New McDonald's meal a fat-filled gut-buster

MCDONALD'S new Favourites Combo meal contains enough calories for a whole day, horrifying nutritionists.

It contains 1623 calories and 68.5g of fat.

It's McDonald's new Favourites Combo - being promoted as a lunch meal for one, which contains almost the entire daily recommended calorie and fat intake.

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"Over lunch we have lots of people come in to buy it because it's good value," Ms Hu said of the meal which is only available between midday and 3pm and costs $9.95.

"It's mainly big, strong people like construction workers who need that many calories to support themselves."

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Who knew that a small deer eats meat?

she keeps going out in the woods and shooting over the animals' heads.

I didn't think that I needed to mention it.

Only thing I really relate too in that meal are the sesame seeds on the bun.

And I feel sort of sorry for that lone piece of lettuce.

but McDonalds made a good point about the construction workers. I worked many summers during college for my dad's heating and cooling company. I would spend 9-11 hours each day out in the sun, on rooftops, in attics, and carrying 500lb air conditioning units across a construction site.


1,600 calories during lunch those days would be perfect. My breakfast was usually a bowl of cereal, and my dinner would probably be about 1,000 calories. So I would finish the day with about 3,000 calories. That is perfectly fine for someone doing heavy construction work.

I actually lost weight eating 3,000-3,500 calories each day.

So yes, if bill from accounting is going to Mcdonalds and buying this, its not a good choice. But there are many people that work very physically demanding jobs that need this energy to finish the day. I would have skipped the sundae, just as ice cream and heavy lifting never seemed to mesh for me.

:think:

Bacon should be a food group all by itself. Yummie!!!!

I feel the grease coming out of my pores just looking at it. It doesn't even look good. And, I hear you about the laxatives and heartburn meds. Every time I see a commercial featuring some product with "probiotics" in it, like Activia yogurt, I think to myself, if you just ate your fruits and veggies, you wouldn't need the damn "probiotics". Or, the laxatives, or the heartburn meds. I look at my siblings, who eat this kind of crap all the time. They all have physical issues, like heartburn. My brother is going in for surgery this week to repair his esophagus and stomach, which were damaged by GERD. He'll be on liquids, and then pureed foods for the next two months. He's been on liquids for the past week, and has been whining about it constantly. Next time I talk to him, I'll have to ask him if eating all that crap all his life was worth it.

Don't you think that's more than a BIT smarmy? Jesus fucking Christ, then people wonder why we come across as arrogant and elitist sometimes?

I'm sure he's long by now regretted it. However, not ever person who's ate a bad lifestyle has suffered from GERD, either.

I'm probably older than you are and don't have any health problems. I eat a Big Mac every now and then, and truthfully, I'd eat a double Big Mac, too.

Oh, my BMI is less than it should be, too. Oh well, all of our bodies are different. I'll have to tell my 106 year old aunt that she can't eat hamburgers anymore because they are bad for her health.

:spank:

For ONE meal? I can eat for half a week on that amount, if I buy the right ingredients and prepare them at home.

Things are a bit more expensive there, kind of like how happy meals cost more in CA than OH.

and their dollar converts closely with our own. Still a lousy value, due to the nature of the food.

At least here in Atlanta. If you get a Burrito, Medium Drink and the chips which are included with the meal, I pay over $10. And minimum wage here in the US is what $6 or $7 an hour.

I'm not sure why the extra burger is necessary.

En serio?

As we all know, wrogn is both high in calories and fat, and McDonalds is the largest food retailer on Earth that uses wrogn in every meal.

If we could just convince them to leave the wrogn out.

however you take the patty or patties out of the little burger and stick it in the Big Mac. That's what I would do.

One has choices. No one is forcing anyone to take the highest fat options on the menu.

Another thing -- why is McDonalds always the target of these posts? Has anyone seen the menu at a Hardees lately? A Carl's Jr.? Excepting the KFC double down, one rarely sees these shots taken at BK, Taco Bell, Arby's, Sonic, or Wendy's.

