Not really.
A big Mac is only 540 calories and contains less Cholesterol than a 6 oz chicken breast.
Adam....your comment on the whole Big Mac vs. Chicken breast thing has always troubled me...so I did a little math.....
Here are some stats on broiled ground beef:
4oz Ground Beef (85%) 29.3gm P, 0gm C, 20.2gm F, 103mg Chol.
Sandwiches & Burgers: Burgers, Big Mac, no Bun (5oz): 18gm P, 6gm C, 26gm F, 75mg Chol.
There is NO DATA out there on just simply the big mac meat. Everything I have found points to about 2oz PER pattie of meat. So, looking at 5oz of cooked chicken, you come up with the following:
5oz Chicken Breast (cooked) 44gm P, 0gm C, 5.1gm F, 121mg Chol.
While this looks promising for simply the CHOLESTEROL standpoint....look at the comparison of fat. The Big Mac meat has 5 TIMES the fat. The chicken breast has TWICE the protein. If were to simply look at the protein as equals (around 20gm per serving) that would account for only 2.5oz of cooked chicken. Thus bringing our cholesterol down LOWER than the big mac patties.
The total values for a big mac SANDWICH are:
Sandwiches & Burgers: Burgers, Big Mac (7.5oz) 25gm P, 45gm C, 29gm F, 75mg Chol. (total calories = 540)
This shows that there is NO cholesterol in the bread/bun of the Big Mac.
So, were I to take a SIMILAR amount of chicken (equalling out the protein) and then using some standard wheat bread, I would have this:
2.5oz Chicken Breast (cooked) 22gm P, 0gm C, 2.5gm F, 60mg Chol. (total calories = 117)
2 Slices General Wheat Bread 4.6gm P, 23.6gm C, 2.1gm F, 0mg Chol. (total calories = 130)
Giving me:
247 calories - 50% LESS than a Big Mac.
4.6gms of fat - 85% LESS than a Big Mac
60gms of cholesterol - 20% LESS than a Big Mac.
The thing is....the chicken sandwich (with half of the calories) has almost as much fiber as the Big Mac.