Happy 50th Birthday McDonalds

[NYCmitch25]

I've been picking on Burger King...its McDonalds turn.

Happy 50 years of making hearts stop and fat men fatter !!
There celebrating by giving out free big macs with EVERY purchase after 10pm for the month, starts in may, not sure if its all mcdonalds or just select ones but either way its a great way to give people that much needed dose of heart clogging goodness...umm.

How come ppl dont get it? I know this guy who has had a triplebypass and he still smokes and eats that fried horse meat McDonalds sells. These clowns I work with eat this shit everyday for lunch (Hey NYC do you want to go with us FUCK NO) burger, fries, soda, apple pie *puke*and they all are pair shaped. At least once a day 1 of them complains about how "FAT" they are....[sigh]...gee I wonder what you can do about it. Im nice to them. Maybe when the sue the franchise *because its not THERE fault* theyll hook me up $$ or pay me to get them in shape.



Fuck. You.

McDonalds:D

[Bouncer]

There is nothing wrong with McDonalds or any other fast food place. I eat that kinda shit all the time in the off season when im not cutting. Its not there fault that people are fat fucking slobs. They have a buisness to run. Its the people that make me sick, not the fast food places.

[phatchopper]

I agree 100%, anything in excess can kill, including food. So blame the fat pieces of shit with no self control, not the company who provides the product. Its such a pussy way out I cant stand it, everyone always passing the fucking blame to someone else, take some responsibilty for being a fucking moron an not using common sense.

[NYCmitch25]

Originally posted by THE BOUNCER
There is nothing wrong with McDonalds or any other fast food place. I eat that kinda shit all the time in the off season when im not cutting. Its not there fault that people are fat fucking slobs. They have a buisness to run. Its the people that make me sick, not the fast food places.

:agree:

I def agree 100%. In bulking times or just on the road quick stop for food its fine. Its the ppl but dont completely let them off the hook when they intentionally put chemicals in food to make it more addicting-make you hungry. Not providing any reasonable alternates. The mislead ppl aswell. Similar tactics to tobacco industry. The low prices make it an easy option plus supersize add-ons. Still all in all its the people that make me sick also..

[JUICE]

i eat mcdonalds once a week and im not fat. It just depends if u eat in excess amounts like some people do. This all depends on the people that eat it too, i got friends who eat that junk and dont gain a pound and then u got the people who have a high tendancy of gaining weigh who eat that stuff alot and gain emormous amounts of weight.

[NYCmitch25]

Originally posted by JUICE
i eat mcdonalds once a week and im not fat. It just depends if u eat in excess amounts like some people do. This all depends on the people that eat it too, i got friends who eat that junk and dont gain a pound and then u got the people who have a high tendancy of gaining weigh who eat that stuff alot and gain emormous amounts of weight.

True.
But whats your cholestorol. LDL/HDL (LDL is bad) overall under 200 most likely. Your prob. ok levels...

[TheStromba]

If you see the movie Super Size Me, you really get turned off to Mcdonalds.

Of course people need to have self control.

[Bouncer]

Originally posted by TheStromba
If you see the movie Super Size Me, you really get turned off to Mcdonalds.

I saw it and had McDonalds the next day. You have to look at that movie for what it is. He went from extreme to extreme. He was basicly a vegitarian before he tried this 30 day thing. His girlfriend only made him vegitarian dinners and sometimes chicken but that was it. Then he starts stuffing his face 3 times a day. Take into account that he weighs about a buck nothing. The movie means nothing. All it says is, if you eat hardly anything, dont all of the sudden stuff yourself with fast food.

[TheStromba]

Originally posted by THE BOUNCER
I saw it and had McDonalds the next day. You have to look at that movie for what it is. He went from extreme to extreme. He was basicly a vegitarian before he tried this 30 day thing. His girlfriend only made him vegitarian dinners and sometimes chicken but that was it. Then he starts stuffing his face 3 times a day. Take into account that he weighs about a buck nothing. The movie means nothing. All it says is, if you eat hardly anything, dont all of the sudden stuff yourself with fast food.

