ernestsewell said:

Do you mean Michael Pollan? He's brilliant, and he's written several outstanding books on this topic.
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ernestsewell said:

Generally I agree with that, but I always found the "don't eat anything you can't pronounce' bit a little condescending. Isn't that sort of assuming that most people can't handle multi-syllabic words? And what if you CAN easily rattle off the names of all the chemical ingredients?

meow85 said:

It's a general rule. You can't get too pedantic with it. He's also added a more general rule of avoiding any ingredients that a normal person wouldn't have in his or her cupboard. It's the same principle.

Efan said:

Yes, that's how I meant. He is right on the money.

meow85 said:

I don't think it's an assumption at all, and I don't believe it's condescending. It's a good rule of thumb, which usually allows for the ever-present sliding scale of give-and-take.

However, if you're going to have a choice between bread with azodicarbonamide, mono- and diglycerides, and ethoxylated monoglycerides or just flour, yeast, water, and salt, it's an easy choice, no?

If a person can rattle off those words, there is a good chance they also know where they are on the Level of Shit.

thejason said:

ya just gotta love it... what should we call'em?? Dan-isms? Danglish?? Voidles... nah, I happen to prefer Danglish...

CarrieMpls said:

Shamrock Shakes....seriously? I've been wanting to try those for a long time. I thought they discontinued them here.

Also you do realize that Margarine is 1 molecule away from plastic. you can leave it outside and flies won't touch it

IAintTheOne said:

If food doesn't attract ants, flies, and mice, you know you'd better leave it alone. Even shit attracts flies.

I sent this to everyone in my family last year. Some of them just don't care.

noimageatall said:

sad isnt it?

IAintTheOne said:

Yes...and if I hear, "Well, we all gotta die from somethin'!" again I'm going to kill someone.

noimageatall said:

lol then they would've gotten what they wanted right

As a side note: My friend is uploading Food, Inc. to his server today. I'm going to snag it and watch it this week. I have a feeling I'll be eating even more differently before the week expires.

IAintTheOne said:

so it's all good then!

IAintTheOne said:

that's why i don't use it! yuck!

IAintTheOne said:

This may be true, but there are lots of benign, ordinary things that are "one molecule" away from something else that is completely different. One example--hydrogen peroxide is not one molecule, but only one atom away from water. And you sure don't want to down a quart (liter for our metric friends ) of hydrogen peroxide.

FauxReal said:

me too!

shamrock shakes and fries are amaaazing

I get this odd reaction when I eat McDonalds. Part way through the meal I almost always hiccup. WTF is that all about?

This is basically the same result the guy got in Super Size me, too.

I've done my own experiments by losing a french fry under my car seat and finding it in perfect condition god-knows-when later

NDRU said:

I used to get that too! (Back when I ate it.) I could never figure it out.

there is a video on utube where the lady kept them for 4 yrs they never changed.

i really gotta stop eating this stuff. feel crap after eating it but it tastes good- i guess the best option is 2 make my own...what other options are there to a hamburger, storewise?

missmad said:

It's not that a hamburger is bad. It's the extra shit McD's puts in their food that makes it last for 365+ days. Go buy real beef at the store, or Bison meat (which is lower in fat and still tastes like regular beef of course - I just had a homemade Bison burger the other day, just added some salt/pepper/half/grated onion and garlic powder and grilled it) and make your own. (PS The grated onion into any beef adds flavor and moisture, especially if you're not using 80/20 beef which has a bit more fat for flavor, and that's okay).

McDonald's adds High Fructose Corn Syrup to their buns. SUGAR, highly concentrated! (And we wonder why it's addictive?!?!) Go buy wheat buns or use a heartier regular bread for yourself.

Add whatever condiments you wish, and make it how you wish. Hint: A little 1,000 Island dressing on it, it is just as good as the Big Mac's special sauce, although not exact. You can google near-recipes for the special sauce online).

The guy who wrote Food Rules made a good point.

He said he never deprives himself of anything he wants. However, it's HOW he gets it that has changed.

Example: Let's say you want french fries. How often do we REALLY want a good bit of fries? For the sake of argument, let's say twice a month (every couple of weeks). Instead of running out to get a large fry at McDonald's, he makes them.

If you HAD to make your own fries, how often are you willing to do that? Probably twice a month, I would bet.

So what to do? Grate, julienne, or cut your fries however you wish. Put them on a cookie sheet, toss them around with some oil, sea or gray salt, and pepper, and bake until done (or you can fry them up if you wish too - use peanut oil for more flavor). They're just as good, it fills your need for the salt or starch or carb craving you might have, and you worked for your food a little bit, so it's even more satisfying.

There's nothing better than making your own dinner, sitting down, and enjoying it.

YOU are your best alternative. And you won't feel like crap after you eat it.

I haven't eaten at McDonalds (or any fast food place for that matter) since I was about 14. And that's a really long time ago.

I don't understand why they have all these preservatives in their 'food'. Don't they bin it after it's been on sale for 10minutes? i know they used to, which in itself is disgusting.

McDonald's is fake.

i always order a happy meal on the side with my order "for my child". fuck this report!

Christopher said:

You still eat Happy Meals? I can't talk, I rolled up into BK the other night after work and got a kid's meal. They asked if it was for a boy or girl... I said "boy". It was Spiderman week.

meow85 said:

I'm hoping that didn't mean foreign food as much as it meant chemicals like
phenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyl

evenstar3 said:

ernestsewell said:

thanks for all this hun, agreed homemade is best but what other options are there cause sometimes after 11 hrs u dont wanna cook anything.

yea i make my own fries sooooo much cheaper and u have a whole sack of real potato vs a small small bag of mcd "fries"

Guess I should have asked for the alternatives of a "hamburger"