Is it really so bad? (McDonald's)

Member Name: lyndsay3201

Product:	McDonald's
Date:	07/04/09 (127 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Fast, cheap.

Disadvantages: Unhealthy.

There has been a lot of warnings in the media about obesity and unhealthy diets / lifestyles lately, and McDonalds seems to always get a portion of the blame. If you have seen the film 'Supersize me', where Morgan Spurlock eats McDonalds daily, you (like me) may have been put off eating there - but really I think it is fine to eat there occaisionally.

So I would guess that everyone reading this has been to McDonalds at least once. Wilkipedia states that they have over 31,000 restaurants worldwide - thats a lot - so you probably have a few in your local town.

The menu is getting better, and they sell things such as burgers, fries, wraps, salads, chicken nuggets, ice creams, breakfasts etc.

The advantages of McDonalds are that the service is really quick, so if you are in a hurry you can pick up something to eat fast. Also, the prices are really low. I tend to buy my morning Latte from here as it only costs £1.29 when it would be treble that at some other coffee shops. The food is also cheap, my favourite - the Mcflurry ice-cream is only 99p!!
I have to point out that it is very child friendly, however I will only ever take my son there as an occaisional treat.

The disadvantages are, based on what I have read, that the food is so processed and full of junk so it is obviously not going to be good for you. I've also found it really difficult to find out the nutritional infotmation or ingredients list, so you really don't know what you're eating at all.

Overall, I have mixed opinions about McDonalds. I do go there myself, but only for a Latte, Mcflurry or the occaisional cheeseburger. The food is tasty in my opinion, but I am under the impression that everything is high in calories so I try to avoid the meals.

I certainly don't think that McDonalds is the enemy, and is fine to enjoy occaisionly - it only becomes a problem when a person is going there once a day instead of once a month.

Summary: Once a month is fine - once a day is not!