Morgan Spurlock's film "Super Size Me" struck a chord with a lot of people. In less than 30 days on a diet consisting only of what's available on the McDonald's menu, he made himself sick, very sick, and fat, very fat. The film was well done, entertaining, and made its point. Even young children got the message -- minimize your McEating.
But NOOOOoooooo... some people, already addicted to Mickey D's and feeling the need to rationalize it, set out to prove they could lose weight by eating nothing but McDonald's food.
Some succeeded. So what? Doesn't prove they are more healthy than before. Doesn't prove McFood is a good dietary choice, even though the article quotes the spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association -- a "registered dietician" -- as saying that yes, you can lose weight eating at McDonald's.
Incidentally, the ADA says that aspartame is "safe." They have said that for years, that it's "safe." They ignore research that says just the opposite, including this recent Italian study reported just last week.
The American Dietetic Association, by the way, funds their educational outreach program with money given them by ConAgra Foods, and lists Campbell's Soup, ConAgra, the Distilled Spirits Council of the US, Kellogg's, the National Dairy Association, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Gerber Products Company, and others, among their corporate sponsors, donors and partners in their 2004 Annual Report. Hardly a disinterested group? You think the ADA will ever say anything bad about beef, dairy or cereal products?
Upon checking the Nutrasweet website, I see that they have an extensive list of industry organizations that have "declared Nutrasweet safe." What other commercial product has to do that, to provide a list of "disinterested" (yeah, right!) third parties to declare their product safe?
No comments:
Post a Comment