Fast Food? Be Careful What You Eat!
Fast food is convenient when in a rush, but it is a bad idea to eat it too much or too often. Recently, McDonald’s featured a two dollar deal: Big Mac and small fries. Very tempting, and my son (who doesn’t normally eat at McDonald’s) bought this meal last week. What is the nutritional content of a Big Mac and fries? The hamburger contains 570 calories; almost half (280 calories) come from fat. Ten grams is saturated, the most dangerous and harmful to our heart. The Canadian Food Guide recommends that we "choose lower-fat foods more often." My son also ate a small fries! Unfortunately, they contain 210 calories, with 10 more grams of fat (1.5 grams saturated). He bought a drink as well, which adds another 150 calories (small size). Imagine he eats this dinner more than once a week! A two dollar meal contains a lot of fat. So, although fast food is very convenient (and cheap) to buy, it includes lots of fat—I think I’ll go and eat an apple, instead!
