Although the Double Down has been widely ridiculed as unhealthy, NPR compared its calorie count favorably to that of McDonald’s Premium Crispy Chicken Club Sandwich. Both the grilled and fried Double Down products had nearly a full day’s worth of sodium according to the American Heart Association’s guidelines.

In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration itself does not make a recommendation [on salt consumption], but refers readers to Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005. These suggest that US citizens should consume less than 2,300 mg of sodium (= 2.3 g sodium = 5.8 g salt) per day.

Jeremy Glazer (born November 1, 1978) is an American actor. Glazer is openly gay, and has been in a relationship since 2005 with actor Chad Allen.

The Double Down is a product offered by Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). The Double Down contains “bacon, two different kinds of melted cheese, the Colonel’s secret sauce… pinched in between two pieces of Original Recipe chicken fillets.” KFC announced that the Double Down would be available nationwide on April 12, 2010.

KFC considers its Double Down product a sandwich in spite of containing no bread.

Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack, is the interruption of blood supply to part of the heart, causing some heart cells to die. This is most commonly due to blockage of a coronary artery following the rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, which is an unstable collection of fatty acids and white blood cells in the wall of an artery.

Padma Parvati Lakshmi (born September 1, 1970) is an Indian American cookbook author, actress, and former model who has described herself as the first well-known model from India. She has been the host of the reality television program Top Chef since season two. Lakshmi was brought up as a vegetarian and has admitted that because of this, she sometimes becomes “squeamish” when sampling other cultural delicacies. However, in 2009, she starred in a commercial for the Carl’s Jr. restaurant chain eating a Western Bacon Cheeseburger and credits the chain from bringing her away from vegetarianism.

Hardee’s is a restaurant chain, located mostly in the Midwest United States and Southeast regions. It has evolved through several corporate ownerships since being established in 1960. It is currently owned and operated by CKE Restaurants. Along with its sibling restaurant chain Carl’s Jr., Hardee’s is the #4 U.S. fast-food restaurant burger chain after McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s.

The Baconator sandwich is a hamburger sold by the international fast-food restaurant chain Wendy’s. It is one of their late-teen–to–young-adult, male-oriented products. [It] consists of two 4oz. beef patties, two slices of American cheese, six strips of bacon, mayonnaise, and ketchup on a premium bun.

Bacon may be eaten fried, baked, or grilled, or used as a minor ingredient to flavor dishes.

The taste and texture of American Cheese vary considerably, and mostly depend on the percentage of cheese versus additives used during the emulsification process. Varieties with lower percentages of additives tend to taste more like natural, unprocessed cheese.

An animal may be considered a carnivore if it prefers feeding on animal matter over plant matter.

To appeal to the adult market, [Burger King] offers several sandwiches and other products made with higher quality ingredients such as whole breast chicken fillets, Angus Beef, Cheddar Cheese, honey mustard and hot sauces. These sandwiches are usually served on a better quality roll, such as baguettes or corn dusted potato rolls.

Harry Enfield (born 30 May 1961 in Sussex, England) is an English comedian. In 2002, Enfield starred in a series of commercials for Burger King in the US as Dr. Angus, a character designed to promote the company’s newest hamburger.

Rex David “Dave” Thomas (July 2, 1932 – January 8, 2002) was an American businessman and philanthropist. Thomas was the founder and chief executive officer of Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, a fast-food restaurant chain specializing in hamburgers. He is also known for appearing in more than 800 commercial advertisements for the chain from 1989 to 2002–more than any other person in television history.

Pepper jack cheese is a derivative of Monterey Jack that combines spicy hot peppers for a zesty flavor. Spicy, delicate and buttery, pepper jack cheese is semi-soft and open textured with a slightly tart flavor.

A dilemma (Greek δί-λημμα “double proposition”) is a problem offering two solutions or possibilities, of which neither is acceptable. The two options are often described as the horns of a dilemma, neither of which is comfortable.

Darius Rucker (born May 13, 1966 in Charleston, South Carolina) is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the band Hootie & the Blowfish. In March 2005, Rucker portrayed a singing cowboy in a Burger King commercial for the Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch sandwich. While humorous in tone, the ad showcases Rucker’s love of country music. The song sung in the commercial was a parody of “Big Rock Candy Mountain”.

The TenderCrisp is a chicken sandwich sold by the international fast-food restaurant chain Burger King. It is one of their larger, adult oriented products made with higher quality ingredients than their “standard” menu items.

Wendy’s was founded by Dave Thomas in 1969 and was named after Dave’s second daughter, Melinda Lou Thomas, then 8 years old, whom her older siblings nicknamed “Wendy” (originally “Winda”, stemming from the child’s initial difficulty saying her own name), as Thomas stated in his A&E Biography show.

Bacon is defined as any of certain cuts of meat taken from the sides, belly or back of a pig that may be cured and/or smoked.

Cheddar cheese is a hard, pale yellow to orange, sharp-tasting cheese originally (and still) made in the English village of Cheddar, in Somerset.