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This afternoon I suggested to a coworker who was eating McDonald's, and not feeling so great about it, that the first 40% of any McDonald's meal taste's fantastic. But it all kind of goes downhill from there. I should qualify that this probably only makes sense for someone who irregularly eats at McDonald's (or at any other fast food joint, for that matter), but I think I'm on to something here.
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The first few bites of a Big Mac or Quarter Pounder or Egg McMuffin or whatever it is that you eat from McDonald's is generally pretty amazing to the type of person who wouldn't generally eat at McDonalds. Ironically, when you don't often eat the highly processed and fatty fare of a place like McDonald's, you are left in slight awe by exposure. I'd suggest that this isn't so ironic at all and simply a matter of allowing yourself a pleasure that you might otherwise deny yourself, but a daily diet of any fast food will quickly remind you that the long-term pleasures of abstaining from it are far more appealing than the short-term pleasures of digging in.
I suspect that it's right about the point in which you're almost halfway through a McDonald's meal that things begin to go south. By this point, the foodstuff in your hand has lost most of its initial impact and begins to feel like cheap sustenance. (No one is going to argue me out of the truth that fast food provides only a weak approximation of quality flavor.) Even ignoring the variables involved in defining the appropriate size of a meal, you've likely by this point already burned past any useful calorie-per-sitting guideline. Before you even hit the McDonald's meal midpoint, you're already full. The problem is, it's impossible to stop.
Self-control is the real issue with all fast food, including McDonald's. It's not good for you, it's not good for the environment, but damnit it's good. I won't even try to tell you that eating a little of it isn't good for you. It's a quality of life issue--you can do it, and doing it feels good. But doing to much of it generally feels bad. I'd suggest that doing more than 40% of it feels bad. Test it out for yourself.
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Pam_Tee
November 28, 2008
No, no, no. McDonald's isn't about the food. It's about a place you can take your kids where they will eat the food (proving kids aren't discriminating at all), and where if they spill their drink and make a huge mess no one thinks it's the end of the world. They just drag out the big yellow mop bucket. (No eye-rolling) It's good not to be ostracized.
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Pam_Tee
November 28, 2008
No, no, no. McDonald's isn't about the food. It's about a place you can take your kids where they will eat the food (proving kids aren't discriminating at all), and where if they spill their drink and make a huge mess no one thinks it's the end of the world. They just drag out the big yellow mop bucket. (No eye-rolling) It's good not to be ostracized.
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HealthyRache
November 21, 2008
Well said!
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McDonald's is the world's largest fast food chain, serving more than 47 million customers daily, and having more than 31,000 locations worldwide. The restaurant serves traditional American foods like burgers, fries, shakes, and chicken, and has branched out into other foods in recent years, such as salads, Mexican cuisine, and snack wraps.
McDonald's has come under heavy criticism in recent years for its role in contributing to growing obesity trends in many nations. As a response, the company prints nutrition information on many food wrappers, in addition to serving healthier fares such as salads.
The company was founded in San Bernardino, CA, in 1940, and is currently headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois. As of 2008, the company had over 380,000 employees worldwide.
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McDonald's has come under heavy criticism in recent years for its role in contributing to growing obesity trends in many nations. As a response, the company prints nutrition information on many food wrappers, in addition to serving healthier fares such as salads.
The company was founded in San Bernardino, CA, in 1940, and is currently headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois. As of 2008, the company had over 380,000 employees worldwide.
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