Commercials emphasizing the importance of staying healthy through regular physical activity and a balanced diet are on the rise, and that's a very good thing. They have contributed to changing mentalities by introducing the “healthy” trend which advocates a healthy lifestyle. Of course, the transition is not easy and the sirens of fast food are sometimes louder than anything partly because it saves us cooking but also because the prices are attractive, sometimes even a little too much. A Scottish “chippy” – understand a small fast food restaurant that sells fish &chips – called East West Spice Greenock has drawn the wrath of Internet users after one of its proposed menus was highlighted on social networks. Local sportswriter Ross McCafferty posted a picture of the "crunch box" which contains 2 liters of soda (the equivalent of 400 calories and 94g of sugar), fried fish, sausages, burgers, potatoes, onion rings, pizza, all on a bed of fries. Height of horror:the box is only sold for ten euros, which makes it accessible to all. The man, who raved about the menu ("If you don't think it's the most appetizing thing out there, then I can't do anything for you he wrote), has received a lot of criticism from Twitter users and in particular from food journalist Joanna Blythman.
The latter wanted to emphasize the devastating nature of such a meal which in this specific case contains more than 5,000 calories, twice what an adult should eat in a day. “One of Scotland’s flaws:highlighting sh*tty food. It should come as no surprise that so many Scots are obese and sick “, she writes, furious. Internet users, for the most part, sided with the gastronomy expert:“It’s a canned heart attack “, “This picture kinda makes me want to vomit "I'm surprised they didn't fry the soda bottle », « I can hear your arteries constricting from here », « I feel fat just looking at this picture ". In his defense, Ross McCafferty explained that he never “recommended eating the dish once a day”. Contacted by Metro , the fast-food manager explained that the “crunch box” was a great success with its customers and that it had been designed to feed “3 to 4 mouths”. We are not convinced by the texture or the color of the food...
