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points by hnlmorg 1 day ago | 0 comments
Can’t be any worse than the contents of the food they’re ordering. I mean, nobody goes to McDonalds expecting to leave healthier than when they arrived.
[–] ShinyLeftPad 1 day ago
You don't magically become healthier from eating something, that's just not how it works.
[–] Lio 1 day ago
True but you can definitely become less healthy by eating and drinking the wrong things.

Sugar in sodas, burger buns and ketchup for example is linked to type 2 diabetes.

[–] hnlmorg 23 hours ago
You do if you’re malnourished. ;)

But the point I was making clearly wasn’t about restaurants being healthy. It was about fast food joints being especially unhealthy.

[–] ShinyLeftPad 23 hours ago
> You do if you’re malnourished. ;)

In that case you will end up healthier after a Mcdonalds, too.

You said

> Can’t be any worse than the contents of the food they’re ordering

I think addition of some E coli or whatnot from screen prints makes a McD meal much worse but sure YMMV.

[–] hnlmorg 19 hours ago
> In that case you will end up healthier after a Mcdonalds, too.

Depends on specific instance of malnutrition. If it’s lack of calories, then yes you’d be right. But that’s not what most people in the west suffer from.

> I think addition of some E coli or whatnot from screen prints makes a McD meal much worse but sure YMMV.

To be honest it was a flippant remark. I was expecting to get downvoted for elitism. Wasn’t expecting a genuine discussion about hygiene and nutrition.

But fair play, you’ve made some interesting points.

[–] ShinyLeftPad 16 hours ago
Yeah to be fair you could've got me with "what about meds?", there is a blurred line when it comes to getting healthier from eating something...