Thread: The McDonalds Diet

McDonald's can't be happy about this one. The detail regarding the toxic levels is just plain scary.

ummmmm donalds

I've read Fast Food Nation - it's pretty disturbing. There as an incident in the US in the 40's where a guy fell into a vat and got mixed into the food - an entire person!

Reading that makes you never want to eat McD's ever again.

wasnt this posted before cuz i just got a weird deja vu feeling.

Okay, yes I think McDonalds is irresponsible for promoting unhealthy foods to children.

The scary thing is McDonalds just had their best quarter since 2002.

Did anyone here read Fast Food Nation?

But here's the rub--everyone has a choice not to eat at McDonalds. As much as I don't like the way they have infiltrated our society and eating habits, I also don't lay more blame on the corporation than I do on the obese people that frequent the golden arches.

I think McDonald's success is part and parcel of our fast-paced, consumerist society.

I live in Chicago, work on the loop, and there are four McDonalds within three blocks of the trainstop I go to. It is very tempting to jump in there and grab a $1 sandwich when the alternative is homecooked food that won't be prepared for another hour.

Of course, I am a master at resisting this temptation : )

I am more concerned about what McDonalds has done to the state of the American family farm and tradition of the homecooked family dinner.

mcdonalds isnt food its a treat.

a whole person? that sounds like the biggest load of crap i have ever heard

Well, I think the corporation is guilty as well.

If you have kids, regardless if you take them there (I don't), if you decide to go out, they want Micky D's....EVEN if they have never eaten there. Why? Because of those friggin happy meals, that stupid clown, and the playground are target directly to kids.

There should be a law about this crap, but I guess the laws of nature will thin the herd eventually.

Originally posted by brodus
I am more concerned about what McDonalds has done to the state of the American family farm and tradition of the homecooked family dinner.

I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one... this isn't McDonald's fault... this is the fault of our capitalistic society kicking our own ass... Mothers don't work because they miss the sexual harrassment of the workplace or the back pain or arthritis from sitting at a desk all day... they do it cuz teh family needs the money... houses, cars, education for children... it's all a huge burden for the father...

Don't blame McDonalds for our poor Mom's that are overworked enough as it is... and lets not get started about men... needless to say we aren't exactly stepping it up in these situations...

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying this is everywhere... but it's definitely a problem... good families still exist... it's just sad that the family takes such a hit in America...

I don't think that it's right to sue a franchise like McDonald's for making you fat. When you go through the drive thru you make the decision to order that Big Mac instead of a salad, and you supersize your combo instead of getting a regular serving. I think that everything, even McDonald's, is okay in moderation. But suing them for making you overweight is like suing a tanning bed place for giving you skin cancer when you know the risks associated with tanning. Oh well- just my ramble for the day. Here's a link of some fast food facts. http://www.fatcalories.com/

Originally posted by ncgirl21
I don't think that it's right to sue a franchise like McDonald's for making you fat. When you go through the drive thru you make the decision to order that Big Mac instead of a salad, and you supersize your combo instead of getting a regular serving. I think that everything, even McDonald's, is okay in moderation. But suing them for making you overweight is like suing a tanning bed place for giving you skin cancer when you know the risks associated with tanning. Oh well- just my ramble for the day. Here's a link of some fast food facts. http://www.fatcalories.com/

Exactly !!!

McDonalds never claimed that their food was healthly and anybody with an IQ over 70 knows that. If McDonalds should have to change their menu to include "healthier" choices why doesn't Pepsi or Coke have to make a healthy beverage ? it's the same thing...

Glad I don't eat much fast food. If I do, its Wendy's BLT Salad or Chik-fil-a. Those are only on special occasion....Now pizza..we won't go there.

Not necessarily. It's all about what's more important. While I understand everyone is going to make choices in their life that suit them, it doesn't mean the mother HAS to work.

1. The family needs money, yet choses to eat out?
2. How many houses does a family need? How many cars?
(How many families have two cars so that both parents can work?)
3. Education. It seems a fairly significant amount of families don't give a damn about education. It's more like free child care.
4. Why would the mother chose to work (assuming married here), if the majority of her check pays for child care when the kids are below school age?

If you're saying people go to McDonalds because they are too tired to cook something at home, I'd have to disagree.

It's called laziness..

Spend more money for some fast food, or make a healthier meal at home that is: 1. More nutritious 2. Cheaper. Like I said, I think most eat out alot simply because they are lazy and don't want to be bothered with cooking. (BTW, I don't consider eating a frozen pizza, or cooking chicken nuggets and fries at home as "cooking".)

I blame MickyD's but they are only impowered because people choose to let it be that way. Obviously, the Father and the Mother are just as guilty.

