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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30000934

"Family friendly" pub chain Hungry Horse has been criticised for creating a burger containing nearly 100% of a woman's recommended daily calorie intake at 1,996 calories.

The Double Donut burger consists of two beef burgers topped with cheese, four bacon rashers and BBQ sauce, sandwiched between two glazed ring-doughnuts.

Critics called it irresponsible, dubbing it "a heart attack on a plate".

Hungry Horse said it was catering for a variety of tastes.

Its 220 pubs around the UK claim to be "big on value, fun and offering unrivalled choice".

So wrong?
Advertised with the tag line "So Wrong It's Right", the Double Donut burger contains 53g of saturated fat, well above the 20g daily allowance for women and 30g allowance for men.

The amount of salt in it - 8.2g - is also more than the recommended daily amount for adults (6g).

Mel Wakeman, senior lecturer in Applied Physiology at Birmingham City University, said: "To me, this is simply ludicrous and irresponsible. I am no killjoy but why is this sort of food available?"

Hungry Horse said it displayed all the nutritional information and guideline daily amounts for men, women and children on its website. On searching, you can find a BBQ Pulled Pork (Wo)Man Vs Burrito that contains nearly 3,500 calories, 65g of fat and 13g of salt.

But Mel Wakeman argues: "Why can't they include on the menu what the customer would need to do to burn all those calories off? In the case of this Double Donut Burger, around three hours of continuous running should just about do it. I wonder how many people would still opt for the item knowing this."

Steve Jebson for Hungry Horse, said: "Our popular menu caters for a variety of tastes and appetites and includes everything from lower calorie options such as our hot chicken and bacon salad at 393 calories, through to the indulgent occasional treat such as our new Double Donut Burger. All the nutritional information for our menu is available on our website and in our pubs, so that our customers are able to make informed decisions about what they choose to eat."

Would you eat it or would you not as its unhealthy?
 
I wouldnt order it, but if others choose to, then that is up to them.

Im not sure how these places could be made to be more 'responsible' to be honest. Im guessing they have healthy options on their menu, as ive never been to one. Most places do.

The question is, will this thread turn in to a debate about how much strain this puts on an already overloaded NHS as the number of cases of heart disease increases? Should people be made to pay extra into the NHS if their heart disease is self inflicted by way of too mahy visits to Hungry Horse restaurants?
 
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Its a one off meal so yes bring it on. My wife and i like a particular wetherspoons pub in Doncaster and go in with friends and family on a Saturday about 11am and i start with their large breakfast followed by several pints of hand pulled local ales and a few more snacks off of the menu then we all leave bladdered around 7 ish. I must intake over 3000 calories but we only do it ever 4/5 weeks so I'm not bothered at all about 1 large dose of calories.
 
Publicity stunt, innit?

(BTW, no I wouldn't eat it. Because, vegetarian.)

(BTW2 anybody who claims it's a "heart attack on a plate" needs to have their medical degree stripped from them. And put in the stocks. Maybe even shot in the face for repeat offences. It's actually an insult to science.)
 
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But Mel Wakeman argues: "Why can't they include on the menu what the customer would need to do to burn all those calories off? In the case of this Double Donut Burger, around three hours of continuous running should just about do it. I wonder how many people would still opt for the item knowing this."
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I'd love to hear more about health expert and physiology professor Mel's lectures. Calories basically don't work like that.

I remember when the BBC talked to actual experts before running "I am outraged" adverts.
 
Can somebody write Steve a script to select a random headline from the BB and automatically post it to TP?

I am sure it will save him many hours a day that he can spend helping out the poor and disadvantaged by donating his wealth of worldly wisdom.
 
JonathanRyan said:
BTW, no I wouldn't eat it. Because, vegetarian
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Same here.

Although I don't have a problem with it. If people are stupid enough to order it, that's their problem. It's no different to ordering four or six 'normal' burgers.


Steve.
 
ST4 said:
Food like this should be taxed like alochol and tobacco to cover the strain on public services.
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And here we go.
Is everyone comfortable?
 
I don't see a problem with these Man vs Food restaurants. At the end of the day you have a choice. Either go in and eat, or don't. Simple as that. Nobody is forcing anyone to eat these meals. I must admit to trying one at a restaurant local to me. I enjoyed it but i only tried it once and the next time I went there I ordered a normal sized meal.
 
I'm no stranger to the dinner plate for sure and I would eat it/give it a go. But I'd be mindful of the exercise needed to work it off. The problem is many aren't and they end up very unhealthy. Donuts and burgers, do they mix?
 
ST4 said:
I'm no stranger to the dinner plate for sure and I would eat it/give it a go. But I'd be mindful of the exercise needed to work it off. The problem is many aren't and they end up very unhealthy. Donuts and burgers, do they mix?
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Those that would do it on a regular basis will be dead by 50 anyway. I don't get this healthy eating drive? Surely it's cheaper for people to eat junk and smoke, have some nhs treatment then die before 60 rather than live till 90 and have pensions, hip replacements etc...

It's hypocritical. Addenbrookes hospital near me has a Burger King, surely if it's bad it should be banned.
 
cambsno said:
Those that would do it on a regular basis will be dead by 50 anyway. I don't get this healthy eating drive? Surely it's cheaper for people to eat junk and smoke, have some nhs treatment then die before 60 rather than live till 90 and have pensions, hip replacements etc...

