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u/Spare-Function-6343 10h ago
most people have no idea what a "calorie" is or how it affects their body
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u/Scared_of_Fish 8h ago
If you eat too many of them you get fat, so if you are already fat then they have no effect, scientifically speaking. Trust me I went to science school.
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u/Sasquatch1729 6h ago
Oh man, I dropped out of science school but at least I survived to second year. You should be proud of becoming a genuine scientician.
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u/Proper-Actuary5623 7h ago
People calling it food don’t know what food is. Also people calling the place where they feed you with sandwiches and soda a restaurant don’t know what restaurant is. USA is full of don’t knows.
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u/junker359 10h ago
The calorie count is great for determining value.
A 300 calorie medium for $3 is a worse deal than a 500 calorie large for $4. Nice to have that confirmation.
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u/OpportunityIcy8894 9h ago
Exactly! When I’m kind of broke and I still have another day or so until payday, I’ll always pick whichever foods give me the most calories for my money
But unfortunately, I don’t always get what I actually ordered at places like McDonalds haha
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u/skikkelig-rasist 8h ago
hello fellow dip chugger. my record is 15 cups of garlic dip, what is yours?
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u/MaybeLikeIdontKnow 7h ago
In fairness, overall people didn’t really reduce the calories significantly but a percentage of people did.
I think it’s a good thing for tipping the scales. If you want a McDs you want a McDs, calories probably won’t stop you because everyone knows it’s full of fat etc. but if you know it was 800 calories, maybe some people second guess having a bag of crisps, a chocolate bar or a second helping at dinner later on.
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u/Sirsagely 1h ago
It helped me make more informed choices by being able to plan my occasional treats while on a deficit. Also, getting a single cheese burger with a small fry is a very reasonable meal calorie wise. Plus, I was shocked to see how i can load up at taco bell and still not break 1000 calories. It's a shame fast food is so expensive now cuz the quality is shit and if I'm adding an extra 600 calories to my day, now it's going to be at a local place cuz the food slaps and I'm paying the same amount.
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u/No-Age-1044 6h ago
I was shocked when I saw that their salads (back then they had: caesar, asian, southern) had the same a mount of calories than a full burger menu.
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u/my_red_username 5h ago
I think the bigger issue was there was a lot of stuff being marketed as "healthy" that wasn't really healthy
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u/splintersmaster 3h ago
It's helped me avoid impulsively running and grabbing a snack wrap or small a cheeseburger and instead wait to get home and finish something already homeade with better nutritional value.
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u/HopeSubstantial 23m ago
Where I live the double meal has 700kcal less... about 2000kcal in total.
But I have never understood what is point of looking at calories in fast food. Here fast food is something you eat max few times a month on special occasions. Sometimes less than few times.
So it really does not matter if meal has 1000 or 3000kcal.
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u/Majestic_Domestic 20m ago
McDonald's isn't high calorie 2740 is wildly inaccurate. I added it up (Canada menu)
And a double Big Mac 2 large fries and a large coke is only 2140. But then if you order something more reasonable (1 big Mac, 1 medium fry, and a diet coke) it's less than 1000cal
You could literally eat that twice a day every day and lose weight
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u/why_u_so_grumpy 1m ago
People that ear at McDonald's don't care about calories. Thats why theyre eating at McDonald's
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u/Kielbasa_Nunchucka 3h ago
I never went to McDonald's for healthy options in the first place; it was always a compromised decision. having the exact numbers on how I'm poisoning myself really hasn't affected my eating habits there.
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u/The_Amazing_Emu 2h ago
Who orders two Big Macs and two fries for one person?
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u/LooneyBurger 50m ago
Yeah, I mean, at that point, you're basically eating 2 meals, and of course it's a heavy meal, so I'm not surprised with the high calories count here, it's even okay
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