hello welcome to McDonald's may I take your order please okay we know mcdee's isn't serving up kale
burgers or the like we know what we're getting into when we order a Big Mac but here are 10
McDonald's items you should never order under any circumstances the Shamrock Shake AKA The Rock AKA
it's understood that the Green Goodness of a shamrock shake won't be as healthy as a green
goddess salad but this neon beverage is a particularly severe offender McD's first
introduced the Shamrock Shake Back in 1970 after three years of playing with the combinations it
transitioned Into the Now familiar vanilla shake with green food coloring and added the now famous
Touch of mint flavor to match that Incredible Hulk colored aesthetic over the years McDonald's used
more than one cartoonish green character to push sales of the shake like grimace's Irish
relative uncle grimacy in the 1980s or the tie-in with the 2000 7 movie Shrek III called
the minty mud bath shake that piggybacked on the original mint taste and added a chocolate twist
who is that tasty snack there have been other variations besides the promo with everyone's
favorite ogre like the 1980s Shamrock Sunday which featured Shamrock syrup instead of the
traditional caramel fudge or strawberry sauces or the 2017 Shamrock line of beverages that put that
famous Minty Blast in everything from a shamrock mocha to a shamrock hot chocolate and a shamrock
chocolate chip frappe here's your hot chocolate blue today the OG shamrock shake makes its return
every February and March and continues to be a big seller at locations across the country
it even gets a seasonal run in its namesake country of Ireland however its massive popularity
conveniently overshadows its massive calorie count even with the Luck of the Irish you'll
need a calculator to add up all the new nutrition facts listed for this Emerald dessert the 16
ounce medium shamrock shake packs almost three and a half ounces of sugar that's like half a cup of
sugar in a single sitting on top of that the 680 total calories will pack more punch than a pot
of gold at the end of the rainbow at least since it's only sold two months a year we get a break
from this seasonal sugar snack whether we want one or not pot cakes in any combination we'll
take a hot cakes and sausage sorry sir we stopped serving breakfast they say breakfast is the most
important meal of the day but it's important to avoid this one to keep your cholesterol down
McDonald's hotcakes come in a variety of breakfast combinations with different sides but the biggest
criminal for carbs calories and cholesterol is the big breakfast with hotcakes this morning
monstrosity consists of three hot cakes scrambled eggs a biscuit hash browns and a sausage patty
and comes with syrup and whipped salted butter in addition to the clarified butter and salted butter
used in the Assembly of the whole thing so can I have the syrup now it comes in at 1340 calories
which is enough to fill the recommended daily intake for all three meals of the day it also
exceeds the recommended daily intake for saturated fats in the face of all that it makes sense to
simplify the meal but that isn't much help either an order of hot cakes with a sausage patty on
the side comes in just shy of 800 calories in its own right the sausage patty itself consists of 25
ounces of sodium but removing it from the equation still doesn't make it a healthy start to the day
the basic combination of hot cakes with syrup and butter is the most stripped down version you can
get but still doesn't strip down the carb count it still contains over three and a half ounces of
carbs along with a full day's allotment of sugar all things considered maybe hot cakes are the one
thing that shouldn't be selling like cakes the McFlurry I believe scooping ice cream with an
ungloved trunk is a class 3 health code violation this next item doesn't quite have the storied
history of the Shamrock Shake but has been up for lost time with its questionably high calorie count
the McFlurry has been around for just over two decades first seeing National release back in
1998. the concept was a creation of McDonald's franchisee Ron McClellan in New Brunswick Canada
and needed three years of development before hitting the market maybe that high-tech spoon
and the hole in the top needed a lot of research and development the sweet treat has seen a few
variations of topping since its Inception but the original five were Butterfinger Oreo Nestle Crunch
Heath and the ever popular m Ms but as popular as the McFlurry has become the idea of adding those
sugary toppings to an already sugary soft serve isn't the best combination for anybody's waistline
and the M M's McFlurry seems to be the worst first culprit of all the available candy editions the 10
ounce regular size carries 640 calories a quarter pounder with cheese and bacon doesn't even have
that many calories and the sandwich might be the better choice since it would at least fill you
up longer the big kicker for your ticker is the sugar content of the concoction which is nearly
three ounces of sugar per serving you'd need to knock back over a half a dozen of McDonald's baked
apple pies to get that same amount of sugar fix which is near twice the amount of the recommended
daily sugar intake suggested by the Food and Drug Administration maybe next time consider sticking
with the snack sized serving of this spoon spun sweet new to babletop then how about hitting that
subscribe button Mick thanks now more mcds sausage breakfast sandwiches the bed matter of fact it's
the best burger I've had in years Hot Cakes aren't the only thing responsible for turning the first
meal of the day into a disaster the handhelds from the McDonald's morning menu also have their fair
share of offenders as we know the sausage Patty's high sodium count makes it a salty situation to
avoid starting the day with so it's just as bad to add to breakfast sandwiches as it is to something
like hotcakes take for example the sausage biscuit with egg in addition to those 25 ounces of sodium
the sandwich as a whole carries 530 calories which would make a single sausage patty sandwich
equivalent to the calorie count of a small chocolate shake to keep it in a meat perspective
one patty contains as much salt calories fat and carbs as four whole bratwurst links switching it
over to a sausage McMuffin with egg doesn't put much of a dent in it as that breakfast sandwich
only has around 50 fewer calories after switching to the English muffin instead of the biscuit
no matter the bread choice it looks like the best course of action is to swap out that sausage patty
world's famous fries you just soaked it in grease very wobbly if the nutrition numbers have scared
