or not being out of shape the first time you walk into McDonnalds. You have to start somewhere and almost every one of us were there ourselves at one time. So no one will say anything to you and very, very quickly you will progress way beyond that stage anyway.
Now get out there and get fat! :-) - eryximachus, on 07/20/2008, -0/+8This has to be one of the dumbest posts I've read on digg.
I dare you to find one medical journal that discusses this concept, even hypothetically. - joegibes, on 07/20/2008, -0/+7Anyone who is digging this down has obviously not seen this:
http://www.reddit.com/info/6nz1k/comments/c04ehte
(be sure to click 'continue this thread' when you get to it) - oveedrx, on 07/20/2008, -2/+9This article makes me want to get a big mac right now
- robbob, on 07/20/2008, -1/+8It should be on all menus within the description. I eat out a lot. I want it out in the open so I could decide for myself. Most of all the restaurants may do what they can to keep that number to a minimum
- haydesigner, on 07/20/2008, -0/+7No, not misleading. Just missing the complete information.
- eryximachus, on 07/20/2008, -3/+10540 calories is not a lot. That's same quantity of calories in 2.5 beers.
Honestly, I live in Brooklyn and bike to work in Midtown most days a week. I don't eat at McDonald's because their meals just don't have enough energy. I need 4,000 calories a day. - inactive, on 07/20/2008, -2/+9If you sit on your ass and the calories come from fat, yes. If you are active enough and you eat mostly protein, no.
- fuzzynyanko, on 07/20/2008, -0/+7I just looked up Tuna from their competitor. Holy crap.
6" Tuna from Subway: 530, 1060 for a foot long. I never expected Tuna to be so high. A foot-long ham sub is 570, and a foot long roast beef is 580. And to think the other day I was considering a Tuna sub because of health reasons. At least 230 from a 6" Subway sub are from bread and vegetables.
So, roast beef > Tuna? - jgambleii, on 07/20/2008, -1/+8I don't know about everyone else, but where I live, the McDonalds have the calorie information on the boxes.
- dekuscrub, on 07/20/2008, -0/+7Exactly. A large Fries order is over 500 at McDonald's. Add to that a soda (and a refill or 2) and you're way over 1000 cals for just one meal.
- explnx, on 04/27/2009, -0/+6I don't see why it would be so hard. Eat 3 tablespoons of salt and you're there.
- dkapuchino, on 07/20/2008, -2/+8It doesn't have to be so.
Even if you're eating fast food, it doesn't mean you have to have junk food. Knowing the exact caloric information helps you make better decisions about what you eat. Even amongst the fast food, you can choose to eat the food of least evil. Who knows, there might be a seldom few that actually get discourage completely seeing this information, and wait till they get home to eat something more healthy. - Pandalume, on 07/20/2008, -0/+6The story is not that a Big Mac is 540 calories (that's not news). The story is that fast food joints have to put the calories right on the menu and make you think about it when you order something. I wonder how much thinner we would all be if we had to think twice before ordering that Monster Thickburger.
I can't see consciously ordering something that was 1500 calories (maybe back when I was in my 20s though...) - thompsotd, on 07/20/2008, -0/+6Isn't that the point? We are in denial until faced with reality in black and white. I walk in to get a Big Mac. I look up there to order my combo, and there it is--my combo is 800-900 calories, much of it from fat. First reaction? Start scanning the menu for a lower-cal option. Not much different from scanning to see if there is something cheaper that will do the job. I opt for a cheeseburger, small fries, and water or a diet drink. Yes, eventually I will stop noticing it, like I stop noticing the prices, but it does make a difference I think.
- QuorumCall, on 07/20/2008, -1/+7But how will I know what food to eat, what drugs to take, what cars to drive, and what doctors to see unless my government tells meeee???
- carter1337, on 07/20/2008, -0/+6There's nothing wrong with eating a 540 calorie burger. The problem is with the people who sit on their asses after eating. It's better to be active eat something substantial--sometimes McDonalds is all you can afford with your time or money--than to eat celery sticks and organic cottage cheese as you waste away into a weak little vegan bitch.
- BananaGrabber, on 07/20/2008, -0/+5I recently started running 4 miles a day and stopped drinking soda. Seriously, I'm eating more now than I ever did while losing weight at the same time. Since I burn 500 calories through exercise, I could probably eat 5 big macs in a day and STILL lose weight because most grown men need 2500 calories more or less to maintain their weight. Of course, only eating big macs isn't really healthy because they're empty nutritionless calories.
