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It is sad that the photo illustrating this article shows cheeseburgers. Cheeseburgers haven't killed anybody. Cheeseburgers are not junk-food. Stop making amalg

• snazz 7y ago
  They have a lot of saturated fat (beef and cheese) and simple carbs (bun), but sugary drinks are probably worse. I’m sure excessive saturated fat consumption from a cheeseburger addiction has killed someone by way of heart disease.
  • boyadjian 7y ago
    Yes, sugary drinks are much worse, but also prepared industrial dishes that you can find in supermarkets.
• Ensorceled 7y ago
  Highly processed flour bun. Processed cheese. One cheeseburger is basically a quarter of your fat and sodium for the day. Agreed that the large soda that many wash that cheeseburger down with is certainly worse (320 calories of pure sugar), but they are certainly junk food.
  • liability 7y ago
    > "Highly processed flour bun. Processed cheese" If you choose to make a cheeseburger out of that sort of garbage, that's on you. > "One cheeseburger is basically a quarter of your fat and sodium for the day." A cheeseburger is also one third of the meals I might eat in a day, so if anything, one fourth of my daily sodium and fat intake is too little.
    • Ensorceled 7y ago
      Those WERE the cheeseburgers in the photo. Those are the garbage cheeseburgers we are talking about. If you make a burger out of lean ground chuck, a whole grain bun and real cheese that is a different discussion. Also, the burgers pictured (McDonald's cheeseburgers) are only ~250 calories, so I don't see how that is one-quarter of your daily food intake.