Thursday, March 8, 2007

Has McDonalds gone too far?

I read the other day that McDonalds was releasing a new burger. It is made with Angus beef which is nothing new, Burger King and Arby's already have Angus burgers, but the scary part is that it will be it's biggest burger yet. At over 600 calories and 1/3 pound of meat is there no end? Add cheese and even bacon and you burger is over 800 calories. Still doesn't touch BK's triple Whopper with cheese and mayo which tops out at 1230 calories and 82 grams of fat! I guess my question is, do restaurants have a responsibility to protect its consumers when it's consumers are not protecting their health for themselves? In other words, I think ALL restaurants should be forced to publish on the menu the calorie, fat, carbs, and protein content, this way consumers may be swayed to pick the lesser of two evils and go with a slightly better Big Mac (550 calories). Instead of only trying to make a buck, perhaps they should work to do their part to help America's waistline!

1 comments:

tradica said...

I have to simply respond with THIS VIDEO about the Angus burger.