McDonald's feel-good choices: How good are they?

by Martha Edwards (Subscribe to Martha Edwards's posts)
Jul 14th 2007 1:10PM

I was perusing the health stories at MSN this morning and my eye was immediately distracted by a bright, flashy ad from McDonald's, promising food that you can feel good about eating. I don't like McDonald's that much and I try not to eat there more than a few times a years but I decided to check out what their idea of 'Feel-good' food is. So I clicked over to find ...

Four measly choices. There are only four things on that menu that you can feel good about eating? Give me a break. Here's what they recommend:

Fruit and Yogurt Parfait (it's hardly a meal and at 180 calories, it's a bit much to be a side if you're watching what you eat)
Southwestern chicken deli sandwich on whole wheat (You need to specifically order grilled chicken, and even then it's still 530 calories, 22 g of fat and 1480 g of sodium. You can get it without sauce to cut extra calories but order a water too because you're going to be thirsty with all that salt!)
Chicken McGrill (without the sauce)
Oriental chicken salad (Again, you need to specifically order grilled chicken)

What do you think about the 'feel good choices'?

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Mootude 7-14-2007 @ 1:56PM

McDonalds don't feel bad food aren't that healthy and taste nasty

marcie0305 7-15-2007 @ 1:06AM

Yeah, they also advertise on PBS kids alongside the Earth's Best Organics among others- I tell my son not to look at the nasty clown :P

Crabby McSlacker 7-20-2007 @ 10:14AM

I agree Martha, the healthy choices are few and they don't taste very good.

And is it just me, or does it seem like they try to fake you out with the salads by sprinkling mixed greens on top, but underneath it's all iceberg which is almost sort of a fake vegetable it's got so little nutritional value?

I still go there sometimes on road trips, but have my own Cranky Coping Mechanisms for McDonalds.

(For anyone who's bored enough they're here:
http://crankyfitness.blogspot.com/2007/06/mcdonalds-much.html

Martha 7-20-2007 @ 10:17AM

Thanks for your comments guys.

I'd like to add that when I was in a rush last week, I happened to stop by one of those McDonald's express places, you know-- the ones in the gas stations, and armed with these choices, I tried to make a healthy selection, and they didn't have a single one of them on the menu!

grrrrrrrr!