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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
Nothing wrong with potatoes, its the salt content in those fries.
According to their website: A quarter pounder has about 1,100 grams of sodium. Medium fries has 180. Their salads have 700-1000 grams....
I'm not disputing what there website states, but I seem to remember a recent emissions scandal at VW (I realize they are two completely different entities) but figures can be manipulated quite easily is my point.
I would say there nutritional info is probably a lot more accurate on foods that do not have salt added after the cooking process. I have literally watched an employee stand over the fries with the shaker, then minutes later a second employee doing the exact same. That sodium level is not measurable unfortunately as the number vary from store to store. I cant stand added salt on foods, so I'm similar I skip the fries.
So salt that you can see and taste, rather than sodium content.
fwiw,
I skip McDonalds altogether.
So because I can see it and taste it, that means it has no measurable levels? Would you log 4 teaspoons of salt on MYP if you personally added it to the fries?
and yeah fwiw,
I've not eaten in McDonalds for a number of years. iifym then why not just not my thing.
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Just wait til your spouse has to have a colostomy and you shop online for colostomy bags...that brings up some interesting ads.
McDonalds would be a pleasant change. 0 -
JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
Nothing wrong with potatoes, its the salt content in those fries.
According to their website: A quarter pounder has about 1,100 grams of sodium. Medium fries has 180. Their salads have 700-1000 grams....
I'm not disputing what there website states, but I seem to remember a recent emissions scandal at VW (I realize they are two completely different entities) but figures can be manipulated quite easily is my point.
I would say there nutritional info is probably a lot more accurate on foods that do not have salt added after the cooking process. I have literally watched an employee stand over the fries with the shaker, then minutes later a second employee doing the exact same. That sodium level is not measurable unfortunately as the number vary from store to store. I cant stand added salt on foods, so I'm similar I skip the fries.
So salt that you can see and taste, rather than sodium content.
fwiw,
I skip McDonalds altogether.
So because I can see it and taste it, that means it has no measurable levels? Would you log 4 teaspoons of salt on MYP if you personally added it to the fries?
and yeah fwiw,
I've not eaten in McDonalds for a number of years. iifym then why not just not my thing.
No, just pondering why fries don't work for you, but a burger with much more sodium would.
My husband is that way. He can eat the saltiest foods, but hates salt added to an already cooked product.
for me, macros aren't the thing, I just don't like eating junk, except for a few of my favorite treats. McDonalds (fast food) doesn't do it for me any more.0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
Nothing wrong with potatoes, its the salt content in those fries.
According to their website: A quarter pounder has about 1,100 grams of sodium. Medium fries has 180. Their salads have 700-1000 grams....
I'm not disputing what there website states, but I seem to remember a recent emissions scandal at VW (I realize they are two completely different entities) but figures can be manipulated quite easily is my point.
I would say there nutritional info is probably a lot more accurate on foods that do not have salt added after the cooking process. I have literally watched an employee stand over the fries with the shaker, then minutes later a second employee doing the exact same. That sodium level is not measurable unfortunately as the number vary from store to store. I cant stand added salt on foods, so I'm similar I skip the fries.
So salt that you can see and taste, rather than sodium content.
fwiw,
I skip McDonalds altogether.
So because I can see it and taste it, that means it has no measurable levels? Would you log 4 teaspoons of salt on MYP if you personally added it to the fries?
and yeah fwiw,
I've not eaten in McDonalds for a number of years. iifym then why not just not my thing.
No, just pondering why fries don't work for you, but a burger with much more sodium would.
My husband is that way. He can eat the saltiest foods, but hates salt added to an already cooked product.
for me, macros aren't the thing, I just don't like eating junk, except for a few of my favorite treats. McDonalds (fast food) doesn't do it for me any more.
It is simply for that reason, I cant stomach the added salt. I can eat chili peppers all day but add some salt to fries and my mouth really is on fire.