He started out at 185. An average weight for many. I think he was about 210 after a month.

The part that was the most shocking is that in 3 weeks the guy was 1 step away from liver failure.
Something that would take an alchoholic years to do.

It is an extreme example, even the guy in the movie admits that.

[Puddles]

Originally posted by TheStromba

The part that was the most shocking is that in 3 weeks the guy was 1 step away from liver failure.
Something that would take an alchoholic years to do.

When we watched the movie that part really surprised me!

Sure there are pleanty of people who eat McD's once a week or once a month and have no problems, but there are probably just as many who eat there almost daily, they are often uneducated and poor, this is a way for them to fill up. They're not all fat but I bet if you run some tests on them they're levels are not where they should be.

Personally, I've noticed that if I eat a typidal fast food meal within an hour I start to feel lousey and it reaks havock on my digestive system. You can make smarter choices when eating fast food these days though, most places offer salads, unsweetened drinks, and instead of getting a Big Mac you can get a double burger without all the sauces.

[NYCmitch25]

Good reply.

[Primal Instinct]

I realize that I may take some heat on this but here goes...

It's interesting that fast food is usually cheaper than good food (per meal) and that especially inner city kids and low-income families/adults/elderly seem to eat there alot for that reason, as well as for the quick convenience and easy availability. So, when you take into account the everyday (or at least often) meals and what it does to a person's health over an extended period of time, it can be argued that it adds to the health care costs of everyone. This is even more apparent when you consider the rising cost of medicare/medicaid that many low income families need to address their health concerns, some of which may be directly related to eating these unhealthy diets on a regular basis.


For the record, I do believe that people are accountable for their own actions (eating right and exercising to maintain health) but I even more firmly believe that our (US ) government has not lived up to its responsibility in educating the average person properly about what IS good and not good to eat and in what caloric proportions. They also fail to educate citizens as to what is a suitable exercise activity schedule for the average person. The US is THE fattest and argueably the unhealthiest population on earth per capita.


So to recap; low income and/or laziness adds to the rise of fast food intake and the inevitable health risks that it presents, which in turn costs even those of us who seldom eat there more money in the long run to cover the expenses of our government funded low-income healthcare insurance. Who gets rich? The fast food giants and the health care/pharmaceutical industries. Who loses? Everyone who does (and even doesn't) eat this crap on a regular basis because even if they don't eat this food, their tax dollars go towards meeting some of these largely unnecessary health cost burdens created from the industry.


I'm not really a huge proponent of government regulation but perhaps it's time that the government steps in and creates some type of minimum health standards that these companies must adhere to? Maybe something like maximum trans fat levels or limits on cholesterol & sodium intakes per item, I don't really know.... but it is apparent that most consumers are incapable of making informed decisions based upon the information supplied to them by the fast food industry.

[Puddles]

The gov't. has failed in educating people about good food. Just look at the Food Pyramid itself!

I remember when I was poor, pregnant and on WIC, the gov't. gave me money to spend on food and the food items were very specific, cereals, juices, regular peanutbutter, bread, milk and cheese. No wonder I gained 60 lbs when I was pregnant! Where was the healthy protein? Where were the complex carbs?

The people in this country tend to want convenience foods instead of taking the time out to prepare healthy meals. Face it, Americans are lazy!

Most people want to stick to a budget and buying lots of meats, chicken and fish in the kinds of quantities that most of us eat would blow their spending allowance for food, yet you see many of these same people walking around with $100+ sneakers/jeans, driving pimped out cars, thinking nothing of spending money on those things vs. eating right. It's just not a priority to many of them because they don't realize how much damage they're really doing to themselves. Commercials for McD's show these superstars looking good, dressed to the 9's, eating the crap, so people figure it's the way to live. The worst targets for this are children, spend a Saturday watching children's programing and you'll see what I mean.