McDonald’s gets high on fruits and walnuts

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Even stranger than McDonald’s introducing a Fruit & Walnut Salad are the ads touting it. Eating fruit because it tastes good and is good for you isn’t enough, apparently. These ads say it gives you a “fruit buzz.” “You know that ‘I can wear my skinny jeans’ feeling? It’s kinda like that,” copy on one reads. “A ‘Fruit Buzz’ is a change in attitude and an overall happy feeling you get after tasting the new Fruit & Walnut Premium Salad,” the

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