A lot of their burger meals come with a sundae. And those burgers are larger than a big mac. I don't know if they have more calories, but it has to be close.

You're right, you never see these articles about a taco joint

Taco Bell just released the Quad Steak Burrito: 690 calories, 240 of which are from fat; 26g fat (12g saturated, and 1g trans fat), 100mg cholesterol, 2210mg sodium.

Contrast that to a Big Mac: 540 calories, 260 from fat; 29g fat; 1040mg sodium.

Quad steak. I'll have to try that * grin *

You wouldn't want to get all Spurlocky about the shit and attempt to live on Taco Bell food, but eating a gut-buster like the Quad Steak Burrito every once in a while as part of a balanced, varied diet won't hurt you.

but, most places do offer up some form of healthy food. Though I can tell you even the salads at Applebee's are not all that great for you too. If you 86'd their dressings and didn't get anything fried put on the top, they're just fine.


I still say, everything in moderation.

that's all we order when we go there.

believe in your body, your choice and not just for abortions (but the actual principle).

So eat away :)

burger king and kfc

I'd have to dig for the link, but one of the food magazines did a survey of fast food places to see where the healthiest fare was. They based it upon the scenario, "You're in the car, you have to eat in a hurry, and you don't have time for a sit down. While fast food isn't a great choice, which is the healthiest?"

Nine of the top 10 were regional chains that sold some type of healthy fare on their menu. McDonalds was the ONLY national chain to crack their top 10 list, and did so because of their new healthier side and drink options. None of the other national chains even came close.

I still won't eat at McDonalds because their beef is tasteless and one of their fish sandwiches made me sick the last time I was there, but I'll give a nod where it's due to a company that's at least trying to market alternatives to those who want them.

And I love it!

Basically similar to Carl's Jr. I love their Thick Burgers. I know it's not healthy, but it is so good to chow down on one of those every so often.

They are really more of a decoration, no one actually eats them. :D

yes, we did.

Just because of the outrage.

I don't have a weight problem, but then again, I don't drink soft drinks all day.

But that meal turns my stomach - ugh.

I'm planning on trying the oatmeal soon.

People can choose to eat it or not. Nobody is forcing them to buy this. It's none of my business.

The criticism is directed not at what people choose, but at what this corporation is packaging and offering as a meal.

People have always had the choice of buying all those items--and even more--for a meal.

The criticism is directed at McD's packaging and promoting a meal that is unhealthy for most people.

This gave me a WTF moment--and I'm someone who patronizes McD's. I happen to like their coffee, and their fries, and their "Big Breakfast," as well as the burgers on their dollar menu. I don't go there very often, but I like the items that I choose. Mmmm good.

It's no wonder that this new combo isn't offered here--McD's knows that would never be accepted in the U.S.

The objections have nothing to do with personal choice. They are directed at corporate promotion of things that are unhealthy.

Why do you care if they choose to eat what they want but they may live less?

I have no problem with people smoking, as long as the workers are protected from the toxic environment that smokers create. If smokers want to smell like shit, waste thousands of dollars, and die younger than they are free to do it. Just as long as they are not forcing those negative consequences on other people.

To those who think smokers and second hand smoke is the worst thing out there.

I will sit in a garage for 2 hours chain smoking, if they will sit for two hours in a garage with their car running.

I am betting I get more second hand car exhaust each day into my body (as does my daughter, our dog, etc) than we do smokers.

So if people are serious about the issue - why are they targeting one thing while doing the same thing but only on a much larger scale (and they are also helping along global warming and destroying the planet)?

Maybe because it is easy to target something they do not do or like - all the while finding ways to justify how they are spewing out way worse things we all have to breath.

You know that smoking is deadly to other people, why do other dangerous activities justify doing something that you know is wrong?

