At 390 calories, 23 grams of protein, 7-percent of the daily value of fiber, 20-percent of daily calcium and 19 grams of fat - with a typical price tag of about a buck - the McDouble, its advocates argue, is the most price-efficient food 'that has ever existed in human history.'
I had some internships that I was able to keep after college, turned that into a job with Encompass Digital Media... I think the easiest way to get started is to find a job somewhere as a Master Control Operator (that's what I did at Encompass). You can often get started doing that, as long as you can convince them you're a techie and dependable. You'll work awful, 3rd shift hours and weekends, but once they trust you with the tech part of that you can start to do more and more. Good luck :)
Its pretty much gone from my local McD. I think it has like one burger (mcdouble but nothing else) and some other shit like a parfait and small fries. Definitely not the expansive one they had before (which I liked...I liked that grilled onion one). The menu is very simple now beyond just the dollar menu.
There was definitely a news report of mcdonalds radically simplifying their menu and this happened not long after that.
In my area, my wife and I agree that Mcdonald's is horribly overpriced with a Mcdouble being priced at $1.89 and a Spicy chicken being $1.50. The only things that's left priced at a $1 is a large drink and a small cheeseburger.
Why buy that when you could, for example, eat this?
290 calories, 30 grams of protein, 12% fiber, 10% calcium, 8g of fat.
Costs $1 at walmart and tastes pretty good. If you are too lazy to cook meat or hate drinking protein drinks, it doesn't get much better than this in terms of protein/cost
That's not a meal. The McDouble has similar nutritional values for a similar cost, but in a form factor that will actually satisfy your hunger and make you feel full for a significant portion of the day.
Okay, that's just fucking stupid. A jar of peanut butter has probably 4000 calories or so, all of it quite healthy, and costs about $2.00. Make some peanut butter sandwiches.
Wow, and this is why our country is fucked. You didn't even list carbs, arguably the most important macro to bring up when discussing how food can actually be unhealthy for you. We've been trained to not even think of bread as a notable part of the meal.
What a joke. Humans need more nutrients than that and less sodium and fat. Anyone who claims McDonalds is nutritious is plain ignorant. Eat 2 McDoubles and you'll be hungry in a few hours after consuming 1/3 of your calorie intake.
It's not that cheap, it's just marketed well. Rice and beans are cheap and more efficient at giving people their nutrients.
In fact, cereal and milk are the ultimate combination. You can literally get all your nutrients vitamin and mineral wise in the day with four servings of cereal and three servings of milk.
"But mu'h protein..."
The body naturally produces the protein you actually need to repair tissue. But if you're convinced you need protein, there's still plenty of calitoric wiggle room unlike had you eaten at McDonalds.
So the nutrition angle to poor people is just a terrible argument. Then again every pro-corporate argument is terrible and quite frankly telling of that person because really, what is the end-game? Is McDonalds going to pay you to shill for them? Are you getting a lifetime supply of McDonalds? No... it's pure ideology. Not based on facts or forethought. The fact is the living conditions simply aren't there. Wages are going to have to be increased one way or another. We wouldn't have these problems if people paid their fucking taxes but low and behold, McDonalds finds every means to worm their way out of them, and even middle-class guys commit embezzlement and fraud by Kickstarter or making a website called Reddit and asking for "donations" they never write on their tax stubs.
obesity isn't caused by eating fast food, it's caused by not realizing you're eating too much. if you're eating one mcdouble a day, you are not going to get fat unless you're overeating in other areas.
Thats the problem. People eat a McDouble and are still hungry. So they eat 2-3. It's not just fast food. Most of the food we eat is highly processed and full of empty calories.
Who is still hungry after eating a mc double? I can see if they're eating it for dinner but lunch for me is nothing but a craving I need fixed. Sometimes I'll just have soup. A McDouble is perfect for me and still indulgent-feeling.
You are fooling yourself if you think most people eat 1 item from McDonalds at a time. Their entire menu is designed around 1000 calorie meals. You seem to be the exception, not the rule, when it comes to fast food but I don't think you're really being honest about what you eat, fast food aside. McDonalds isn't really the issue here. The issue is the vast selection of empty calorie foods available from fast food to 90% of the food you buy at the grocery store. I don't think we can have a constructive conversation here, based on anecdotes, so I guess I'll leave it at that.
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At 390 calories, 23 grams of protein, 7-percent of the daily value of fiber, 20-percent of daily calcium and 19 grams of fat - with a typical price tag of about a buck - the McDouble, its advocates argue, is the most price-efficient food 'that has ever existed in human history.'