If I'm being perfectly honest, the sodium content didn't cross my mind the last time ate a McDonalds burger (hungover on the way home from a booze fueled holiday) and even then it was the meat and no bun (coeliac), I simply just looked as a full cheeseburger.0 -
JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
Nothing wrong with potatoes, its the salt content in those fries.
According to their website: A quarter pounder has about 1,100 grams of sodium. Medium fries has 180. Their salads have 700-1000 grams....
I'm not disputing what there website states, but I seem to remember a recent emissions scandal at VW (I realize they are two completely different entities) but figures can be manipulated quite easily is my point.
I would say there nutritional info is probably a lot more accurate on foods that do not have salt added after the cooking process. I have literally watched an employee stand over the fries with the shaker, then minutes later a second employee doing the exact same. That sodium level is not measurable unfortunately as the number vary from store to store. I cant stand added salt on foods, so I'm similar I skip the fries.
So salt that you can see and taste, rather than sodium content.
fwiw,
I skip McDonalds altogether.
So because I can see it and taste it, that means it has no measurable levels? Would you log 4 teaspoons of salt on MYP if you personally added it to the fries?
and yeah fwiw,
I've not eaten in McDonalds for a number of years. iifym then why not just not my thing.
No, just pondering why fries don't work for you, but a burger with much more sodium would.
My husband is that way. He can eat the saltiest foods, but hates salt added to an already cooked product.
for me, macros aren't the thing, I just don't like eating junk, except for a few of my favorite treats. McDonalds (fast food) doesn't do it for me any more.
It is simply for that reason, I cant stomach the added salt. I can eat chili peppers all day but add some salt to fries and my mouth really is on fire.
If I'm being perfectly honest, the sodium content didn't cross my mind the last time ate a McDonalds burger (hungover on the way home from a booze fueled holiday) and even then it was the meat and no bun (coeliac), I simply just looked as a full cheeseburger.
Funny you say your mouth is on fire. Another poster noted that lately eating fast food fries made her mouth burn.
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
Nothing wrong with potatoes, its the salt content in those fries.
According to their website: A quarter pounder has about 1,100 grams of sodium. Medium fries has 180. A strawberry McFlurry has 210... Their salads have 700-1000 grams....
so what?0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
Burger + potatoes is lots of carbs.
Also lots of fat (I would have said sat fat, but apparently the current fries don't have much). So for me they would blow my fat macro (which I don't care about), for anyone LCHF, that's not an issue.
Burger is more balanced with protein and carbs.
But what do I care, I don't like McD. I do like fries and burgers, although I get fries at different restaurants (not with a burger) and mainly have burgers at home.0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »My husband is that way. He can eat the saltiest foods, but hates salt added to an already cooked product.
Hmm. I might be this way. I NEVER add salt to cooked food and often think restaurant food is too salty (and fast food is normally bothering so, that's one reason I often don't like it).
But I add salt when cooking and feel that food (including vegetables) are bland if I don't.
The exception is if I plan to add olives, feta, soy sauce, sausage, smoked salmon, or the like.
Junk is what you call junk.
I love Maytag blue and manchego, among other cheeses. I could say they aren't junk, or I could admit I just like them and think they are fine in moderation (like various other foods I enjoy).
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
Nothing wrong with potatoes, its the salt content in those fries.
According to their website: A quarter pounder has about 1,100 grams of sodium. Medium fries has 180. Their salads have 700-1000 grams....
I'm not disputing what there website states, but I seem to remember a recent emissions scandal at VW (I realize they are two completely different entities) but figures can be manipulated quite easily is my point.
I would say there nutritional info is probably a lot more accurate on foods that do not have salt added after the cooking process. I have literally watched an employee stand over the fries with the shaker, then minutes later a second employee doing the exact same. That sodium level is not measurable unfortunately as the number vary from store to store. I cant stand added salt on foods, so I'm similar I skip the fries.
So salt that you can see and taste, rather than sodium content.
fwiw,
I skip McDonalds altogether.
So because I can see it and taste it, that means it has no measurable levels? Would you log 4 teaspoons of salt on MYP if you personally added it to the fries?
and yeah fwiw,
I've not eaten in McDonalds for a number of years. iifym then why not just not my thing.
