So last night for an assignment, we were to look at nutrition facts and what not for fast food places.
Naturally, I decided to look at french fries:
| Nutrition Facts |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |  |  | |  | |  | |  |  | % Daily Value | |||
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| Medium French Fries | 4 oz (114 g) | 380 | 180 | 20 | 31 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 9 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
Oh god, is there really that much crap in them? 380 calories for fries alone; that's not including your burger with 500+ calories or your milkshake with another bajillion calories.
Is it necessary to be that unhealthy? If McDonald's really wanted to, could they make a healthier french fry? Maybe it wouldn't be cost effective, so maybe that's why they wouldn't want to. But they could totally pull a new marketing stunt for a new, healthy french fry.
Everyone thinks of McDonald's as unhealthy, but people still eat there, so why should McDonald's do anything about it?
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380 calories in fries alone?! This has really made me rethink my food choices. I love french fries and usually will opt for double fries instead of the vegetable. I guess I just never realized how bad they were for you.
Kristin said...
March 2, 2008 at 8:54 PM
At least it has some vitamin c. That will be enough to keep me coming back from more, except that the mcdonald's in my mall closed last thursday!!
David Murphy said...
March 3, 2008 at 12:29 AM
>>Kristin
I feel like now that I've gotten older, I appreciate vegetables more than double fries. Like. All I want is corn and broccoli and I'm happy haha.
>>Dave
The Taco Bell at the Taunton Galleria closed :(
Scott said...
March 4, 2008 at 5:27 PM
Its true that McDonalds should change their recipe to make it a bit healthier, but if people are still buying their food, why bother changing? Its like the people who sue tobacco companies for giving them cancer...you know what you're getting yourself into when you put it in your mouth!
Shannon said...
March 7, 2008 at 4:22 PM
This is great info to know.
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November 11, 2008 at 6:58 PM