McDonalds... OMG!

[nancw]

I feel the need to comment about the whole McDonald's thing. McDonald's is a contributor to economic (healthcare costs) and social (it's easy, it's fast, it's addictive) decline. People horribly abuse this food, as well as BK, Wendy's, Arby's (insert purveyor of food with poor nutritive qualities here). While there are arguments to be made about free will and choice, as well as cost and quality, there is no excuse for the frequency with which people get their food from these outlets. I know a family who thought it was ok because they rotated where they got their drive-through food every day ! They couldn't figure out why their kids would not behave and were grossly overweight before they even started kindergarten, or why Mom and Dad couldn't lose weight no matter what they did. Other than their addiction to fast food, they lived a reasonably healthy lifestyle.

I realize that not everyone who eats it abuses this food, but the overall acceptance that this is ok to eat with any frequency blows my mind. That anyone with a digestive issue of any kind would eat this is completely beyond my understanding. There is no "is it safe to eat at McDonald's?" because it isn't - not for people with Celiac, or for anyone who understands that what you put in your body will eventually catch up with you in one way or another. Gluten ingredients/cross contamination aside, it is unhealthy food.

For the record, I am not insinuating that Jayhawkmom is feeding this to her children day in and day out (or anyone else on this forum for that matter), but after keeping quiet the last time McDonald's came up in the forum, I cannot hold back. Whether or not the guy in "Supersize Me" was merely performing a social/medical experiment, the truth rings through, and it is up to us to heed the bell of reality, and be more responsible for our own health, and that of our dependents.

[The Edifying Conscience]

I have to say that I completely agree with you on every point. But, I would go a bit further and say that fast food exemplifies everything that is wrong with our country.

[aklap]

[nancw]

I'd like to add that I am as passionate about letting people know about gluten as I am with my anti-McDonald's stance.

Al-LOL! A friend of mine actually threw his empty McDonald's bag at a guy's window (at a stoplight) after the guy almost ran him off the road. Not the smartest thing my friend has ever done, but he had just finished eating some McDonald's crap.

TEC - glad I'm not the only one.

[ostrich]

*shrugs* I believe everything in moderation. Should you eat fast food every day, all day? No. Should you eat carrot sticks every day, all day? No. It's all about balance.

I think McD's problems are just symptoms, not the cause. People have much less free time than they used to for lots of reasons. Everything's rush rush rush. So of course they're going to grab something fast on the way home because they don't have time to do much else.

That being said, they're such yummy calories...
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[The Edifying Conscience]

[ostrich]

Yup. I love McD's. Always have, ever since I can remember. I probably always will. I know it's loaded with fat and sugars and chemicals (and yes, I've seen Supersize Me), but that doesn't change the fact that I like it.
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[Kimmus]

It just upsets me that they are allowed to put all the chemicals in the foods to make people crave it and want to eat more of it -- and they don't have to tell us!

I think all food additives should have to be listed! Some of it is worse than nicotine!
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[glutenfreenz]

Hi guys,

Last time i went to McD's (years ago) they had a product list available in the outlet that listed which products were 'gluten-free'. Ha ha... strangely they still made me sick so go figure!

I agree with nancw McD's is just crap food, although to be fair they have started adding salads and wraps to their menus over here (lol not that i'd touch them with a barge pole).

My one occassional treat is a pizza from "Hell's Pizza" mmmmm... i can only eat them when my allergies are behaving themselves but they are SO delicious!

If you are wanting a speedily made food why not try sushi?

[maryjk]

[nancw]

Yes, moderation is important, there is no doubt.
The main thing that bothers me where fast food and CD come together is that people who work so hard on healing and maintaining their guts, who go to great lengths to eat good, wholesome food, will then take a chance on cross contamination as well as willfully eat food laden with fat, salt, sugar and chemicals.
People who don't have food intolerances/allergies/gastrointestinal disease have easier choices to make, but it still pains me to see how frequent consumption of fast food has become so acceptable and desirable.

To each (tastebuds) his own.

[ostrich]

[The Edifying Conscience]

[ostrich]

LOL, that's fine. To each his own.
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[aklap]

I like a greasy burger once in a while too....
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