I eat Burger King somewhat regularly, which I know is catastrophic for anyone's health, but I'm asking if my food choices go any way to soften that blow. Firstly I am not overweight. I weigh 9 stone 13, and my body is very healthy. I do though have a problem with low blood pressure. I can only manage a small kid's meal, so I usually get a kid's small cheeseburger, small fries, 4 chicken strips (not nuggets) and a fruit juice. Oh, and a yoghurt. And I can only just manage to eat these small servings before filling up (usually with left-over fries and a bit of uneaten burger). I've started to worry after watching Super size Me just now, but I noticed a lot of the problems are in those extra large portions that I've never seen outside of America. I've read the nutritional information. A kid's cheeseburger is 317 calories with 5 grams of saturated fat, and a small fries is 200 calories with 4g of saturated fat. I couldn't find the exact chicken strips but a similar Burger King product yields 95 calories and trace saturated fat for 3 strips of chicken. Am I OK with eating this sort of amount and not worrying about my health is my question? My guess is it should be fine because I eat to my own limits and those limits are small. But I want some opinions anyway just to put my mind as ease (or not) after watching Super Size Me.
Fast food in itself is no more unhealthy then the particular piece of food you're eating is. Eating a bag of skittles is just as bad. Super Size Me isn't really a fair documentary though. One, who the heck eats McDonalds 3 times a day for a month straight? Also entire meals, most of the time I go to McDonalds I get like a Mcchicken and french fries, not 4lbs of food. But yes, everywhere in America, everywhere, serving sizes are gigantic and food is dirt cheap.
