Cindy Fuller wrote in message ...
>In article >,
> Andy > wrote:
>
>> "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!!!
>>
>Not only have I seen the movie, I use it in my introductory nutrition
>class along with Fast Food Nation. The book and the film complement
>each other well.

i was trying to start to eat more healthfully when i read Fast Food Nation.
it helped me overcome the temptation that is a rally's, a wendy's and a taco
bell 3 blocks from my house.

--
saerah

TANSTAAFL
" conservatives have no logic"
- Eddie "****in'" Hill





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