With the increase in fast food pricing, are you eating less fast food?
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ninalanyon · 61-69, T
I eat fast food a few times a year. Usually a bag of chips from a fish and chip shop, occasionally a piece of fish as well.
I'd eat hamburgers more often if the buns they are served in were edible.
I'd eat hamburgers more often if the buns they are served in were edible.
LordShadowfire · M
@ninalanyon Go to Carl's Jr. You can order any burger on the menu with a lettuce wrap instead of a bun. Saves a ton of carbs.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@LordShadowfire The reason for my comment was not that I dislike bread but that I do like bread and most burger buns don't qualify!
LordShadowfire · M
@ninalanyon I know. It's just burger buns at fast food places are inherently unhealthy. For example, the Third Pound Angus Burger at Carl's, Jr. When you get it with the bun, it has 56 carbs. Without the bun, 10 carbs.
Other fast food places have similarly carby bread, and if you research this, you'll find yourself asking why. There's a disturbingly simple reason. The bread is low quality and they know it, so they mix a ton of sugar into the dough. This gets you addicted to the product, even though it's shitty.
Other fast food places have similarly carby bread, and if you research this, you'll find yourself asking why. There's a disturbingly simple reason. The bread is low quality and they know it, so they mix a ton of sugar into the dough. This gets you addicted to the product, even though it's shitty.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@LordShadowfire Subway in Ireland was taken to court by the tax authorities because bread is zero rated for VAT as it is a staple food. But Subway 'bread' has so much sugar that it counts as cake which is not a staple so it is not zero rated and they should have been paying VAT (a kind of sales tax).
Years ago I was working in the US for three months so I took my family with me. Even my children complained that everything was too sweet. When we visited one of my colleagues at his home his wife was very surprised when my children asked for water to drink.
By the way what are the units in your '56 carbs'?
Years ago I was working in the US for three months so I took my family with me. Even my children complained that everything was too sweet. When we visited one of my colleagues at his home his wife was very surprised when my children asked for water to drink.
By the way what are the units in your '56 carbs'?
LordShadowfire · M
@ninalanyon Grams. For everything diabetic, I measure in metric for the sake of precision.
I'm not the slightest bit surprised that happened to Subway. A footlong sandwich of theirs is 120 g of carbohydrates.
I'm not the slightest bit surprised that happened to Subway. A footlong sandwich of theirs is 120 g of carbohydrates.