It's a shame this article doesn't mention Fat Head, which in 2009 debunked the hateful, classist Super Size Me by having a guy eat nothing but McDonalds while still making choices, but good for this guy all the same.
My ooooonly concern is this "half portions three times a day" business. Because if this guy is holding over that last half of a McDonalds order for the next day... that's a *side-eye-monkey-puppet-gif* from me. (But maybe he has an airfryer for the frÃes?)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/03/mcdonalds-diet-weight-loss
@MLClark It was pretty hateful and classist, wasn't it? 🤔 There's a lot of that going around about food/organic food/etc.
I still wouldn't eat fast food every day, but the day I completely give up McDonald's fries and a coke forever is the day you might as well buy me a nice urn for my ashes.
It's often a way that we establish class status - coding with our dietary choices our ability to afford options not nearly as accessible to other families.
Here in Colombia, that diet culture doesn't really exist. Folks here cultivate gratitude for food, especially homemade. There *are* specialty stores, but pretty much everyone's a flexitarian: they'll eat what their abuela serves them.
Sounds like you have a wonderfully balanced relationship to food. :) Long may it continue!
(And that goes doubly so for our recipe sites! *So* much aspirational class-climbing goes into recipes boosted to include luxury ingredients and the use of highly specialized home equipment. Such a fascinating cultural divide.)