Eli5: lettuce, tomato, meat, pickles, cheese = healthy, burger = unhealthy, how ?
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Burgers are generally considered unhealthy because they are very high in calories, therefore most of us pretty sedentary humans end up eating too much.
Also many fast food burgers are high fat meat, increasing the calories without the other beneficial nutrients. Also the vegetable portions of the burger tend to be very low relative to the normal serving sizes of these, so the fibre and nutrient contributions are lower than you’d really expect.
Like any food though, there’s very little which is completely unhealthy, it’s all about it contribution to your overall calorie and nutrient demands.
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