Breakfast in Portland

Posted Sep 23, 2009 20:39 UTC (Wed) by kragil (guest, #34373)
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I sure hope the Japanese will develop their care taking robots for old people a little faster .. with food like this there is business from Americans of every age to be had.
Those things look totally disgusting, they just scream fat, cancer and every weight related illness there is.
In the future the US government will probably sue the food companies like they sued the tobacco companies.

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Breakfast in Portland

Posted Sep 25, 2009 20:01 UTC (Fri) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

GOOD food isn't anywhere near the cancer etc risk it's touted to be. I think you'll find there's a VERY strong correlation between "fast food" and obesity and its related problems.

Certainly from the study I did for my masters, I came to the conclusion that diabetes is at least partly down to the modern habit of snacking all through the day.

Sugar is - biologically - an EXTREMELY nasty substance. Our bodies are designed to withstand a *temporary* assault when we eat and then get it back down to a low level where we clean up the mess it's caused. Except that snacking never lets it get that low ...

And hardening of the arteries is due to being overweight ... cholesterol is *meant* to stick to bloodcell walls, so the cells can absorb it, but if there's too much then it sits there and waits.

Cheers,
Wol