aquascoot wrote on Jul 7^th, 2024 at 6:45am:


I watched the documentary "Super Size Me" just the other week. Near the end of the documentary, Spurlock said that McDonalds changed their menu to introduce salads. However, Spurlock noted that the salads were almost as fattening as the burgers and fries.

JC Denton wrote on Jul 7^th, 2024 at 11:48am:


The last time I broke my diet and bought Maccas, I thought it was the best fast food meal I have had in a long time. Duh, of course it was. However, I felt run down an hour later. Insulin spike leading me to sleep off the meal. It was only Wednesday just gone that I broke my abstention from fast food by eating a whole pizza, and washing that down with a 600mL Pepsi. Same again with the insulin spike leading to sleepy time.

You can say that there is nutrition in McDonalds all you like. People can say that there is nutrition in a bucket of fried chicken, too. But, the reality is that these meals are pushing malnutrition onto our bodies. Healthy meals consisting of low-fat, low-sugar content helps the body get the optimum energy levels without going straight to our fat cells.

UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 7^th, 2024 at 1:43pm:



I've seen that movie.
That guy died.

Bobby. wrote on Jul 7^th, 2024 at 2:19pm:


Died of cancer.

JC Denton wrote on Jul 7^th, 2024 at 2:36pm:


I am one of the last people on this forum to be giving nutritional advice. However, I have learned enough over the years to know that calories derived from healthy meals and calories derived from fast food meals are different. You could overeat on salad and low-fat meats to consume the same amount of calories as you would a Big Mac meal. But, your body's ability to digest a salad meal would be a lot easier than what you would having a Big Mac meal. They may be the same amount of calories. But, the nutrition on a Big Mac meal just processes in our digestion differently because of the poor quality of food. Sure, you can satiate your hunger with fast food. However, because the fats and carbs give short term energy, you tend to be hungry again sooner than what you would if you had a salad.

That article you posted:
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He countered the bad diet with a multivitamin pill and drank a protein shake daily. And he ate vegetables. Oh, come on! My own previous diet consisted of regular junk food each week and modestly healthy meals at home. I was slowly losing weight. But, I was losing muscle mass. When I cut out my alcohol intake, and stopped going to fast food restaurants, my weight stayed roughly the same as it was. But, I look much stronger. Muscle weighs more than fat. I look skinnier than I was. But I am also stronger.

the caloric equivalent of a big mac in the form of a salad would be an enormous salad

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so? he did that to be healthy in other ways and to get nutrients, not to keep the weight off. the weight loss came entirely from the caloric restriction that was the point.

JC Denton wrote on Jul 7^th, 2024 at 3:10pm:


Well, yes, the caloric restriction would have meant that the small amount of nutrition he got from the junk food would have meant that he would have lost weight feeling hungry not long after eating. He would have also had bigger bowel movements than usual. Normally, if you eat a very healthy diet, your body won't need to do a bowel movement any more than once a day. That is because your body uses the healthy diet very effectively.