Topic: fast food

McDonald’s Settles Lawsuit Over Islam-Friendly Food Fakery

McDonald's Settles Lawsuit Over Islam-Friendly Food Fakery

McDonald’s has settled a class-action lawsuit alleging that the fast-food behemoth falsely advertised serving Islam-friendly food at Detroit franchises. In a preliminary deal, McDonald’s Corp. and the franchise owners will pay $700,000 to plaintiffs including Ahmed Ahmed, who said his local McDonald’s was not actually serving halal food despite claiming that it was. More »

Fast Food Is Now A Cause Of Asthma, Eczema For Kids; Here’s Why That’s A Good Thing

Fast Food Is Now A Cause Of Asthma, Eczema For Kids; Here's Why That's A Good Thing

Childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease are the most commonly discussed side effects of eating fast food. But a new study says that’s only the beginning: Fast food could be a cause of asthma and eczema for kids, too. This is clearly terrible news for kids reared on vending machine snacks and Happy Meal dinners, but in the long run, it might actually help Americans wake up and change the way they eat. More »

New Taco Bell Dollar Menu Is Reminder That ‘Value Menus’ Are Generally Devoid Of Value

New Taco Bell Dollar Menu Is Reminder That 'Value Menus' Are Generally Devoid Of Value

Large fast food chains are in constant competition for the money of each other’s customers, so they’re always coming out with new ways to get ahead of the game, such as decreasing the already suspiciously low prices or coming out with depressingly unhealthy, gimmicky menu items. In order to compete with the terribly popular Dollar Menu at McDonald’s, make-believe-Mexican chain Taco Bell has debuted its own similar list of value options. More »

McDonald’s Happy Meals Now Come With Free Books (And A Side Of Childhood Obesity)

McDonald's Happy Meals Now Come With Free Books (And A Side Of Childhood Obesity)

Ronald McDonald has been scrutinized for his contribution to childhood obesity; now, he’s taking an even more controversial tack in their bid to get families hooked on McDonalds Happy Meals: books. The fast food giant started distributing children’s books with their happy meals in the UK today, launching a five-week campaign and plan to distribute 15 million books by 2015. On the bright side, this means a lot of kids are getting free books, which are far more beneficial than happy meal toys. But on the not-so-bright side, free books at McDonald’s means more parents who are willing to stuff their kids with unhealthy fast food and soft drinks–ironically, in the name of doing something good for their kids. More »

Gross Fast Food, Exhibit A: KFC ‘Chicken’ Contains Wrinkled Animal Organ…That Looks Like Brain

Gross Fast Food, Exhibit A: KFC 'Chicken' Contains Wrinkled Animal Organ...That Looks Like Brain

Ibrahim Langoo, a student from Britain, has vowed never to eat Kentucky Fried Chicken again…and after his gross fast food horror story, you’ll probably be pretty turned off to ever eating KFC chicken again, too. Langoo posted the photo below of what he found in the “Gladiator box meal” he was sharing with a friend. After eating one piece of chicken, he bit into another to discover a wrinkled animal organ that looks a lot like brain. More »

Healthy Travel: Tips For Eating & Communicating Well While On The Road

Healthy Travel: Tips For Eating & Communicating Well While On The Road

Being stressed out is a natural part of the holiday season. After all, you’re eating a bit differently, you’re seeing people you don’t normally visit, there’s a whole lot of saving and shopping and spending to do… it’s a recipe for nervous tension. That said, taking a couple of these steps might keep that nervous tension from evolving into anger and outbursts. More »

This Is Your Brain On Fatty Foods

This Is Your Brain On Fatty Foods

A new study analyzing what happens to your brain when you eat fatty food confirmed that not only are donuts and fries not great for your arteries; they’re also not the best brain food, either. They found that junk food actually changes your brain, spiking certain chemicals and and possibly causing symptoms of anxiety and depression. And the worst part is that cutting yourself off from fatty food can also cause withdrawal. More »

7 Grossest Things Found In Fast Food Meals

7 Grossest Things Found In Fast Food Meals

Happy Monday! Here’s a roundup of the most disgusting things ever found in fast food to remind you to steer clear of your local burger joint this week. From needles to maggots, the gross gang is all here (including the nose ring found in a McDonald’s breakfast burrito this weekend and the screw found in a Moe’s burrito. Not a good weekend for burritos, apparently).  Is it concidental that no fewer than three of these yucky examples are courtesy of the Golden Arches? I think not. More »

Telling Me How Unhealthy & Fattening Your Food Is While I Eat It Is Kind Of A Killjoy

Telling Me How Unhealthy & Fattening Your Food Is While I Eat It Is Kind Of A Killjoy

I recently moved back to New York City, and as I was walking around waiting to meet some friends I came across Rice to Riches, where I’d been once a while back and remembered liking. The place is like an ice cream parlor for rice pudding: Rum raisin, cheesecake, butter pecan, pumpkin — a couple dozen flavors of rice pudding, but that’s all it sells. And what somehow escaped my attention last time was that the places is covered in signs about how fattening rice pudding is. More »

Denmark’s Fat Tax Hurt Business More Than Obesity Rates, So It’s Getting The Boot

Denmark's Fat Tax Hurt Business More Than Obesity Rates, So It's Getting The Boot

In October 2011, Denmark introduced a fat tax to tackle obesity, which seemed pretty progressive for a country with an obesity rate that, while serious, is still much lower than our own (13% in Denmark vs. 35% in the U.S.). But a year later, they’re canning the tax altogether; it turns out it mostly just resulted in a lot of Danish people smuggling butter in from countries that sold it cheaper. More »

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