After finding a McDonald's just around the corner from the Hen & Chicken the old familiar craving started. Everyone knows just how unhealthy fast food has become let alone the damage that it causes to the environment and the needless suffering of animals.
I decided to put all of my reservations about the fast food industry to one side for the afternoon and give in to the chemically altered temptation. Having not eaten there for some years, I believe the last time was on the way back from Global Gathering. I had forgotten just how outstandingly awful it really was.
In my moment of nutritional weakness I ordered a large Big Mac meal with a large strawberry milkshake. Mistake.
Putting aside the fact that it filled me up yet left me feeling even unhealthier. The Big Mac was luke warm and virtually tasteless, comparing it to cardboard is an insult to boxes the world over. Every bite of the burger was worse than the one before. It had obviously been kept under a hot light for some time as the "salad" had started to wilt. The fries were bearable however, I sincerely doubt that even the minimum wage workers could fuck those up. Definitely over salted though, lets force flavor! The shining light in this insult to my taste buds was the milkshake. Creamy strawberry niceness.
After finishing off my meal of salt, fat and sugar I discovered a handy nutritional guide on the tray. I am just going to concentrate on the key parts fat, calories, salt and sugar. Totals for the meal are..
Calories : 1490 GDA : 75%
Fat : 61g GDA : 91%
Salt : 3.6g GDA : 72%
Sugar : 88g GDA : 88%
Its nice to know that in one meal I had consumed nearly all of my recommended daily allowance, a couple of cups of tea and a bag of crisps on the same day and it was blown! Interestingly enough no vitamins or minerals are listed on there, well its not really interesting as I doubt there is any need to list those.
Take my advice and come to the Hen and Chicken for a burger instead! Its only an extra ten minutes down the road.
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