Originally posted by brodus
I also don't lay more blame on the corporation than I do on the obese people that frequent the golden arches.

I think McDonald's success is part and parcel of our fast-paced, consumerist society.

this guy said it perfectly. NO ONE can blame McD's, its your choice to eat it. That's the same bullshit arguement that people use when suing Tobacco companies. YOU KNOW cigarettes cause lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema and all that other good stuff, but YOU continue to smoke. Then once you develop a disease from continued use, you wanna sue the company for millions??? come on, these people are idiots.

But, Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.....McDonald's breakfast (still the best)

I would have to agree that laziness is the biggest factor...

I would also have to say that the majority of people (99.9%) eat for flavor vs. function. Even intelligent, educated people make the unhealthy choice to eat out for lunch daily vs. packing their own lunches when they KNOW how unhealthy it is. Human beings are lazy by nature and do not like change, especially changes that take an actually conscious effort.

holy alot of mickey d haters here.
i think the reason for the obesity rate is becuase of people that are ignorant and dont know what they put in their mouths and are lazy. PERIOD.
just because a company chooses to make money off of people that want to eat that "food" doesnt mean they are to blame.
damn people you are what you eat and i like mcd's but i dont look like grimace cause i balance.

HoldDaMayo:

You're right--my comment was really about the American Family Farm more than the home dinner, which is a family choice.

McDonalds (and other corporations) have driven the family farm to thebrink of extinction, and support the use of all kinds of chemicals and inhumane practices to get the foods they do at the low pricepoint they do. This is shameful, and the long-term results are not so good. Factory/corporate farms are bad news for everyone.

But, Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.....McDonald's breakfast (still the best)

I agree! I think if you're going to go there, breakfast is the time. It's the best meal of the day to "cheat" on, too.

Originally posted by Stickboy
4. Why would the mother chose to work (assuming married here), if the majority of her check pays for child care when the kids are below school age?

Most of the time- for the Health Coverage.

The morals and politics of McDonalds food nonwithstanding, I have a had time 'swallowing' this entire story. "Within a few days of beginning his drive-through diet, Spurlock, 33, was vomiting out the window of his car". Within a few days? C'mon. You think maybe, just maybe, he is trying to promote, in his own words "tongue-in-cheek" documentary?

Maybe he got the Chicken McNugget that was made from the dude who fell in the vat : )

Originally posted by JerseyDevil
The morals and politics of McDonalds food nonwithstanding, I have a had time 'swallowing' this entire story. "Within a few days of beginning his drive-through diet, Spurlock, 33, was vomiting out the window of his car". Within a few days? C'mon. You think maybe, just maybe, he is trying to promote, in his own words "tongue-in-cheek" documentary?

sorry, but it happens.

I have been on a strict diet since July. a few months in, I grabbed some of Mom's Taco's and the oils in it (which my body was not used to) made me sick to my stomach. Puked it all up. couldn't keep food down for a day.

While I am sure it is imbelished a bit, calling BS on it might not be wise.

I've read Fast Food Nation and I'm generally a pretty clean eater, but damnit a visit to MickyD is like a ghetto holiday for me!

It is all about how lazy people are today. It is tempting to fall into the trap. I make an effort to plan my meals for all week and take the time when I get home to prepare the food. If you do not dedicate yourself to it then you will just find yourself running out a grabbing a bite at these fast food places. I allow one day a week to eat fast food or other take out food.

Originally posted by brodus
I am more concerned about what McDonalds has done to the state of the American family farm and tradition of the homecooked family dinner.

I think TV is much more to blame

I blame "woman's liberation", that is really what changed everything in regards to home cooking, etc. now most families are dual income and there is no time to cook meals.

Originally posted by LAM
I would have to agree that laziness is the biggest factor...

Who wants to think when someone has done it for you?

Originally posted by Prince
I blame "woman's liberation", that is really what changed everything in regards to home cooking, etc. now most families are dual income and there is no time to cook meals.

Its a shame, that taking both parents out of the home IMO is a big way to screw things up. Kids now raise themselves, along with television, and music, and other kids.

Originally posted by JerseyDevil
The morals and politics of McDonalds food nonwithstanding, I have a had time 'swallowing' this entire story. "Within a few days of beginning his drive-through diet, Spurlock, 33, was vomiting out the window of his car".

It would have had to have been a huge change from his previous diet, or maybe he did get ill. I will have to try and find my friends chilli cheese fries diet, where he had to stop because he was having chest pains, at 23 years old and 145 pounds.

May he live in infamy, the chilli cheese fries diet:

http://www.csboyfriend.com/ccf.html