"I am betting I get more second hand car exhaust each day into my body (as does my daughter, our dog, etc) than we do smokers."
Do you know why? Because everyone got sick of smelling like shit and dying young so we threw the smokers out of the buildings. Why do you want to expose yourself and your children to more toxic chemicals? Is it only wrong to poison other people when it isn't something you care about?

Are people forcing me and others to breathe the pollution they cause with their cars, their constant desire to have the latest and greatest cell phones, etc? yeah - they are.

Which ones are you complaining about? The ones who are free to choose where they drink or the ones forcing their choices on me and others who have to breathe day in and out their toxic fumes?

Betting here that you are one of those people who only see 'smoking' as bad and not the things you do, which I am sure you will justify. All the while being upset by adults making choices about who to hang out with because they are not making the choices you think are the best ones - controlling much??

It is wrong to release known deadly chemicals into confined occupied spaces. The fact that other things are also bad doesn't change that fact that hurting other people is wrong.

"All the while being upset by adults making choices about who to hang out with because they are not making the choices you think are the best ones - controlling much??"
This is straw man gibberish. No one is controlling who people can be around. They are saying that when you hang out with whoever you want you can't expose them to known deadly carcinogens.


If you want to compare the dangers of auto exhaust to smoking, why don't you come up with some objective facts regarding how many people die from second hand outdoor auto exhaust. All I hear is you asserting that it is bad with nothing backing up your claims.

The cost of burning coal has external costs of hundreds of billions of dollars.

I know it's not the same thing (coal /= car exhaust) but it's a similar thing.

Basically society has begun to control anti-social behavior but only as it pertains to individuality. Smoking is an individual act, driving cars is a collective act.

Specifically data related to the dangers of outdoor second hand automotive exhaust.

In fact, that meal looks pretty good to me (minus the second sandwich, which I could never finish in one setting). But it would be an occasional special treat for me, not a daily occurance, for the price alone. If someone does want to eat that every day, that's entirely their own business. There's enough information available in this day and age that everyone can make informed choices if they so desire.

The thing is, that $10 is about the price at McDs for all that stuff in either country. IMO the REAL reason they won't bring it to America - it'd point out to their slaves how they'd have to work 90 minutes just to afford food on-location during their 30 minute lunch (during which they either eat there or.... at the other fast food place next door?).

When these people, many of whom probably don't have health insurance (or if they do, not very good coverage) wind up in the hospital from a heart attack, who do you think is going to be paying for that?

If they have a heart attack McDonald's will be one tiny factor in a huge list of things that cause poor health. Are you going to interfere with those, or is food the only aspect of other people's lives that you think you should get a say in?


Not to mention that they are going to die no matter what they eat, so it is non-sense to claim delaying the inevitable is a cost savings. Even if your pocket book is all you care about, they will arguably take more money to live longer into old age than dying young.


From an ethical standpoint: Do you get to control other people's lives anytime you think it is going to cost you money?

After all, you wouldn't be willing to hold other people to a different set of standards than you held yourself to, right?

the smokers, the drinkers, the skydivers and everyone else who, at one point or another, makes a potentially health-endangering choice.

Still, the price we pay (or ought to pay) as a civilized society should be to share the risk and not play this endless game of "my choices are ok, but I won't pay for yours".

that that picture makes me hungry? :(

after buying a meal. It looks like a pretty accurate depiction of what you get, really - not at all like the carefully arranged ad images...

I haven't been to McDonald's or any fast food place in about three years.

isn't the sundae like a dollar and the cheese burger under a dollar ?

some of the worst items at McDonald's to me. Quarter pounder with cheese is good though.

Those of us watching our diet need to be able to add a few veggie servings to the mix.

One day, you're touting your salads and oatmeal. Now you're trying to shove THIS crap down our throats.

Messing with our stomachs and minds with mixed messages. SHAME ON YOU! :mad:

I can't say why I love them but I do.

Oh that warm special sauce goodishnous!!!

I used to eat it more often. Not anymore.

