The Quad Stacker: Australia Gets Hungry

The guy quoted in the article, Ed Whitlam, has his numbers wrong:

"1,000 calories is huge, it's massive.....as an example, an athletic person would need to run at a fast pace for four hours to burn off the calories"

Running fast uses up between 15 and 20 calories per minute. In four hours that's 3600 - 4800 calories. It does of course depend on how fast, the weight of the person and other factors - but clearly he is woefully wide of the mark with his estimate.

It is also ironic that such a fuss is being made about this burger when the main change is the addition of more meat. Recent thinking puts carbohydrate in the frame for obesity, not fat or protein, and the amount of bun, it seems, has not changed in this new offering.

Don't get me wrong - I would not eat this burger if you paid me; and the lack of salad or vegetables does not reflect well on the vendor. But there is a clear lack of understanding about what causes obesity, demonstrated by the fact that this burger has been singled out for criticism in that context.

Methuselah - I agree with you wholeheartedly! The only difference between this and some of the other burgers are the addition of 2 extra meat patties. Again it comes down to people making the right choices for themselves. That said Australia was actually recently touted as the most obese nation ahead of the USA...http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article4171160.ece

This is so stupid. There is *nothing* wrong with eating something like that once in a while. Absolutely NOTHING.

They should change the name of this blog to "fad diet blog" because all you guys do is push diet fads.

What is wrong with eating red meat? NOTHING. "Oh, but it causes cancer!" No, it doesn't. CORN FED BEEF *MIGHT* cause cancer. NO STUDIES have been done on grass fed beef. NONE.

Sure would be nice if "diet blog" would try thinking outside of the box once in a while instead of pushing dietary mythology on unsuspecting readers.

That's hilarious Heather! I can see the headline...Beef Eaters Seek Anger Management.

I don't see why it is a big deal if they have it. Eat it if you want or if you are health conscious don't eat it.

This burger isn't that big of a deal. How is eating this burger any different than eating 2 or 3 burgers with some chips and beers at a summer cookout?

I've been getting these at Burger King, when I neglect to have packed some food. Just toss the bun and it's not so bad.

I certainly won't be buying these, but the burger certainly bought Hungry Jack's a whole lot of free publicity here in Australia.

There are many fast food places with many food items with similar food values none have received the same press as this - they must have forgotten to send out their media releases.

I'm not against eating red meat, but this is most likely at least 20% fat, which is not exactly the healthiest thing to be eating. I'd rather eat a good lean piece of meat without the pasteurized process cheese food and white bun.

What is wrong with eating fat?

I agree about the cheese and bun.

I enjoy the occasional burger, but this seems to be overdoing it. I think I would have a hard time justifying eating this. I don't think it looks that appetizing, and thinking about the harm its causing definitely turns me off to the idea of eating one.

Nobody walkes into Hungry Jacks expecting there to be something healthy on the menu. Last time I ate there, I got food poisening. Honestly, if it was up to me then the chain would fold tomorow.

It's definitely disgusting, but some restaurant burgers have more calories than that. One of Ruby Tuesday's turkey burgers has around 1200 calories from what I remember. There is just one patty on it, so I think the calories probably come from the cheese, mayonnaise, bacon if there is any, and buttered bun.

I recently visited australia and thought they were more health conscious than america with juice bars everywhere and offering choice. In America a lot of places were fast food/all you can eat. I am sure that Hungry Jacks has a range of burgers. If you want to lose weight you probably wouldn't choose to have a burger.

Speaking as a guy that used to eat quad-meat woppers (I had to order them special), I like that I can do that if I want but now that I am older and wiser (and have a slower metabolism) I would not do that now. :)

im only 21 years old and trying to keep in shape,
i think its good that hjs brings these things out to test will power and defibrillators

That burger makes me feel bloated just looking at it. A lot of things can be leveled out with water, water, and then a little water. I know because I drink plenty of it & notice a huge difference from when I did not drink much water.

I'm surprised that a burger of that caloric magnitude was invented in Australia. It looks like they're next on the obesity epidemic list then! ...to be fair it does look tasty though... mmmmm