[Daniel_Plainview]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gampy', 'A')nyone seen this?

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')AIPEI (Reuters Life!) – A man died just as he was about to win a university binge eating contest in Taiwan, scoffing down two buns filled with rice and cheese as well as some of his teammate's food, the college said on Friday.

The 23-year-old, described as tall and strong, vomited relentlessly, passed out and died on Thursday during the "Big Stomach King" contest at Dayeh University in central Taiwan. He had pulled ahead of 30 other teams.

"I can't say why he died," said Huang Te-hsiang, the university's dean of student affairs. "He had been in the contest before. He was a strong guy."

The graduate student, surnamed Chen, may have eaten too fast rather than too much, a campus publicist said. Chen was on course to win the five-year-old annual competition, she said. He would have won T$2,000 ($60).

Taiwan's education ministry has halted campus-based eating contests while an investigation is launched.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')ONDON (Reuters) - Mice fed junk food for nine months showed signs of developing the abnormal brain tangles strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease, a Swedish researcher said on Friday.

The findings, which come from a series of published papers by a researcher at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet, show how a diet rich in fat, sugar and cholesterol could increase the risk of the most common type of dementia.

"On examining the brains of these mice, we found a chemical change not unlike that found in the Alzheimer brain," Susanne Akterin, a researcher at the Karolinska Institutet's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, who led the study, said in a statement.

"We now suspect that a high intake of fat and cholesterol in combination with genetic factors ... can adversely affect several brain substances, which can be a contributory factor in the development of Alzheimer's."

"All in all, the results give some indication of how Alzheimer's can be prevented, but more research in this field needs to be done before proper advice can be passed on to the general public," she said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceN ... 8G20081128

[frankthetank]

This shouldn't be surprising. That food is nothing buy empty calories. There is no health benefit whatsoever. Its garbage. Junk.

[Sixstrings]

How can a civilization live so utterly wrongly? From money matter, to pollution, to the worst kind of food.. it boggles the mind.

[perdition79]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', 'H')ow can a civilization live so utterly wrongly? From money matter, to pollution, to the worst kind of food.. it boggles the mind.

[bratticus]

A recent study revealed trace amounts of food in KFC snakers.

[bratticus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', 'H')ow can a civilization live so utterly wrongly? From money matter, to pollution, to the worst kind of food.. it boggles the mind.

[dukey]

i posted in another thread how you are like 10 times more likely to get alzheimers if you take vaccines

[bratticus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dukey', 'i') posted in another thread how you are like 10 times more likely to get alzheimers if you take vaccines

[shortonoil]

Nutrient deficiencies account for an incredible amount of the disease that occurs in our society. Even through the amount of research that has been done to support that claim is staggering in magnitude, it is generally completely ignored by "modern medicine".

Fast food is the equivalent of a dietary sahara. It is hardly any wonder that the CDC says the diabetes will be the number one killer in the US by 2020. Many of the diseases that plague our society were extremely rare only a century ago.

However, there is no "profit" in a healthy society if your business is concocting caustic compounds to alleviate symptoms!

[pup55]

So many questions:

a. Do they get teeny tiny toys in their mouse happy meals? If so, what sort of toy is it?

b. More importantly, did they control for obesity? Did these little guys get fat like kids do when they eat this stuff? If not, what happens if you eat this stuff and work your butt off to keep some fairly normal body weight?

c. Is there a preparation issue? If you ingest the same number of calories, and more or less the same nutrient balance, prepared in a non-fast food way, does it have the same effect?

[eastbay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonoil', 'N')utrient deficiencies account for an incredible amount of the disease that occurs in our society. Even through the amount of research that has been done to support that claim is staggering in magnitude, it is generally completely ignored by "modern medicine".

Fast food is the equivalent of a dietary sahara. It is hardly any wonder that the CDC says the diabetes will be the number one killer in the US by 2020. Many of the diseases that plague our society were extremely rare only a century ago.

However, there is no "profit" in a healthy society if your business is concocting caustic compounds to alleviate symptoms!

[Goatlady]

A personal health problem seems to be the most motivational concerning diet, but most times it doesn't even appear then.... not if there is a pill that allows a person to continue to eat like they want and exist.

My Mom, at 80 plus and still independant has always said that we are suppose to eat to live - not live to eat.

We don't eat out at all. When you mention that in casual conversation - people are shocked and say they couldn't do it. Why?

We're creatures of habit and after you go through the changes to a natural diet - it's no different than any other habit.

But that 'Change' word comes with some big challenges and finding out what you're made of, heh?

IMHO, society changes by each person changing themselves and sharing knowledge. You never know who you help by sharing yourself.....

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')f not, what happens if you eat this stuff and work your butt off to keep some fairly normal body weight?

[shortonoil]

Sixstrings said:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')y take from the article was that it isn't the rat's weight that was the problem, it's that somehow high sugar and fats cause neuronal tangling which is the key sign of alzheimers development.

After they do more studies, you think we'll see a Surgeon General's Warning label on Bic Macs?

Big Tobacco, Big Macs.. I need a smoke

[billg]

This morning I heard a McDonald's ad on the radio reminding people that in hard economic times, cheap monocultured food is the way to go. I'm not sure if the sheeple need any reminding that McDonald's and other fast food joints are the places to be for a cheap fix. Undoubtedly, low gas prices are also contributing to the surge in fast food sales.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]McDonald's global same-store sales rise 7.7 percent in November, US sales rise 4.5 percent by Lauren Shepherd, AP Business Writer Monday December 8, 2008, 6:46 pm EST:
NEW YORK (AP) -- Consumers hungry for cheap meals boosted worldwide sales at McDonald's Corp.'s established locations by 7.7 percent in November, more proof of how the fast-food leader is thriving in a downturn that has eaten into sales at its competitors.

Even recession-weary consumers in the U.S. were enticed by the Golden Arches during the month. U.S. same-store sales -- or sales at locations open at least a year -- rose 4.5 percent from the same month a year earlier, the company said Monday.

[frankthetank]

Unlike the rest of you people, i don't eat at McDonalds every day. I've at MCDs ONCE in the last 5 years. It was last winter, i was out of town, and starving...and everyone wanted to go there... I was tempted to just starve it out but i want for 2 $1 double cheeseburgers.

It tasted like shit... Seriously... My taste buds must be more sensitive to shit food, but thats what they tasted like. Thank god i had a glass of water. The only thing that killed the taste was the onions and the half pound of ketchup (corn syrup! yummy)...

F*uck U Ronald....

[eastbay]

In Las Vegas one company enjoying the collapse is in-n-out burger.

Hamburger Pithicus is still alive and well living primarily to chase after their flesh-eating cravings, which can be momentarily satisfied for a few easy to panhandle bucks.

[oxj]

Franky: You're just too accustomed to tasty Whizconsin venison. Mmmm.

The food banks up here were begging hunters for more venison. Donations are down 42% this year, even though licensures are down some 20%.

[dinopello]

McDonalds cracks me up. Some clown feeding you Mcfood. You can't make that stuff up! It is cheap though. Suspiciously so... It's hard for me to even watch people eat it. Making a burger at home isn't all that hard. Just put on a clown suit and make one for your kids.