It's hypocritical. Addenbrookes hospital near me has a Burger King, surely if it's bad it should be banned.
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A very good point...
 
this was my flaming challenge in 2013, it was a one off bit of fun and being one off pretty harmless.. common sense tells us not to make things like this regular.

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cambsno said:
Those that would do it on a regular basis will be dead by 50 anyway. I don't get this healthy eating drive? Surely it's cheaper for people to eat junk and smoke, have some nhs treatment then die before 60 rather than live till 90 and have pensions, hip replacements etc...
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I'm pretty sure that used to be health policy. Then the type 2 diabetes thing happened :(
 
cambsno said:
I don't get this healthy eating drive?
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There was a programme on TV last month trying to work out what is and isn't best for our health. We get told some things are bad for us one day then good for us the next.

My view is that we have been around as a species foir quite a few years now so we can't be doing much wrong!


Steve.
 
cambsno said:
Those that would do it on a regular basis will be dead by 50 anyway. I don't get this healthy eating drive? Surely it's cheaper for people to eat junk and smoke, have some nhs treatment then die before 60 rather than live till 90 and have pensions, hip replacements etc...

It's hypocritical. Addenbrookes hospital near me has a Burger King, surely if it's bad it should be banned.
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ST4 said:
A very good point...
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Not really. Too much caffeine isn't good for you but all hospitals have somewhere/machines where you can get coffee (not to mention buy crisps/sweets). Burgers in moderation are pretty harmless. Just because they are available, doesn't mean you have to eat them to excess and the sellers of said burgers aren't responsible if you do.
 
AT THE END OF THE DAY ITS A FREE WORLD, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THE F*@K WE WANT.

stop nannying me, If i want to eat this sort of thing then let me, I am a sane individual that knows if I eat this sort of thing it is going to be bad for me, and I would imagine there is a lot of people in the uk that can also think for themselves.

and if people are idiots and feel that they are ok to eat this sort of thing all the time, then imo darwins theory is working a treat, the uk could really do with a few less morons in it.
 
Some things to raise: nobody is gonna eat that kind of burger on a daily basis. Hence a one off meal at 2000kcals is fine. Secondly there's nothing stopping someone from eating loads of "healthy" or lower cal meals and convert it into a 2000kcal meal.

I will eat pizza from the likes of dominos, burgers from maccyd etc. I eat them maybe a couple of times a year. I see nothing different from that and from the burger above.

I'm the end it comes down to personal responsibility.
 
just to keep it at the top.

for advice see post above.

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tarric
 
omens said:
Some things to raise: nobody is gonna eat that kind of burger on a daily basis. Hence a one off meal at 2000kcals is fine. Secondly there's nothing stopping someone from eating loads of "healthy" or lower cal meals and convert it into a 2000kcal meal.

I will eat pizza from the likes of dominos, burgers from maccyd etc. I eat them maybe a couple of times a year. I see nothing different from that and from the burger above.

I'm the end it comes down to personal responsibility.
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You've not been to Glasgow have you?
 
ST4 said:
You've not been to Glasgow have you?
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Please say you're not suggesting it's impossible to eat healthily in Glasgow.
 
I certainly wouldn't eat it because of
"sandwiched between two glazed ring-doughnuts".
They were doing OK up to that point though ;)

As an aside, "we" had a Hungry Horse within easy walking distance.
It was great, very popular, great service, a big plate of food at a really good price,
when it first opened.

Then it slowly went down hill, crap cold food and terrible service.
It obviously closed ;)

Then someone or something set it alight it a few months later .
I was never sure if it was a disgruntled customer or an insurance scam TBH :D
 
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I wouldn't eat it regularly, but as a one off I'd give it a go.
:)
 
strumstrum said:
this was my flaming challenge in 2013, it was a one off bit of fun and being one off pretty harmless.. common sense tells us not to make things like this regular.

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I had sent a friend a copy of the BBC link and he replied that it was a con since it didn't even include onion rings and fries. I see that your one did, so Hungry Horse are lagging behind! :banana::banana: (but only as a fritter for pud!)
 
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I don't go to MaccyD's or Burgerking any more, and when I did many years ago, nobody forced me to go. This is a similar situation, if people wish to be gluttons (which this clearly is - gluttony) then let them.
 
No chance I would eat that construction site of a burger.

I find that if I cannot see the bottom of the plate I cannot eat the food.

I think it started at a Las Vegas serve yourself lunch diner and watched a 6 breasted supersized woman and her 8 breasted supersize man load their plates to overfill when struggling back to their table they stopped at the ice cream machine to top their plates.

As we left they were at the omelette bar........
 
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Hugh Jarse said:
No chance I would eat that construction site of a burger.

I find that if I cannot see the bottom of the plate I cannot eat the food.

I think it started at a Las Vegas serve yourself lunch diner and watched a 6 breasted supersized woman and her 8 breasted supersize man load their plates to overfill when struggling back to their table they stopped at the ice cream machine to top their plates.

As we left they were at the omelette bar........
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That may have been me...
 
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