He wasn’t - he was deliberately saying something attention-grabbing so people would realize how unhealthy the typical restaurant fries are made. He knows a serving of six fries is unrealistic.
Of course, people are too closed-minded and insecure to be that honest with themselves about the facts they don’t want to hear — preferring instead to attack and ridicule others so they can overcompensate for their well-buried guilt over wanting to eat something they deep down know is very bad for them.
How many fries you eat matters more than things like the fries’ surface area or the type of oil used in making them, Lindsay Moyer, a senior nutritionist at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, said.
Consider, for instance, that a large serving of McDonald’s fries is 510 calories, nearly the same as a Big Mac (540 calories), she said. The Agriculture Department lists a serving of fries as three ounces, which amounts to 12 to 15 individual potato sticks, or about 140 calories.
Split your order, get the smallest portion possible or substitute with a side salad or some kind of green vegetable, Ms. Moyer said, or get a baked white or sweet potato instead.
“There aren’t a lot of people who are sending back three-quarters of an order of French fries,” Dr. Rimm said. “I think it would be nice if your meal came with a side salad and six French fries.”
Here’s the original article with context. The folks were absolutely serious about what they were saying up until the Internet blew up on them
I’ve just checked here in France. One BicMac contains 530 kcal while a caesar salad contains 402 kcal. A Royal Cheese also contains 525 kcal.
Maybe it’s different in your country but here there is a pattern where salad have less calories than burgers.
It was an hyperbole that flew over the journalists’ heads: https://www.sciencealert.com/you-should-only-be-eating-six-fries-per-serving-advises-harvard-nutritionist
What’s the hyperbole? The guy sounded pretty serious
He wasn’t - he was deliberately saying something attention-grabbing so people would realize how unhealthy the typical restaurant fries are made. He knows a serving of six fries is unrealistic.
Of course, people are too closed-minded and insecure to be that honest with themselves about the facts they don’t want to hear — preferring instead to attack and ridicule others so they can overcompensate for their well-buried guilt over wanting to eat something they deep down know is very bad for them.
Wait so the restaurant fries are 6 a (healthy) serving or not?
Am I gonna have to read the article??? :(
Yeah, life’s so unfair like that.
Smaller, not literally 6 small fries.
Targeting number of fries instead of weight would also be unscientific, 6 needle thickness and 6 quarter edges fries are not equivalent.
Here’s the original article with context. The folks were absolutely serious about what they were saying up until the Internet blew up on them
McDonald’s salads have more calories than their burgers though.
I’ve just checked here in France. One BicMac contains 530 kcal while a caesar salad contains 402 kcal. A Royal Cheese also contains 525 kcal. Maybe it’s different in your country but here there is a pattern where salad have less calories than burgers.
Royale with cheese!