About twice a week I'll stop for just the small order of fries. Surprisingly low in sodium (for fries, not in comparison to vegetables obviously) and fat intake hasn't been a problem for me for years (I usually need more). But although I used to love the sandwiches way back when, nowadays I really don't enjoy them at all so I don't order them. Just the small fry.

But really...advertising it as a 'meal' is a bit over the top. The big construction workers and other people for whom a large meal is necessary...they already were smart enough to order extra (and passed on the ice cream...milk and exercise BAD!) and other people certainly don't need the idea that this constitutes a 'meal' running around in their head!

It works for me as long as I don't do it too often.

Instead of going to a typical fast food place we went to Five Guys, which is a smaller chain out of Virginia or North Carolina. Their "small" burger is probably a quarter pounder and a regular order of fries is absolutely huge. But the burgers are fresh made, not pre-made frozen and the fries are cut out of unpeeled potatoes and fried to perfection. The lettuce and tomato were fresh cut and we got to detail exactly what went on our burgers.

I ate half the burger and less than half one order of fries. The other half of the burger and the left over fries were my dinner for the next day.

The last time I had a burger that good, it was made on a grill in a friend's backyard. I've never had fries as good as theirs. it is a damn good thing that place is not convenient to anyplace I go regularly - I would not have the self control to stay away!

It was cheap, easy, quick, and yes it tasted good to me (and I still think it tastes good if it's freshly made; no it'll be nasty if it sits in the bag for 4 hours or if it's a slow day and has been sitting on the shelf at McDonalds for 20 mins, etc).

I've since cut down and just started eating TV dinners, much cheaper in the long haul (which I didn't realize at the time), and I'm down to 175 lbs. It's almost entirely because I lowered my caloric intake and stopped eating so much.

I used to be able to scarf 6 spicy chickens or 6 double cheese burgers in one sitting.

Every so often I drive by and sigh. A double quarter pounder would be great, but alas, those days are past.

I haven't dropped as much weight as I'd like, but I do take better care of myself. I've cut out a lot of foods, stopped drinking sodas, quit smoking, and I quit skipping meds, too. I feel loads better, but I must exercise more.

It's extremely tempting but I can get a Banquet TV dinner for 85 cents and it has a more varied nutritional intake. Although Banquet dinners are very high in sodium, so are the dollar menu items at McDonalds. Just one double cheeseburger has twice the calories of a Banquet TV dinner though.

I do construction work so the OP does ring a bell, I'll grab a whole bag of double cheeseburgers for the crew if it's going to be hard labor.

I gained a lot weight living off of fast food while I was in college. I stopped eating from the drive thru's and lowered my caloric intake by almost half. I lost about 40 pounds in just over seven months. Even though I liked the food, I have a lot more energy now.

When I became a vegetarian. Lost 30 pounds and dropped 3 jean sizes since then. Prior to that, I was going to any and every fast food place at least 2 to 3 times a week because it was a quick fix to having dinner and not having to cook -for-one (my adult daughter still lived/lives at home but we were never home together enough where I could even cook for two),
Haven't craved or missed any of their stuff since then, no real desire to go them since 99 percent of their menu is food I don't eat any more.

Not to mention soda and fries and ice cream ... Jesus. This is supposed to be food?

The sundae does look good though.

:rofl:

...naturally and historically unsustainable method of survival so we can look down on what people with less money eat.

C'mon, don't be shy.

For that I apologize. However, one doesn't often respond well to another telling them that everything they eat is 'garbage'. It likewise comes across bad.

Anyway, somehow I've managed to go something like 15 years without eating a single thing from McDonalds. Don't like it? Don't eat it. Problem solved.

Because they really need all that fat floating thru their bodies/hearts as they are out there doing manual labor every day. I'm thinking they could get alot more energy/get up and go from a much healthier, way less fat/more protein kind of meal.

Ditch the bun in the middle of the big mac, then slap the patty from the cheeseburger in there, unless it's a double cheeseburger, then it's twice as good. I don't need the sundae and I hope the drink is an unsweetened iced tea. Other than that, it looks like a great lunch to me!