Would you be interested in healthy fast food?

[Zen0]

It concerns me a little that McDonalds is hiring so many people because of the increased demand.

I don't dislike McDonalds for once in a blue moon, but when I look at their menu, everything new is loaded with sugar and calories (I think their new thing is pastries).

It becomes very hard to eat healthy when you're out of town, it seems. I either have to find a Panera bread, a Boston Market, or something similar in order to have a chance, but then Lunch ends up being north of $10.

So then, I often wonder why someone hasn't offered a healthy fast food alternative that you can get from a drive-through?

 

[spidey07]

It concerns me a little that McDonalds is hiring so many people because of the increased demand.

I don't dislike McDonalds for once in a blue moon, but when I look at their menu, everything new is loaded with sugar and calories (I think their new thing is pastries).

It becomes very hard to eat healthy when you're out of town, it seems. I either have to find a Panera bread, a Boston Market, or something similar in order to have a chance, but then Lunch ends up being north of $10.

So then, I often wonder why someone hasn't offered a healthy fast food alternative that you can get from a drive-through?

Because they wouldn't have enough customers to turn a profit. Fast food already has healthy stuff on the menu anyway.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Because most healthy food can't eaten while you drive... a burger works nicely, as do chicken nuggets.

 

[TheNinja]

Many fast food places offer healthier alternatives now. Sure they aren't as healthy as eating at home. But you don't get low price, healthy, fast, and tasty all at the same time. You have to choose a few of those and sacrifice the others.

 

[Zen0]

Because most healthy food can't eaten while you drive... a burger works nicely, as do chicken nuggets.

Either of these can be "healthy".

A wheat based bread, a grilled chicken patty with some nice vegetables, no mayo and some light seasoning makes a delicious chicken sandwich.

Chicken nuggets are even easier, go with non-breaded (or lightly crusted) chicken tender meat with a low calorie sauce.

I just don't know why they don't try to offer these even as an option.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

subway ftw!

 

[spidey07]

Because most healthy food can't eaten while you drive... a burger works nicely, as do chicken nuggets.

McDonalds salad shaker to the rescue!

 

[spidey07]

Either of these can be "healthy".

A wheat based bread, a grilled chicken patty with some nice vegetables, no mayo and some light seasoning makes a delicious chicken sandwich.

Chicken nuggets are even easier, go with non-breaded (or lightly crusted) chicken tender meat with a low calorie sauce.

I just don't know why they don't try to offer these even as an option.

Because that shit doesn't taste nearly as good.

 

[Zen0]

Many fast food places offer healthier alternatives now. Sure they aren't as healthy as eating at home. But you don't get low price, healthy, fast, and tasty all at the same time. You have to choose a few of those and sacrifice the others.

They do offer healthier alternatives. Well, they usually offer 1 - salads.

And what ends up happening is you get a tiny amount of day old lettuces with poor quality additional pieces of tomatoe or cucumber or something, with 1 patty of grilled chicken... all for $5.99 or more. Yikes, what's the point of this?

 

[mOeeOm]

You can get "healther" food at mcdonalds.

Order a grilled chicken with no mayo, instead of fries have a salad with no dressing, and instead of soda have water.

 

[Zen0]

You can get "healther" food at mcdonalds.

Order a grilled chicken with no mayo, instead of fries have a salad with no dressing, and instead of soda have water.

I didn't know this existed, thanks. It's 350 calories without the mayo, which is not bad. 240 of which is the bread though, which is bad.

More options like this would be a good idea.

 

[mOeeOm]

I didn't know this existed, thanks. It's 350 calories without the mayo, which is not bad. 240 of which is the bread though, which is bad.

More options like this would be a good idea.

Yea, at fast food places they never have the healthiest meals, but you can make it better if you actually look at the menu and pick items. Most of the bad calories from meals come from the sides, if people switched the fries/drink it's not THAT bad.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

subway ftw!

Smart man. Came in here to say the same thing. Doesnt help though when someone gets the Philly cheesesteak with bacon and extra cheese.

 

[CPA]

Jeebus Christ people. Fast food burger restaurants cater to a specific demand, stop trying to change them. If you want healthier alternatives, go somewhere else or make it yourself. I am so sick and tired of this pervasive sentiment that fast food and other restaurants should be told what they can sell and what they can't.

 

[Murloc]

fast food is popular because it's cheap too.
Good food isn't as cheap.

If the problem aren't the calories, then it's going to be the salt.

 

[frostedflakes]

Yeah sub sandwiches are pretty good if you want something quick and relatively healthy. Just make sure to stick with turkey, 86 the mayo, etc. Obviously if you go and load it up with a bunch of unhealthy stuff it defeats the point.

We have a really good sub place around here that makes their own bread daily, slices the meats and cheeses in front of you, etc. And pricing is really competitive with Subway too, they offer $5 1 ft subs for example. And the bread especially is so much better, very soft and fresh tasting, not hard like Subway.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Fast food is also loaded with salt. That's part of the taste. To make it healthy you'd also have to go low sodium which would take a lot of the flavor out redering it bland.

Look up the sodium content of a Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich or any other burger/sandwich out there. It's insane. The spicy chicken meal at Wendy's has almost 2500mg of sodium in it. That's your whole days allowance. But it's sooooo gooood...

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Yeah sub sandwiches are pretty good if you want something quick and relatively healthy. Just make sure to stick with turkey, 86 the mayo, etc. Obviously if you go and load it up with a bunch of unhealthy stuff it defeats the point.

We have a really good sub place around here that makes their own bread daily, slices the meats and cheeses in front of you, etc. And pricing is really competitive with Subway too, they offer $5 1 ft subs for example. And the bread especially is so much better, very soft and fresh tasting, not hard like Subway.

Can't drive and eat a sub... too messy.

 

[frostedflakes]

True, and does Subway offer drive throughs at any of their chains? I didn't think they did.

Obviously not as fast and convenient as some fast food. But it's relatively fast, convenient, and healthy.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Can't drive and eat a sub... too messy.

I seriously doubt you're so busy you can't sit down and eat a sub.

 

[qliveur]

subway ftw!

This.

A footlong oven-roasted chicken on 9-grain wheat with brown mustard is about 650 calories.

 

[SMOGZINN]

Either of these can be "healthy".

A wheat based bread, a grilled chicken patty with some nice vegetables, no mayo and some light seasoning makes a delicious chicken sandwich.

Chicken nuggets are even easier, go with non-breaded (or lightly crusted) chicken tender meat with a low calorie sauce.

I just don't know why they don't try to offer these even as an option.

But to do so would push the price up to the greater then $10 range.

The wheat bread is not so bad, but vegetables to be any good need to be fresh, not frozen, and not having sat under a heat lamp for the last 8 hours. Chicken patties or nuggets to be edible in a non-breaded non-deep fried form needs to be made of mostly cut meat and not a glued together mash of meat extruded from a tube.

And even if we got them to do this it would just reset the fast food wars and it would be no time at all before they were adding HFCS to the broccoli along with a host of other cheap tricks that they hire loads of scientists to figure out how to fool our bodies into liking their product more then the fast food stand across the street.