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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 12:42:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Comments on HFCS and parenting aside, has anyone else seen the story about the woman who has carried around a one-year old Happy Meal and it STILL hasn't molded over because of all the preservatives and chemicals in it?

Joann Bruso's interview about her 1-year-old Happy Meal

That's not food. That's food manipulated with chemicals to be disguised as "food', and marketed for profit, not nutrition (not implying that there is an obligation to market for nutrition at all).

i don't eat anything that's not "worth eating" - fast food and chain restaurants (Chilis et al) don't fit in that category for me. And i tell you what, since i cut all processed food, beverages, and food additives and chemicals from my diet years ago, i have more energy and feel better than i ever have in my life - even when i was a kid and Mom and Dad took me to McDonald's as a "treat."

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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 12:46:53 PM   
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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 12:48:06 PM   
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it comes down to this, we as a society bear the costs of food companies that sell harmful foods for the consumption of little ones.
We as a society perpetuate it. We as a society can curtail it.

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Parents are often young and uneducated about nutrition, and then you have this company selling these cool toys in the meals.


So if McDonalds (et al) is cashing in on the ignorance of parents, they are using marketing to their advantage.




We stopped Joe Camel, why not stop this?


ok seriously, it isn't what they eat at school, nor is it an occasional happy meal. It is the fast food way of life. Do you know how many kids i see eating a bag of chips as they get out of the car for school ? should we blame Frito Lay? um, no.

it is all about parenting, people!!!!

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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 12:48:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		I feel bad for the parents- as there is very little real choice on something that in this land of plenty should be an easy fix.

But it isnt.

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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 12:56:23 PM   
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http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/high-fructose-corn-syrup/an01588


The only quote necessary to read from the article:So far, research has yielded conflicting results about the effects of high-fructose corn syrup.
(Emphases added)
I agree 100%.  It all boils down to moderation, in everything.

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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 12:58:17 PM   
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I feel bad for the parents- as there is very little real choice on something that in this land of plenty should be an easy fix.

But it isnt.

an easy fix...stop buying it.


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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 1:05:20 PM   
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I feel bad for the parents- as there is very little real choice on something that in this land of plenty should be an easy fix.

But it isnt.

an easy fix...stop buying it.



I have.   Others fund this madness tho.  Is there no end to the poisoning of our creatures?

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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 1:10:07 PM   
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I feel bad for the parents- as there is very little real choice on something that in this land of plenty should be an easy fix.

But it isnt.

an easy fix...stop buying it.



I have.   Others fund this madness tho.  Is there no end to the poisoning of our creatures?

Hunky...there are alot of poisons out there. Poison ivy is one i am dealing with at the moment *scratches*

Guess who was stupid enough to walk through it?

Guess who pays the price?

If you don't want to scratch, stay away from poison ivy. If you don't want chemicals, stay away from fast food.


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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 1:15:43 PM   
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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 1:17:24 PM   
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-- then is it ok we have so much diabetes?

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what the hell?


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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 1:23:43 PM   
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-- then is it ok we have so much diabetes?
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"OK" is an irrelevant qualification of one potential result (unless you have irrefutable evidence that anyone eating a 'happy meal' or any food containing HFCS always gets diabetes) of a person's choice of action, activity, or in this case what they decide to feed themselves or their kids.

As a consequence of personal choice, like any other decision, it should be a consideration before the action. Dealing with the consequence, real or imagined, should also be a matter of personal choice.

The alternative is worse; rely on a source - in this case as has been advocated, for a nanny government to "outlaw", decide, and dictate what you can choose to eat. After all - the government has an impeccable record of only making good decisions. Right?

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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 1:32:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		The issue is not the happy meal or McDonalds.  The issue is are destructive diet.

I have to be a chemist to buy groceries and that sucks.   I luckily am not obese or diabetic. 

HFCS usage is over done- and enough is enough. Consider the model-  our health system gets money when people are chronically sick.  The food AND drug industry.  It is all a scam.

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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 2:20:55 PM   
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Yeah... I haven't cut any HFCS from my diet and I still managed to lose 45 pounds. I'm not buying this "it's a drug" BS.

It's tasty. It shouldn't be eaten in excess but it's tasty. Like most things in life, use in moderation.


That is not good enough.




I see. Well, in that case, I'm sure you can hire someone to tell you exactly what to eat.

Me, I'm a grown adult who is capable of making my own food decisions and making the food decisions for those I care for. I don't need you, the government or a nanny group to do it for me.

Raven, you know the eyes of Peeps can't be disgested and will remain solid in at least certain types of acid? My point being... so what? It is food. It's been altered but it is food. If you decide you can't eat it and don't want your kids eating it, that's fine and I support you. I'm not a big McDonald's fan myself.

That doesn't mean other people need to come in and cause a fuss about what other people do enjoy eating. I know many people who would, just as swayingly, argue that meat is a crime. What is and is not "food" seems to be determined only by the what the person talking thinks.

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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 2:46:21 PM   
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All food is a drug. 


It is, it weally weally is.

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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 4:48:54 PM   
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All food is a drug. 


It is, it weally weally is.
Especially chocolate!

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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 4:51:23 PM   
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I feel bad for the parents- as there is very little real choice on something that in this land of plenty should be an easy fix.

But it isnt.

an easy fix...stop buying it.



First of all, one would have to know there is something wrong with buying it

Second of all, one would have to follow their kids around and militantly make sure they are not eating it, because since it is legal crack, their kids are going to be exposed to it... at their friend's house, at school,.,,,, etc etc etc


Third of all, it is in almost everything you buy at the store, and even the wholesome fresh stuff is genetically modified and void of nutrition...

Since we are in an epidemic of obesity we have to look at everything that is leading us there, including the marketing of junk. Don't you think that advertisements that people come into contact with all day long every day have an impact on their "choices"? if advertising wasn't successful, companies would not spend so much on it

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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 5:03:58 PM   
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Unless the "Silicon Valley county" is a social group, government intervention is the topic submitting to the pressure of a "watchdog group" who believes they have a 'one true way' of feeding children which, based upon their action, the "Silicon Valley county" agrees.


why should the government have to intervene?

Just stop buying it.



Some parents don't know how to say no to their kids. They would rather have the government do it for them.


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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 5:05:53 PM   
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Unless the "Silicon Valley county" is a social group, government intervention is the topic submitting to the pressure of a "watchdog group" who believes they have a 'one true way' of feeding children which, based upon their action, the "Silicon Valley county" agrees.


why should the government have to intervene?

Just stop buying it.



Some parents don't know how to say no to their kids. They would rather have the government do it for them.



And when you have to pay for those parent's "choices" in the form of higher healthcare costs, please don't complain about it

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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 5:10:14 PM   
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RE: Happy Meals under fire - 6/23/2010 5:11:53 PM   
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The issue is not the happy meal or McDonalds.  The issue is are destructive diet.

I have to be a chemist to buy groceries and that sucks.   I luckily am not obese or diabetic. 

HFCS usage is over done- and enough is enough. Consider the model-  our health system gets money when people are chronically sick.  The food AND drug industry.  It is all a scam.



Actually the thread was about happy meals and McD's. I wonder why they never mention Burger King and Taco Bell. They have happy meals too.


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