FAST FOOD + MASS MARKETING + LITTLE KIDS = CHILDHOOD OBESITY?

OK, so “fast food + mass marketing + little kids = childhood obesity?” Monet Parham thinks so.

Monet Parham is the Sacramento mother of two that grew upset and claimed that McDonalds is enticing her children to eat their unhealthy food. “My children really want the toys that are in those meals,” she contends, adding the meals often get cold while her kids — ages 6 and 2 — play with the toys instead of eating.” While her claim, to me, seems a little limited and lacking for a law suit — the Center for Science and Public Interest does not.

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Christina Sanders

This Ish is McCrazy.

What ever happened to our food just containing FOOD???

According to a recent article on CNN.com, McDonald’s chicken McNuggets (why do I feel the need to put caps on that word?) contain some stunning ingredients in addition to the “all white meat chicken”.

Ever heard of dimethylpolysiloxane? No? What about Silly Putty? Well, if you chow down on some Putty, not only would be gross, you’d also be ingesting one of the nugg’s ingredients.

But let’s not stop there. Does tertiary butylhydroquinone (tBHQ) ring a bell? Does nothing for you, right? Me neither. Don’t worry, if you get a big enough dose, you’ll never forget it.

“TBHQ is a preservative for vegetable oils and animal fats, limited to .02 percent of the oil in the nugget. One gram (one-thirtieth of an ounce) can cause ‘nausea, vomiting, ringing in the ears, delirium, a sense of suffocation, and collapse,’ according to ‘A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives.’”

I don’t know about you, but I love having a sense of suffocation when I scarf down a meal.

Thanks to JSuh at HeadCount for Tweeting this beauty. Follow them on Twitter: @headcountorg

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Sean Gardner

Why Does John Salley Hate Cheeseburgers?

As a red-blooded, patriotic American male, I take it as my civil right to eat cheeseburgers and french fries. I’m totally aware that it’s not necessarily good for me, but hey, it tastes good and it’s cheap. I wouldn’t call myself a burger aficionado, but let’s just say that every now and then, a Big Mac totally hits the spot.

I sense that some of you out there are jonesing for some Mickey D’s right now. Maybe you should reconsider. The meat that comes from fast food places comes from factory farms, which John Salley, former NBA star and contributor to 99Problems.org, has beef with in this promo video for the documentary Food, Inc:

Okay, I get it. Bad for the environment. But it’s cheap. Actually, you’re paying a higher cost than simply environmental health. Let’s hit up the dollar menu, after the jump! … Continue Reading

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Steve Romain