Source: fivethirtyeight.com
The Unhealthiest Fast Food Sandwich
Nate Silver returns, this time to determine the unhealthiest fast food sandwich using math. The chart uses one (1) KFC Double Down as a unit of comparison, though it turns out that the DD isn't actually the unhealthiest in statistical terms. (CONGRATS TO WENDY'S!)
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the baconator is truly the crowning achievement of mankind
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though interesting, this statistic isnt really fair- though both bad, cholesterol and fat is much worse for your health than sodium
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For clarification, the grilled double down contains much more salt than the fried version, thus less healthy.
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How can a grilled DD be .02 worse than the original recipe DD? That's fried, right?
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I love it. Now hopefully people will get off KFC's back.
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'Wendy's Triple Baconator' and 'Hardee's Monster Thickburger' WHO ORDERS THESE THINGS?!
I wouldn't have the 'heart' to even utter it when ordering.
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This man is a statistical genius.
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