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Originally Posted by Omaha
OK, but if figuring out if the pink slime that is added to fast food burgers is a problem or the thing that determines if a Big Mac or Whopper are healthy choices or not, the big picture is being missed. Fast food burgers are not good. BOOM! done.
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What is being added to our ground beef in supermarkets? How much seasoning are they adding to "raw meat" we buy in grocery stores? What is really going into those fresh mass produced Perdue chickens? This isn't just about McDonald's. It's about consumers not given enough information about what they are buying. But to your example... take away Big Mac as an example. Talk about apples with caramel dipping sauce. Or their salads with a wad of greasy meat and highly fattening dressing. Again, I get there are people who know what they're eating and just don't care. My problem is people who think they're eating better food, and it's actually terrible for you.
The only way for people to know if mass produced food is bad for you is to research everything. It shouldn't have to be that difficult.
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First, these aren't the people who are waiting in line at McD's, either. Second, I am fully aware that people do incredibly stupid things while attempting to lose weight, but I don't agree that it's too overwhelmingly hard for them to educate themselves. If they can read a Men's Health & use some common sense (Maybe do some squats or something, too) they will be well on their way. It's not a huge secret that calories out > calories in = weight loss.
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I really don't agree with you. Educating yourself is not easy, not when we don't know what's going into even raw food we buy, or food improperly marketed as being healthy (or at least... not as food that is unhealthier than it looks). It takes a big-time commitment, and that includes lots of motivation (for example... I worked real hard to get healthy, and now I lost 10 lbs). Bad food is addicting and lack of results is very de-motivating. When that progress is disrupted because of misinformed food choices, that makes the whole process very hard.