Chain Restaurants Offer Entrees With Bountiful Calories
From MSNBC.Com:
“The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a research group that advocates good nutrition, highlighted menu items from popular chain restaurants that in some cases have as many calories in just one plateful as some people should eat in an entire day.
‘I would never dream of telling someone what to order in a restaurant, but people can’t make informed choices without basic nutrition information,’ said Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy for the group.
The examples included Ruby Tuesday’s Colossal Burger, which weighs in at around 1,940 calories and includes 141 grams of fat. That doesn’t even include the fries on the side.”
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist or a nutritionist to know that if a sandwich is called a “Colossal Burger”, it probably has enough calories to last you the whole freakin’ day. Here’s a clue, if it takes both hands to pick up the damn burger, it most likely has over a 1,000 calories.
As adults we need to exercise common sense, we don’t need a menu with calories listed after every entree. Sometimes I feel like gobbling a Colossal Burger or a Triple Whopper; I’d rather not be reminded how many calories I’m consuming.
Menus with nutritional information take all the fun out of eating out. When I eat out I want to enjoy my food and relish the conversation with my dinner companions – I don’t want to be counting calories.
I applaud the chain restaurants that are supersizing their entrees; there’s nothing worse than spending a fortune at an expensive restaurant and getting a portion that wouldn’t satisfy a child. When I eat out I want to be treated like I’m Oprah Winfrey and not like an anorexic model.
Writing this essay has made me very hungry; I’m going to Burger King and order a Double Whooper and supersized fries.
I write a weekly column for a small town newspaper in Virginia, and I also write for several Web sites. Please leave a comment or send me an email at: rreyes4966@aol.com | More from Robert Paul Reyes
Stumble It!
February 27th, 2007 at 2:22 am
Nothing like a huge American Hamburger, with a pickle on the side. I’m with you Robert.
Humans grew the big brains when we started eating meat. (according to scientists)
You can always take the food home and give it to your dog. We deserve the option.
February 27th, 2007 at 6:43 am
As much as I hate to agree with Robert,,,
I don’t need the socialists telling restaurants what to offer or me what to eat..
Maybe once a month I treat myself to a Monster Burger,,, but not often…
February 27th, 2007 at 9:14 am
As we fill society with ever more training wheels and guard rails, people will become ever more dependent on them. Some of us might suspect that a burger too difficult to lift is not a sensible meal but a glance at typical Americans tells me we are a vanishing breed.
I often see portly secretaries waddling back to their desks with a towering sundae or triple-tall coffee laced with chocolate syrup. They slurp down their treat and then flip open a diet log and write in “yogurt” or “coffee.”
It SHOULD hurt to be stupid. People should not be insulated from the consequences of their bad choices. The Liberal Socialist society you dream of will turn humanity into a giant flock of sheep, easily controlled by whomever has managed to retain the power of rational thought.
Thinking isn’t cheating.