McDonald's to employees: Avoid burgers and fries - it's risky for your health

SOURCE RT.COM

Expressing concern over employees’ health has backfired on the world’s leading fast food producer, McDonald’s. Its own employee resources website recommended workers to avoid burgers and fries whenever possible due to health risks.

The McResource site, notorious for giving advice

on how to make ends meet working for $7.25 an hour at McDonald’s,

has cooked up another gem: the folks preparing and serving

McDonald’s food should actually avoid eating it themselves –

because it is unhealthy.

To illustrate the difference between ‘unhealthy choice’ and the

‘healthier choice’, the website of the food chain that employs

some 700,000 people worldwide, for some reason countered graphics

depicting a typical McDonald’s meal with graphics very much

resembling a meal at the company’s major competitor, Subway: a

sandwich with salad and a glass of water.

“Fast foods are quick, reasonably priced, and readily

available alternatives to home cooking. While convenient and

economical for a busy lifestyle, fast foods are typically high in

calories, fat, saturated fat, sugar, and salt and may put people

at risk of becoming overweight,” the site said.

Instead of eating a cheeseburger and fries, McResource advises to

“Eat at places that offer a variety of salads, soups and

vegetables to maintain your best health.”

“Although not impossible it is more of a challenge to eat

healthy when going to a fast food place. In general, avoiding

items that are deep fried are your best bet,” McDonald’s

revealed.

The corporate website also warns that “people with high blood

pressure, diabetes, and heart disease must be very careful about

choosing fast food because of its high fat, salt, and sugar

levels” and calls to “limit the extras such as cheese, bacon and

mayonnaise.”

After the new set of stunning revelations from McDonald’s drew

the attention of media worldwide, McDonald’s issued a statement

saying that, “Portions of this website continue to be taken

entirely out of context. This website provides useful information

from respected third-parties about many topics, among them health

and wellness. It also includes information from experts about

healthy eating and making balanced choices. McDonald’s agrees

with this advice.”

Even though a spokesperson for McDonald’s, Lisa McComb, told CNBC

that the data from the corporate website web site “does not

advise against fast food”, the McResource site has already

made way too many controversial remarks lately.

Just a couple of weeks ago fast-food workers in over 100 American

cities walked off the job, demanding a $15 federal minimum wage,

a two-fold rise from the current level. At the very same time

McDonald’s corporate website generously shared with its employees

some nuances on how to tip dog walkers, house keepers, massage

therapists, personal fitness instructors, pool cleaners, au pairs

and other services they are definitely unlikely to make use of

ever.

In October McDonald’s workers unable to pay their bills or stay

above the poverty line were advised to find help from food

pantries or enlist in government benefit programs, instead of

seeking higher wages

(http://rt.com/usa/mcdonalds-help-broke-food-stamps-649/).

As of now the

McResource Line site is closed for maintenance.

“We are temporarily performing some maintenance in order to

provide you with the best experience possible,” the

announcement says.

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