{"id":51065,"date":"2011-06-23T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=51065"},"modified":"2011-12-27T12:28:32","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T17:28:32","slug":"whats-really-lurking-in-your-mcdonalds-combo-meal-slideshow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/whats-really-lurking-in-your-mcdonalds-combo-meal-slideshow\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Really Lurking in Your McDonald&#8217;s Combo Meal [SLIDESHOW]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cheeseburger is a rather simple food, right? You probably make these a few times every summer on your deck. Ground beef, slice of cheese, few veggies, condiment or two and boom- a juicy burger. No, not the healthiest, but there are far worse things for you, and you can always do a lot to make it healthier &#8212; lean beef, reduced fat cheese, top with roasted peppers and <strong><a title=\"how to eat avocados\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/10-fresh-ways-to-enjoy-guacamole-and-salsa-its-not-just-for-chips\/\">avocado instead of mayo<\/a><\/strong>. You get the idea.<a title=\"foodfacts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/whats-really-lurking-in-your-mcdonalds-combo-meal-slideshow\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-51071\" title=\"foodfacts\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/foodfacts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, that seemingly same burger at a fast-food restaurant, like <strong><a title=\"healthiest mcdonalds food\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/mcdonalds-healthiest-menu-choices\/\">McDonald&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong>, is no where near as simple and is the epitome of junk food. Calling it food might be a compliment.<\/p>\n<p>While we&#8217;ve singled out the largest fast-food chain as an example, much of what you&#8217;ll learn in this slideshow, provided by <strong><a title=\"foodfacts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.FoodFacts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">FoodFacts.com<\/a><\/strong>, is replicated in restaurants across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Do yourself, and your body, a favor and educate yourself on what you&#8217;re eating. Knowing what&#8217;s in your food, and opting not to eat it, is your way of casting a vote that says &#8220;no, I do not want this,&#8221; and the only way food producers will hear your message.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/worst-foods-at-mcdonalds\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/media\/slideshow_images\/worst-foods-at-mcdonalds\/fries.jpg\" alt=\"View What McDonalds is Hiding in its Food Slideshow\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cheeseburger is a rather simple food, right? You probably make these a few times every summer on your deck. Ground beef, slice of cheese, few veggies, condiment or two and boom- a juicy burger. No, not the healthiest, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/whats-really-lurking-in-your-mcdonalds-combo-meal-slideshow\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[6778,7851,8440,2029,724],"class_list":["post-51065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-chemicals","tag-foodfacts","tag-homepage","tag-mcdonalds","tag-restaurants"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51065"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51073,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51065\/revisions\/51073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}