No, just pondering why fries don't work for you, but a burger with much more sodium would.
My husband is that way. He can eat the saltiest foods, but hates salt added to an already cooked product.
for me, macros aren't the thing, I just don't like eating junk, except for a few of my favorite treats. McDonalds (fast food) doesn't do it for me any more.
It is simply for that reason, I cant stomach the added salt. I can eat chili peppers all day but add some salt to fries and my mouth really is on fire.
If I'm being perfectly honest, the sodium content didn't cross my mind the last time ate a McDonalds burger (hungover on the way home from a booze fueled holiday) and even then it was the meat and no bun (coeliac), I simply just looked as a full cheeseburger.
Funny you say your mouth is on fire. Another poster noted that lately eating fast food fries made her mouth burn.
Cheers
What makes my mouth burn are low cal peppers. I keep eating them because tasty!0 -
Very occasionally We fit in a coffee (black for me) and apple pie as a desert (250cal) having eaten a main meal at home but will work the calories backwards so it fits the goals. Less likely to have a full meal there, can't recall last time we did that 0
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Turned off my blocker of choice and both ads were off base - a brick and mortar glasses chain and "natural" (note that I didn't say 'organic') frozen fries. Wouldn't be caught dead around either.0
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thorsmom01 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »
@GaleHawkins I'm just curious, what do you order from there ? ( besides black coffee ) I am genuinely just curious and am not making a joke about your way of eating. I just wanted to know ?
On the coffee side I get several of the $.59 senior cup of regular coffee and add 8 little half and half creamers to each cup so on average the cost is $.20 a cup.
Food wise I get the 'round' eggs that are cracked from the shell just before they cook them in real butter, sausage and real bacon strips. Each of these items are $.99 each but if bacon it is two pieces for $.99.
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GaleHawkins wrote: »thorsmom01 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »
@GaleHawkins I'm just curious, what do you order from there ? ( besides black coffee ) I am genuinely just curious and am not making a joke about your way of eating. I just wanted to know ?
On the coffee side I get several of the $.59 senior cup of regular coffee and add 8 little half and half creamers to each cup so on average the cost is $.20 a cup.
Food wise I get the 'round' eggs that are cracked from the shell just before they cook them in real butter, sausage and real bacon strips. Each of these items are $.99 each but if bacon it is two pieces for $.99.
@GaleHawkins thanks for your reply. I was genuinely just curious as to what low carbers order from McDonalds.0 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »
I'm in usa and I wish the same lol. I rarely eat a mcds breakfast at all. Give me a quarter pounder (or double quarter) no cheese no mayo please.0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
Nothing wrong with potatoes, its the salt content in those fries.
According to their website: A quarter pounder has about 1,100 grams of sodium. Medium fries has 180. A strawberry McFlurry has 210... Their salads have 700-1000 grams....
so what?
I replied to his post. That's how it works.0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »My husband is that way. He can eat the saltiest foods, but hates salt added to an already cooked product.
Hmm. I might be this way. I NEVER add salt to cooked food and often think restaurant food is too salty (and fast food is normally bothering so, that's one reason I often don't like it).
But I add salt when cooking and feel that food (including vegetables) are bland if I don't.
The exception is if I plan to add olives, feta, soy sauce, sausage, smoked salmon, or the like.
Junk is what you call junk.
I love Maytag blue and manchego, among other cheeses. I could say they aren't junk, or I could admit I just like them and think they are fine in moderation (like various other foods I enjoy).
Maytag blue!
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GaleHawkins wrote: »
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I'm surprised that in 2016 people don't know how this *kitten* works...0 -
McDonald's is the devil's work. Wendy's is much better. They have Frostys . . . and Triples.0
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sunnybeaches105 wrote: »McDonald's is the devil's work. Wendy's is much better. They have Frostys . . . and Triples.
I used to love dipping Wendys fries in a chocolate frosty.0
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