Are McDonald's fries as bad as they used to be?

jordanblakejpgr

Whilst out and about I have had two McDonalds over the last 3 days - A Grilled Chicken and Bacon wrap with fries (UK) - about 4g of Saturated Fat.

Of course there are more nutritious / healthier options with higher levels of ' good ' fats but I notice in the UK McDonalds have removed all ' added ' trans fats and cook in a '' blend of rapeseed oil and sunflower oil''.

http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questions/food/cooking-oil/what-oil-is-used-to-cook-your-products.html

Rarely do I eat fried food - if I do e.g. for a Bolognese it would be with Olive Oil.

My basic goal is to eat cleaner - good fats , less sugar , carbs with a lower GI where possible etc...

Are the actual fries as terrible or as detrimental to health as they used to be or compared to fries / chips from e.g. a chip shop that fries in Palm Oil?

Just interested to hear what people think.

kommodevaran

I don't think fries ever were detrimental to health. Eating too much has always, and still is, detrimental to health, though.

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kommodevaran

And get out your hard hat to be prepared for the hard rain. You mentioned "eating cleaner"; one of the more common definitions of clean eating is "no processed food", and McDonald's traditional fare is as processed as food can get...

Davidaw86

You can eat healthy almost anywhere. You just have to look at the nutrition facts to make sure you're getting the right things.

wolfruhn

The removal of trans fats is great but rapeseed and sunflower oils are omega 6 which most people eat way too much of compared to omega 3

Olive oil is a good fat