you away from breakfast maybe the best option is to stick with a snack perhaps a crispy golden side
order of McDonald's classic fries would be the best option by avoiding all those questionable
sweets and meats the problem with that strategy is McD's famous fries are no safe haven for the
health conscious either starting at the top a large order of fries with your meal carries
500 calories by itself which is more than a large order of fries from Wendy's and from
Burger King that's not only more calories than the competition it's more calories than McDonald's own
double cheeseburger drop it down to a medium to cut the count to 340 calories or the small fries
worth 220 or the safest bed of all ditch the deep fried spuds all together McD's shakes this
drink I like it I know that's great right another well-known ice cream treats like the McFlurry and
the Shamrock Shake aren't the only dessert item that would get double takes from a dietitian in
fact the original McDonald's dessert is right up there with them shakes and no that's not shorthand
for milkshakes it's their Technical and official title this is due to a system of dairy regulations
that started in 1924 called the pasteurized milk ordinance and it regulates milk and milk products
all across the United States however some states haven't adopted the system and have some pretty
tricky definitions of what constitutes a milk product I see you drinking one percent is that
because you think you're fat so depending on where you are State Dairy laws will play a hand in what
is or isn't classified as dairy everything from sour cream to sherbet to frozen yogurt may or may
not go by their traditional names so to simplify things McDonald's just drops the milk name
entirely but even if they're still technically milk-based reduced fat soft serve in a non-milk
shake it doesn't make it any less of a strain on your digestive system a large chocolate shake
carries four ounces of sugar and 830 calories and cutting back to the small isn't much better
a small chocolate shake still packs 520 calories which is nearly twice as many calories as a double
cheeseburger has and nearly as much sugar as a half dozen Dunkin Donuts to put that all in
perspective a small frosty at Wendy's only carries 340 calories and a small Slurpee at 7-Eleven only
a hundred the best option if you're starving for a shake is to stick with vanilla a small size has
about 40 fewer calories than chocolate and half an ounce less sugar either way you'll really have to
shake it at the gym to work it off the bacon egg and cheese McGriddle they get it from Smugglers
that's not you guys there are a couple of options for swapping out that sausage sodium explosion
on your breakfast sandwich but it doesn't mean they're necessarily much better you could always
go for the classic ham from the Egg McMuffin but the tastiest and most tempting option has
got to be bacon and if you really want to ratchet things up it has got to be on a McGriddle these
salty sweet hot cake handhelds were introduced back in 2003 and the standard McGriddle carries
the aforementioned bacon as well as a slice of American cheese and a scrambled egg flap
all sandwiched between a pair of griddle cakes when the world finally got its wish for all-day
breakfast back in 2015 McGriddles were left off the options at first but after a year of outcry
they were added on and now there are no hourly restrictions on when to indulge in this mcdelight
while bacon is a slightly better breakfast meat option than sausage two strips still contain
140 calories and or more grease than meat since they average in at 63 percent fat per strip all
told a bacon egg and cheese McGriddle carries 430 calories and 25 ounces of sodium and isn't
the best way to jump start your day McCafe frappes it's like Jesus washed my tongue the
golden arches began aggressively expanding its North American coffee footprint in the
2010s making its originally australia-based McCafe coffee line a priority piece of its Global brand
moderate coffee consumption is touted as having several health benefits like lowering the risks
of depression heart disease liver cancer type 2 diabetes and even Parkinson's disease but the
Java being sold at Mickey D's still suffers from the same issues as the other questionable menu
items and in actuality might do the opposite of prevention in some of those departments
the biggest bad guy of the lot is the McCafe caramel frappe which is a blended beverage of
Coffee caramel flavoring whipped cream and caramel drizzle the large size clocks in at a staggering
670 calories tag teaming with nearly 100 carbs and 100 grams of sugar even stepping down to
the medium size is still north of 500 calories series altogether it's more sugar than caffeine
and is one of the worst options for a McDonald's morning pick-me-up mix salads chunky chicken
salad could you just give me my damn burger right McDonald's first place salads on their menu back
in 1987. perhaps to ease the guilty conscience of everything else they sell while vegetables
might not be the first thing customers think of at a burger joint these particular salads didn't
stray far from their meaty Brethren when it comes to the health department because they were paired
with Crispy or grilled chicken and a salt packed dressing the Green Goodness drowned in the usual
McDonald's Fair most of the salads served over the three decades since they debuted approached
or surpassed the 500 calorie Mark and included half of the daily recommended sodium count and
an ironic twist customers also felt inclined to cheat with side dishes after eating a quote
unquote healthier option and would pair the salad with a soda or dessert unknowingly making
things even worse the good news about all this McDonald's finally realized nobody goes there
to eat a salad and as of June 2022 officially discontinued their salad line soda one soda
12 ounces 50 Cent one thing you'll never see discontinued at the golden arches is the icy
cool carbonated drinks you wash everything down with Coca-Cola and McDonald's have held close
ties since 1955 teaming up to dominate the fast food scene through their classic combination of
hot burgers and cool beverages but any other drink might be better than a soda because that
sugary sweetness carries a scary side even moderate soda consumption has been shown
to cause chronic health issues starting with obesity and diabetes and working up
to high blood pressure heart disease and high cholesterol a large fountain soda rings in at
290 calories and 28 grams of carbs so whether it's an ice cold Coke or that Fountain Sprite
that just hits different avoid it and try hitting up an ice water to cool that calorie count check
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