McDonald’s salad has MORE calories than a DOUBLE Big Mac

McDonald’s has introduced a kale salad to its US menu - but not all is as it seems.
For the health-conscious, the “Keep Calm, Caesar On” chicken salad with parmesan and baby kale, may sound positively healthy, but when topped with the indulgent creamy Asiago Caesar dressing on the crispy chicken version, the salad slides down the scale in terms of nutrition.
The salad contains MORE than 730 calories, 53 grams of fat and 1,400mg of sodium, according to McDonald’s nutritional information.

GETTYThe salad with dressing has 1,400mg of sodium

 

This means it contains more salt, fat and calories than the Golden Arches favourite, the Double Big Mac, which has 680 calories, 38g of fat and 1,340mg of sodium.
The salad without the dressing has 520 calories, 31g of fat and 1,140mg of sodium.
According to CBC News, who spoke to Toronto-based dietician, Shauna Lindzon, it amounts to "a fat and sodium overload". 

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She said:"By eating that salad, you're getting your sodium for the day.
"Putting kale into the menu doesn't mean you're getting a healthy choice."
She added that you would have to eat the equivalent of three McDonald’s regular hamburgers to ingest the same number of calories.
The nutritionist then advised using only half the dressing and removing the feta, as it’s high in salt.

GETTYNutritionist Shauna Lindzon advises skipping the feta which is high in salt

McDonald’s spokesperson Adam Grachnik told CBC News: “"[They] have the choice to have a salad with or without dressing, select a burger without the bun, choose their chicken protein crispy or grilled.”
The fast-food chain made headlines last year when it announced kale would be joining the menu.
The news came after lagging sales and a declaration by CEO Steve Easterbrook that he planned on turning the chain into a “modern, progressive burger company.”