"Richard Periut" > wrote in message
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> Dimitri wrote:
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>> "Gal Called J.J." > wrote in message
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>>>One time on Usenet, "Dimitri" > said:
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>>>>"Gal Called J.J." > wrote in message
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>>>>>One time on Usenet, JaKe > said:
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>>>>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...20040930/ap_on
>>>>_ sc/foie_gras
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>>>>>I didn't realize that ducks and geese *were* force fed. There must
>>>>>be a better way...
>>>
>>>>Nope - no better way. See Below:
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>>>Thank you (and Peter) for the info -- I had no idea; I just assumed
>>>that foie gras was made from plain old liver...
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>> IIRC the force feeding causes the liver to overproduce bile and ergo
>> grows and grows....
>>
>> Dimitri
> Don't think so. The physiopathology behind it is that large amounts of
> calories over a short period of time, cause a condition known as acute
> fatty liver. Hence, the liver is infiltrated with fat (taste,) and becomes
> quite large.
>
> There was a documentary (Biggie size me?) in which a man was placed on a
> McDonald diet, and after one month, he developed a fatty liver.
>

The film is called "Super Size Me" and the filmaker placed HIMSELF on a
diet of nothing but McDonald's fare.

Stupid.