December 11, 2004 EDITORIAL Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
Dan Aykroyd once played a toy manufacturer on "Saturday Night Live" who sold children perilous products like bags of glass. If he branched into fast food, Mr. Aykroyd's character would probably have come up with Hardee's new Monster Thickburger, an artery-clogging mountain of Angus beef slabs, bacon, American cheese and mayonnaise on a buttered sesame-seed bun. It weighs in at 1,420 calories and 107 grams of fat - quite possibly one of the most lethal pieces of food out there.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest calls it "the height of corporate irresponsibility." Jay Leno joked that it was being served in little cardboard boxes shaped like coffins. But Hardee's is hardly alone. Burger King's Double Whopper with cheese has more than 1,000 calories and more than 65 grams of fat, and Wendy's Classic Triple with cheese has 940 calories, with 56 grams of fat.
If restaurants want to serve food like this, they should print the calories and fat content on the overhead menus. But consumers have to be responsible, too, and start making the mental connection between gargantuan fast-food burgers and fries and heart attacks and strokes.
What is driving Hardee's is a simple fast-food formula: poor nutrition sells. The company says its sales have been up steadily since it introduced its Thickburger line last year. In its rollout of the Monster Thickburger, Hardee's has gamely played up the new burger's sheer excess with the ad slogan, "Be afraid. Be very afraid." It is a setback for public health, but a triumph for truth in advertising.
Now that I am out of the hospital and surgeries are done, I wanted to "indulge" with a Big Mac, Whopper or one of that ilk...until I read this. That's no indulgence.....that's digging your own grave. Thanks for posting.
quote:Finally, someone has come up with a way to cram all your daily calories and several days worth of fat into one sandwich, for total convenience to the time-pressed consumer! With one hand and five minutes, you're covered for the day.
LOL!!!
Denise
Posts: 8744 | Location: Silicon Valley, CA | Registered: March 17, 2004
quote:Originally posted by Cajetaguy: It weighs in at 1,420 calories and 107 grams of fat - quite possibly one of the most lethal pieces of food out there.
Finally, someone has come up with a way to cram all your daily calories and several days worth of fat into one sandwich, for total convenience to the time-pressed consumer! With one hand and five minutes, you're covered for the day.
alli
Fall goals: 1. Bike 40-50 miles a week 2. Prepare new garden bed for next season 3. Heal my back
Posts: 735 | Location: Jersey Shore, USA | Registered: March 11, 2004
I want to keep this in mind during the next two weeks when I am busy and might be tempted to pick up take out. This is time when we need to be eating at home as frequently as possible. I feel better, am in a better mood and don't puff up or gain weight.
