Fast Food Weakness

[Crothian]

That's not sad, though.

 

[sniffles]

According to Eric Schlosser in his book Fast Food Nation, the meat in a McDonald's burger patty has--on average--beef from over 1,000 cows from 11 different countries in it. The apple pie is specifically designed by chemists working for designer-taste companies to induce the very cravings of which you speak. According to the film Super Size Me, the majority of 100 nutritionists polled believed that it was unhealthy to eat at McDonald's more than once per month, and healthier to cut it out of one's diet altogether. The McDonald's corporation itself doesn't call it's customers "customers," it calls them "users." People who visit McDonald's more than once per week are considered "heavy users." In a lawsuit filed in New York by two girls blaming McDonald's for their obesity problems, the company stated in a brief that the health risks of eating their product were "well-documented." In other words, in its own defense, the company said "Hey, you know our food is really bad for you. It's not our fault if you eat it."

Here's the amazon.com blurb on Schlosser's book.

There's a point to be made: don't believe everything you read. Schlosser obviously has an axe to grind, so to speak. And there's a movie out there, I don't recall the title, but it's about a woman who lost 37 pounds while eating daily at McDonald's - she ate more carefully than the ""Supersize Me" guy did. Of course you're going to have bad health effects if you eat only their fattiest foods. I'm actually on the side of McDonald's in this - they don't force anyone to eat their food. People need to take more responsibility for their own actions instead of always trying to find some big corporation to blame for their behavior.
I'm just saying.

 

[Farganger]

There's a point to be made: don't believe everything you read. Schlosser obviously has an axe to grind, so to speak. And there's a movie out there, I don't recall the title, but it's about a woman who lost 37 pounds while eating daily at McDonald's - she ate more carefully than the ""Supersize Me" guy did. Of course you're going to have bad health effects if you eat only their fattiest foods. I'm actually on the side of McDonald's in this - they don't force anyone to eat their food. People need to take more responsibility for their own actions instead of always trying to find some big corporation to blame for their behavior.
I'm just saying.

Well said.

 

[Rel]

I'm actually on the side of McDonald's in this - they don't force anyone to eat their food. People need to take more responsibility for their own actions instead of always trying to find some big corporation to blame for their behavior.
I'm just saying.

Perhaps.

But I have heard that the Colonel, with his wee, beady eyes, puts something in his blend of eleven herbs and spices that makes you crave it fortnightly!

 

[Crothian]

Perhaps.

But I have heard that the Colonel, with his wee, beady eyes, puts something in his blend of eleven herbs and spices that makes you crave it fortnightly!

the secret is it is not actually chicken......

 

[Belen]

*big grin* True dat! We *need* more books!

... want to know a sad story? The Universe and I sleep in the tiny bedroom in our apartment so that the master bedroom can be home to the book shelves, miniatures, and other gaming related things. Sometimes, I think that seems backwards... other times, I think that I just need more books to fill up more space so that it would *really* justify the not having the bedroom in the master bedroom.

See...there is nothing wrong with that. You should see the 50 boxes of books that we just finished packing at my place.

 

[Crothian]

See...there is nothing wrong with that. You should see the 50 boxes of books that we just finished packing at my place.

Just ship them to me so I can see them.....

 

[Belen]

There's a point to be made: don't believe everything you read. Schlosser obviously has an axe to grind, so to speak. And there's a movie out there, I don't recall the title, but it's about a woman who lost 37 pounds while eating daily at McDonald's - she ate more carefully than the ""Supersize Me" guy did. Of course you're going to have bad health effects if you eat only their fattiest foods. I'm actually on the side of McDonald's in this - they don't force anyone to eat their food. People need to take more responsibility for their own actions instead of always trying to find some big corporation to blame for their behavior.
I'm just saying.

Rock on, man.

 

[Belen]

Just ship them to me so I can see them.....

Hah....I have spent decades on that collection. I could not part with them.

 

[ForceUser]

Schlosser obviously has an axe to grind, so to speak.

How so? Every conclusion he draws is based on data that he clearly cites, and the book is exhaustively researched with something like ten pages of bibliography. On what information are you basing your opinion? How does one woman's weight loss offset an epidemic of obesity that is reaching crisis proportions?