When I first found out I had high blood pressure it was a pizza. Today it was McDs. I had their new bacon Angus burger. It was good, and quite filling. Several hours later I'm still full. That, however, will not stop me from eating dinner. I am, if nothing else, an emotional eater.
So I ordered the food. I had a coupon for the Angus burger with a free medium fry and drink. Pat and I shared the fries. Pat took the Coke. I ate t
he burger, and she had a fillet of fish. Now I read an article recently about mandatory food labeling in states like New York, but I hadn't realize till today it was going mainstream.Now, when I walked into McD's did I say to myself what healthy low fat choices do they have here? No. I wanted beef. Full fat greasy beef and fries. I was not looking for something healthy. I have NEVER walked into a restaurant of any kind looking for the healthy choice.
The McDs packaging had a full-blown Nutrition Facts on the bottom of the box, and a more graphically interesting version (the condensed version) on the side. That's what caught my eye as a designer.
What the heck? Is nothing sacred?
I read them today just because they were there. The calories disappointed me. I had bacon, cheese and beef and it was 790 calories. I would have thought it would be well over a thousand. About half were from fat. Shocking? Not really....beef, bacon and cheese. I'm surprised it wasn't more. The salt was high. That did surprise me.
Bottom line it was more or less what I expected. I didn't care. They could have those Facts printed as the wallpaper and I still wouldn't care. In Fact, if they were on the menu board I would probably look for the absolutely worse food, and order that. Just because I could.
Now I need to go get a Coke.
