Economics

As we all know, money is tight and times are tough. Tougher for some than others. I have noticed that fast food chains are tacking advantage of these tough time with marketing and advertising. Wendy's and McDonald's come to mind. I saw ads this weekend for both chains. Wendy's is advertising their .99 value meal and a $3.99 meal. McDonald's is advertising their double cheeseburger meal for $3.99, I think. Actually, the price doesn't matter. These meals are a good value if you are speaking of filling up your gut and don't care what you put in your body. If you make a habit of eating this crap, you will pay in the long run and it will be a lot more than $3.99 Lets take a closer look at Wendy's and McDonald's.

McDonald's Double Cheeseburger Meal
Dbl CB:
440 cal
23g fat
1150mg sod
34g carbs
2g fiber
7g sugar
25g protein

Regular Fries
380 cal
19g fat
270mg sod
48 carbs
0g sugar
5g fiber
4g protein

Diet Coke
0 anything, you drink a diet coke to counter act the rest of this crap. haha!

Wendy's

Double Cheeseburger
700 cal
40g fat
1440mg sod
38 carbs
2g fiber
47g protein

Crispy Chicken Sandwich
330 cal
14g fat
680mg sod
48g carbs
2 g fiber
34g protein

OK, there you have it. You can save money now and put cheap crap in your body or you can pay a lot later to try to fix what YOU messed up!

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Scott Hines Sr. EdM, C.S.C.S. RKC
scott@pro-performance.net