It’s no secret that I am not a big fan of the junk food served up at the Golden Arches, but a recent ad caught my eye: POP SMILE REPEAT was the tagline. Catchy. Kind of reminded me of the famous “Snap, Crackle, Pop” or “Good to the Last Drop” or “Finger Lickin’ Good” slogans of the past. POP SMILE REPEAT is an ad for a new McDonald’s contribution to the tragic Obesity Pandemic facing mankind; McBites. My knee jerk response to McDonald’s offerings is to assume it’s garbage but in the name of objectivity, I did my homework and I can assure you that I’m NOT lovin’ McBites and I hope that you won’t either.
Erik Trinidad of the Huffington Post wrote this fab review:
“Just when you thought McDonald’s couldn’t do anything else to mass produce a fast food chicken item short of just serving fried chicken parts like KFC, it has introduced Chicken McBites, the Golden Arches’ answer to popcorn chicken….”
He goes on to say that “Perhaps McBites were introduced just to be snacked on, as a “light” version of McNuggets if you just want a quick salty fix, however, the regular sized box of McBites are about as filling as a 6-piece McNuggets. And when you compare the calorie counts — 470 vs. 280 — you’ll see that McBites have about 68% more calories than their predecessor, a result of the starchy, oil-collecting batter outweighing its chicken counterpart.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/mcdonalds-chicken-mcbites_n_1227482.html
In a day and age where we have literally hundreds of thousands of people dying because of Obesity, Diabetes on the rise at epic rate I guess we can take comfort in the fact that this new epicureal disaster will only “be here for a limited time”. Thank goodness!
Dr. Mehmet Oz referred to me on his “Oprah & Friends XM” show as an “Obesity Activist”, I hadn’t really thought of myself in those terms but I guess in many ways I am turning into one as I got pretty worked up over this new garbage being offered by McDonalds and their marketing tactics.
POP SMILE REPEAT……think about it. Pop a McBite. Smile? WHY because you injested something remotely like chicken, coated in breading and fried in enough grease to make Paula Deen cringe? and WHY in the World should you REPEAT such an unhealthy decision?
Jeez McDonalds, you’re killing us, literally! I say POP, FROWN and if you care at all about your health…RETREAT!
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