Issue 16, Friday March 12th 2004
McDonalds proves once and for all that Burgers are better for health than Salad.

McDonalds corp, the world’s largest supplier of saturated fats, yesterday made headway in it’s battle to prove that Burgers are a healthy eating choice.
The company has long refused to modify it’s products in any way that might reduce the harmful effect it fat saturated burgers are having on world health, finding it easier to change communications strategy than product.
Yesterday’s launch of the world’s most unhealthy salad is the companies latest arm in the war against healthy eating.
McDonalds new chicken salad effectively contains more calories and more fat than it’s standard burgers.
A McDonalds Chicken Ceasar salad in effect contains 425 calories and 21.4g of fat against 253 calories and 7.7g of fat for a standard burger.
Commenting on the change R.Mcdonald the companies chief strategist told BIGfib “People have been pushing us for a healthy eating option. Now we’ve provided one it turns out that our burgers are even healthier, which is pretty much what we’ve been saying all along. So shut up and enjoy.”
The company expects to sell about seven Chicken salads in 2005 a spokesman said.


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