Food - healthy choice

Former Member

Okay, just out of curiosity, how much would you pay for the healther choice of food,

For example, burger and fries with a coke from somewhere costs £2.99 now you could get excatly the same, taste the same, same portion but healthier, how much more would you pay for the healthier choice, if any,

Me, I am unsure how much, for a £2.99 meal probaby 4quid, if it's alot healther

you?

Former Member

You can get a meal deal in Boots (the healthy one), which is about the same as that burger, fries and Coke. Less, in fact. I think it's about £2.50ish.

So I usually go for that, unless I feel like I need junk, which is rare tbh.

Former Member

why would you want it to taste like burger fries and coke?
That kind of spoils the question really. Id pay more than that for a healthy meal, but if I wanted burgers fries and coke, then id just have that.

Former Member

burgers taste like shit anyway. and considering you can get a huge, healthy sandwich in most bakers for about £2, and a bottle of water/juice for about 60p, i wouldn't pay a great deal.

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kaffrin wrote:

burgers taste like shit anyway. and considering you can get a huge, healthy sandwich in most bakers for about £2, and a bottle of water/juice for about 60p, i wouldn't pay a great deal.

most of the sandwiches arent that good for you in fact, in some cases youre better off eating the cardboard that is mcdonalds


i eat well and i eat bad, im in good health :thumb:

food is something to be enjoyed for its variety on top of nutrition

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wheresmyplacebo wrote:

most of the sandwiches arent that good for you in fact, in some cases youre better off eating the cardboard that is mcdonalds

i think we're talking about different sandwiches. i don't mean the pre-prepared shite you get in petrol stations.

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kaffrin wrote:

i think we're talking about different sandwiches. i don't mean the pre-prepared shite you get in petrol stations.

Quite. Go to a bakers or something that does sandwiches, much nicer, and much better for ye.

Former Member

i dont think you got me,

im basicly asking how much more would you pay if you could have your junk food healthy, say a mocdonalds contained ALOT less fat and carlories ect, but still tasted the same..

Former Member

mcdonalds isn't real food. even if you took all the fat and calories away, it would still be bad for you.

eat something with vitamins in.

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Hellfire wrote:

i dont think you got me,

im basicly asking how much more would you pay if you could have your junk food healthy, say a mocdonalds contained ALOT less fat and carlories ect, but still tasted the same..

I still would go for the Boots thing. If it still tasted like it does, then it makes no difference to me how healthy it is. There are times when I really feel like eating MacDonald's, and times when it really doesn't appeal to me. I couldn't care less about how healthy stuff is, I just eat what I feel like eating.

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kaffrin wrote:

mcdonalds isn't real food. even if you took all the fat and calories away, it would still be bad for you.

eat something with vitamins in.

but thats what i am saying... If all the crap was taken out... God.. i just give up..

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Hellfire wrote:

but thats what i am saying... If all the crap was taken out... God.. i just give up..

If all the crap was taken out there'd be nothing left, is what she's saying, and is truth.

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Hellfire wrote:

but thats what i am saying... If all the crap was taken out... God.. i just give up..

why would anyone pay any different if it was healthier? it'd still taste like shite. and if you took out all the crap, you would be left with... nothing. maybe a little bit of lettuce.

and surely anyone who eats mcdonalds enough to notice doesn't really give a crap about their health anyway, so why would it make a difference to them if it were healthier?

and before you throw your toys out of the pram, read the thread. people have been answering your question.

Former Member

For a healthier version of burger and chips I would pay a bit more. Depends why it was healthier. If it was all organic then id be happy to pay more.

Former Member

I don't see why you should have to pay more for something to be better for you, so i wouldn't i would go elsewhere.

And i wouldn't with a MacDonalds anway even if it was really good for me it would still taste like a pile o shite. As Franki said i always used to get the meal deals and stuff when i was in town, this was before i found the jacket potatoe hatch mind. I've not ate MacDonalds for over 2 years, not including the odd McFlurry mind

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beans wrote:

i found the jacket potatoe hatch mind.

when I used to work in the diner at my last job, all the jacket potatoes were pre-cooked then frozen, so we just had to reheat them in the microwave. We then smothered them with hydrogenated margerine. I honestly dont think most baked potatos you can buy are any healthier

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rainbow brite wrote:

when I used to work in the diner at my last job, all the jacket potatoes were pre-cooked then frozen, so we just had to reheat them in the microwave. We then smothered them with hydrogenated margerine. I honestly dont think most baked potatos you can buy are any healthier

The cook them in a huge oven thing from raw, they probably aren't the most healthiest option you could choose but you get to pick all your own fillings and they are a dam site tastier and even cheaper than a Mac D's

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beans wrote:

The cook them in a huge oven thing from raw, they probably aren't the most healthiest option you could choose but you get to pick all your own fillings and they are a dam site tastier and even cheaper than a Mac D's

id rather have one too any day. Just dont think baked spuds with butter/marge are THAT healthy, I agree theyre healhier than a mcshite burger and a darn sight more filling too.

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humous, 2 pitta breads and couple of carrots....= about 1.50 and i'm talking pounds.

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People don't really go to McDonalds to eat healthy food now, do they!

Give me bakers oven or subway anyday. (not that i'm saying they're healthy, but yum).

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lucifer devil wrote:

People don't really go to McDonalds to eat healthy food now, do they!

Give me bakers oven or subway anyday. (not that i'm saying they're healthy, but yum).

Oh gawwwwwwwwd don't start me on Baker's Oven....'specially Roast Chicken Bakes.....oh gawd *drools*