Obesity rates would fall dramatically if people simply drank water instead of soda. A few months back, probably 1/3-1/4 or my calories came from soda so simply drinking water instead will huge difference. - jasmus, on 07/20/2008, -2/+7When fast food companies market their product as a healthy meal, then yes, they should have to display it. They often fall just short of saying it's good for you, but still throw around terms like "99% fat free" when it's loaded with sugar, or everyone's new favorite "Low G.I."
- sugarazor, on 07/20/2008, -1/+6At the very least, smoking affects the health of those around you (although I think the statistics on that are grossly exaggerated). The food you eat is your own personal choice, as is what you feed to your kids. It's your own fault if you can't say no to your child and not buy them the Happy Meal because of a toy.
And there's nothing wrong with occasionally eating these foods. No, they're not good, but they also won't kill you if you eat them once or twice a month. - danibobanny, on 07/20/2008, -2/+7Hells yeah, 2000 calories is way too high for a lot of people. If I (a 5-foot-tall female with small bones) ate 2000 calories a day, I'd have to be rolled around from place to place. I'd look like Jabba the Hutt. Bo Shuda! Ho ho ho! It would not be pretty.
- unfinite, on 07/20/2008, -3/+7Mcdonalds puts all the nutrition info onto the boxes in Canada. And on the tray liners.
- jonheller1, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4So you could eat two Big Mac's for one Chipotle burrito, or one Panera sandwich. Too bad so many people think those "fresh, natural" restaurants are actually good for them.
- sq2shooter, on 07/20/2008, -2/+6I find it rather ironic that we demonize the tobacco industry and limit its ability to advertise but the leading cause of death is heart disease not cancer. Heart disease that can be argued is a byproduct of the ***** foods we eat. So we pass laws outlawing smoking, yet allow restaurants that sell fat/salt laden foods to market directly to our children. Even allowing them to give away toys to get kids to come in. So we turn a blind eye on companies pushing our children down the road of heart disease and diabetes but stand firmly against companies that sell a product (to adults) that kills fewer people than heart disease. Hypocrisy.
- whahaa, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4two weeny beef patties, worst-thing sauce, lettuce, pickles, onion, on a basic bun.
/sings jingle - Julirocks, on 07/20/2008, -6/+10I bet I could eat 100 big macs.
- suprememilo, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4Is 540 calories really that big a deal in a 2000 calorie a day diet thats easy to fit in.
- inactive, on 07/20/2008, -1/+5On a related note, a decently large and moderately healthy meal is around the 600 calorie range for an average adult.
An extra 400 calories for a fast-food meal every couple weeks won't hurt you too bad. A half-hour of hard exercise will nullify that.
Myself, I take in just under 3000 calories to maintain my weight. So a McD's meal isn't too far out of my caloric range... now, the fat/carb/protein ratio is way out compared to what I usually eat, but that's another story. - truebeliever83, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4BananaGrabber, that was the most sensible thing anyone has said on this comment page! Your basically saying, calories in vs calories out.
There's nothing really wrong with a Big Mac, one alone will not make you fat, but you will get fat if you consume more calories than you burn. It's very simple but people don't get it for some reason.
Blaming Big Macs for being fat is like blaming the things you own for your debt! You're fat because you ate more calories than you burned and you're in debt because you spent more money than you earned. - S5S5S5, on 07/20/2008, -1/+5If you've been a regular McDonalds customer and not wondered how many calories you've been putting into your body, no amount of signs is going to help you.
- DavidinBoston, on 07/20/2008, -1/+4I work in a nursing home and rehab facility, in the physical therapy department. I can tell you that eating this crap is what eventually puts people who are only in their late sixties on every damn heart pill and water pill, and causes lots of people to end up with diabetes as well. People don't realize that the crap they eat when they're younger will screw them over when they are older and make their quality of life HORRIBLE once they hit about 65. And don't get me started on how many patients where I work are on oxygen due to cardiopulmonary disease from years and years of smoking. It's really sad to watch them like that. People, wake up and think about what you eat. And don't frigging SMOKE. And get off the damn couch, and exercise.
- AROZ, on 07/20/2008, -1/+4Keeping track of sodium is important, as there are significant health risks with a diet high in sodium.
- Xihix, on 07/20/2008, -1/+4It's actually too little for most people. Even for a five foot woman such as yourself, you could easily eat 2000 calories a day if you were a little active.
- Halsfield, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3same here(pennsylvania , usa) and they've been doing it for a long time. I didnt know they didnt do it everywhere, or maybe this is old news.
- snoogit, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3They've been doing that here for a while as well.
- snoogit, on 07/20/2008, -4/+7...and if the restaurants weren't told to publish this information, we'd never know if something is good or bad for us. Thus, this is the reason for requiring companies to publish this stuff.
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