[ExI] junk food diet

[William Flynn Wallace]

Back in the old days - when I was a kid - Mcdonalds cooked their fries in
beef fat (James Beard, the famous chef, said that beef kidney fat was the
best).  Chefs said that they could not cook a better fry than McDs.  They
changed in response to public pressure to something else.  I wonder if they
ever changed back?  bill w

On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 7:57 AM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> If you read the story, it's no wonder that he lost weight.  Nothing
> particularly wrong with McD food when you eat half of their servings
> or are an active teenager.
>
> Early days of college I added up the intake of the four of us who
> lived at the Druid Student Center.  On 4500 calories a day, none of us
> were gaining weight.  Marching in ROTC and running to class plus
> weekend activities burned it off.
>
> Yesterday, for the first time in 8 months, I got a large fries at McD.
> $6.01.  Talk about inflation.
>
> Keith
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> On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 8:32 PM spike jones via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> > Something doesn’t seem right about this story, but USAToday says it is
> true.  This guy ate only at McDonalds, claims he lost 58 pounds in 100 days:
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> https://www.today.com/health/man-eating-only-mcdonalds-100-days-final-weight-loss-rcna87220
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> > Well then, OK.  I personally like the tasty repast served up at
> McDonalds, but I never claimed the dreadful swill is health food.  I like
> donuts too, but likewise, I don’t even attempt to fool myself that it is
> nutritious.
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> > A number of years ago, McDonalds was sued by a teenager who claimed that
> McDonalds made her fat.  This was all the fault of McDonalds, so they were
> liable donchaknow.  That’s when Ronald began offering salad on Happy
> McMenu, which of course no one ever actually bought (for one does not go to
> McDonalds for salad (nor to a donut shop.))  But Ronald offers it, and
> McDonalds is not liable if their viands are so delectable that it renders
> customers helpless to resist, resulting in the silly proles devouring too
> much and growing into portly young diabetics with clogged arteries.  Well,
> imagine that.  It isn’t hard to do: these are well-known consequences of
> eating too much McD’s and scarfing too many donuts.
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> > Casting aside all caution and common sense, I devour the stuff anyway.
> Just in moderate quantities.
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> > It has been long known that one can have a poor diet and still lose
> weight, if the total calorie count is sufficiently low.
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> > Humans are such a fun species, I do hope that AI doesn’t cause our
> brutal extinction.
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> > spike
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