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People keep blaming the burger and completely ignore the big gulp soda consisting mostly of high fructose corn syrup that people usually have with it.
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Who doesn’t use real cheese? I put real cheese on my homemade burgers…
Too many do not. “American cheese” is not cheese imo; mature cheddar doesn’t melt as well maybe, but the sharpness brings a lot more to the table. Especially with a hot mustard in the mix.
For the sake of the healthy argument it’s kinda irrelevant though. American cheese is cheddar with water, and then they use a chemical to bind the cheddar to the water. That makes it melt faster because it’s already more watery than cheddar.
Afaik water is not unhealthy so American cheese is really not more unhealthy than cheddar.
Second thoughts reminding me - the emulsifiers aren’t great for you unless taken sparingly.
If you make it with good cheese I’m open to it. The stuff you buy in stores tastes nothing like cheddar to me, but I’ve seen internet chefs make their own.
Pepper Jack wins no diff
I love pepper jack but I haven’t seen it in years. England ain’t about it for some reason.
That’s unfortunate
yea this high quality red meat with trans fats adds 100 points to you health
Well it’s about proportion.
A burger is majorly meat and bread with a fatty ground beef with a hint of vegetables. In the “healthy” section I’d expect the diet to be more vegetables heavy as those have less calories and more nutrients.
Also the bread in healthy is a bit of a misnomer IMO. It’s not awful for you but I wouldn’t call a baguette pure “healthy” eating.
True, white bread is just empty calories
I’m petty sure some us processed white bread qualifies as cake by other countries nutritional standards
Fat red meat isn’t that healthy, and even one small burger is already a pretty big portion of it, especially compared to the quantities of the other ingredients and how filling it is (i.e. not very filling).
I’d love a burger made from these ingredients. Except the onion, I don’t like raw onion. Anyhow, it’s not junk food. This is junk food:
Burgers can be pretty healthy if you’re an endurance athlete. It’s not exactly a balanced meal, but I try to balance the food I eat in a day. It can be exhausting trying to get every meal right every time. Beef fat isn’t exactly good for your heart though, and I like the taste of chicken better.
But really you should be eating to fit your lifestyle. The human body is pretty amazing and can thrive with a wide variety of diets.
The best part about being an endurance athlete is being able to eat shitloads of food.
burgers with
- no sauces
- actual… bread as buns, not those soft squeezy air loafs
- … meat
seem reasonable- thads whad u call a sandwich!
The burger has cheese on it.
Theory: Any combination of foodstuffs, when placed in the vicinity of a fast food worker, will grow a slice of plastic cheese.
And bacon, and sauce. All of which are likely the most unhealthy parts of it.
I just try to eat as much food as I possibly can in the span of one hour from uni cafeteria (2.95€ for as much as I can fit on my plate) and call it a day with eating.
Ah yes, the snake style of eating
It’s the bread. Everything else is healthy
Eating bread in moderation is perfect fine and healthy too. It is all just about moderation.
I’ve eaten only bread for 3 weeks straight. This is healthy
Maybe cut back on that half pound of beef every day.
The bread isn’t really the problem, it’s the added sugars to “bring out its flavor”.
Do they really add sugar to bread in the USA? Sounds so wild to me.
Anyhow, light bread isn’t terrible, but wole-grain bread makes for a much more balanced diet.
It’s also the fact that (At least in the US) burgers get served next to a pile of french fries. Calorie mountain. Eating a burger without fries isn’t a bad meal. Sub them with apple slices or olives or another pickle.
