the truth about chick-fil-a

maybe this isn't a big deal to you, maybe you don't care what you put in your body.
there seems to be a disconnect in eating out and ingredients lists.  when you go to the grocery store (or at least when i do), i read EVERYTHING.  sometimes, i let things slide.  so what if the one bag of cookies i buy have partially hydrogenated oils.  most everything else i get doesn't.  and so what if my chocolate syrup has corn syrup in it, the kids don't drink it, so it doesn't matter.  (when they start drinking chocolate milk, it will matter...)  but my spaghetti sauce NEVER has sugar or sugary products in it, and our spaghetti noodles are typically whole grain - just like the goldfish and our cereals and breads, most of them anyway.

anyway, to my point.  there are a few things, though, that i never buy:  BHT and MSG.  NEVER EVER.

here is a round about story: went to the neurologist last week and we were discussing my trigger foods.  i was telling him how the foods i don't like are typically my triggers, which is probably why i don't like them.  like, for example raw onions.  and some times peanut butter (if my head is in a "migraine mood").  also, doritos and most flavored chips - and chinese food.  mainly because they have MSG.  i can taste it. 

he said, do you like chick-fil-a?  i said, well, not particularly but we do eat there sometimes, my son will eat their nuggets (he won't eat them from most places).  it was THEN that he informed me that chickfila puts MSG in their breader for their nuggets, strips, and patties!  SURPRISE!  no wonder i'm not a fan.

so naturally i had to look it up - and he was right! see for yourself:  http://www.chick-fil-a.com/#menu

so my point here is look out for those too-good-to-be-true places!  this sandwich isn't all that good.  it is plain, no extras on it just pickles which i don't like anyway and still has a lot of fat and calories:









you're saying... well a burger isn't any better!

well lets see.
my favorite burger is a whopper jr!

that is less calories and  if i got it without mayo, it'd be less fat (12 g fat)!  there isn't any MSG in the beef or buns (but, just to be fair, they so use it in their breader for the chicken at BK! i checked.)