[ExI] junk food diet

[MB]

McD is an interesting place.  After one our hurricane disasters, where
power was out for days and days, no running water, etc., I went to town to
buy ice. Shops all out of ice. :(  Stopped by McD to buy a salad - a good
break from unheated canned goods - and the older clerk there gave me a
cooler full of ice! Free for nothing!  I've never forgotten.  She saved
all my frozen food!

Although I do not often patronize fast food places, I do remember McD
fries as Excellent. After medical tests I used to stop for an
Egg-Bacon-Cheese biscuit as a reward for being stuck with needles. :) 
That is another thing better than I can make at home.

Perfectly willing to believe the guy in the original story lost weight -
it depends what you choose to order and eat.  They have kid portions and
small stuff as well as whopping big burgers, sodas, and fries.  (The
comment about the sodium overload is probably accurate though.)

Regards,
MB





On Fri, June 2, 2023 12:40, efc--- via extropy-chat wrote:
> Fascinating!
>
> I only had beef fat fries in upscale restaurants, and it's good! As for
> McD, I also enjoy the occasional burger, but my recipe is only burger, no
> cola and no fries.
>
> But when it comes to the effect on my weight, I have no idea. I've always
> had a very high metabolism, and during vacation times I drop to only 2
> meals per day, and more sleep than usual so I tend to lose weight during
> my vacations.
>
> Best regards,
> Daniel
>
>
> On Fri, 2 Jun 2023, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>       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:
>>       >
>>       >
>>       >
>>       > 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.
>>       >
>>       >
>>       >
>>       > 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.
>>       >
>>       >
>>       >
>>       > 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