"zuuum" > wrote in news:7Y1vd.3898$lZ6.3793@trnddc02:

> When I read the original post's title, the first thing I wondered was
> how many people in rfc have seen the movie "Super-size Me" and
> specifically what members in this group think about the obesity
> epidemic in America


zuuum,

I just rented and watched the movie. He sure went through a dangerous
hell to make a point.

The film was very good. I thought his girlfriend was pretty decent about
the whole thing, and if I was him, she would be a great comfort to fall
back on as a healthy chef, after the last Mac supper!

What's wrong with Texas!?? According to the figures (excuse the pun),
things don't look good for alot of Texans.

And now we have the wonders like the Hardee's Monster Thickburgers, etc.
The fast food giants don't give a shit what you eat.

I forgot how bad the school cafeterias had gotten. In high school, my
senior project was all about food additives. I posted lots of tent cards
pointing out the poisons in the foods they served. Granted, most of it
was pretty bad nutrition-wise, but we weren't obese. Got the cafeteria
workers hopping mad, but I did get an A in the end.

One thing that didn't come up in the movie was the production/consumption
cost for fast food. Something along the lines of... it cost McDonald
$0.45 to make a Big Mac but the consumer pays $1.99. Or 48 oz. of sugar
water... probably cost them $0.05. That's practically money for nothing!
For them it means "supersize our profit!"

Toxic was a good word to decribe fast food.

And the advertisers! How do they sleep at night? THE BUMS!!!

Imho,

Andy (whose last fast food was a sausage/egg/cheese bagel on 12/14/04
from WAWA).