{"id":240,"date":"2012-02-03T23:54:18","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T04:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/?p=240"},"modified":"2012-02-03T23:54:18","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T04:54:18","slug":"5-worst-and-best-things-to-eat-at-mcdonalds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/?p=240","title":{"rendered":"5 Worst And Best Things To Eat At McDonalds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>McDonalds is one of Americas largest fast food chains and they are everywhere. Their prices are affordable and when your in a rush, the taste is acceptable. I myself stopped off at one when I was in a rush and got something I thought wouldn&#8217;t be too bad. After that I got to thinking&#8230;was the meal I chose (3 piece chicken selects and side salad w\/o dressing) worse than I thought it was?<\/p>\n<p>I did some searching and Lifehacker already compiled a list of the 5 best and worst foods to eat at McDonalds. The results are as follows<\/p>\n<p>5 worst things to have:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Triple Thick Chocolate Shake \u2013 \t1160 cal<\/li>\n<li>Double Quarter Pounder w\/ Cheese \u2013 \t740 cal<\/li>\n<li>5 Piece Chicken Selects \u2013 660 \tcal<\/li>\n<li>Grilled Chicken Club \u2013 570 cal<\/li>\n<li>Big Mac \u2013 540 cal<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5 best things to have:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Hamburger w\/o cheese \u2013 250 cal<\/li>\n<li>Grilled Ranch Snack Wrap \u2013 270 \tcal<\/li>\n<li>6 Piece Chicken McNuggets \u2013 280 \tcal<\/li>\n<li>Southwest Salad w\/ Grilled Chicken \tw\/o dressing \u2013 320 cal<\/li>\n<li>Filet-O-Fish \u2013 380 cal<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that these results are from June of 2009 so they may be a little out of date but McDonalds still  has many if not all of these menu items still available. So next time you stop off at the golden arches, keep in mind that what you think is the best choice and what really is the best choice may be different.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more info on the results check out the Lifehacker articles: <a title=\"Lifehackers 5 worst things to have at McDonalds\" href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5283599\/five-unhealthiest-foods-at-mcdonalds\/gallery\/5\" target=\"_blank\">5 Best Foods at McDonalds<\/a> and <a title=\"Lifehacker's 5 best things to have at McDonalds\" href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5283646\/five-healthiest-foods-at-mcdonalds\/gallery\/5\" target=\"_blank\">5 Worst foods at McDonalds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McDonalds is one of Americas largest fast food chains and they are everywhere. Their prices are affordable and when your in a rush, the taste is acceptable. I myself stopped off at one when I was in a rush and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/?p=240\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12,6,5,29,40],"tags":[49,51,50],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diets","category-eatthinnotthat","category-experiences","category-food","category-health","category-study","tag-fast-food","tag-lifehacker","tag-mcdonalds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245,"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fat.alanpwebb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}