SO FREAKING WRONG
May. 31st, 2006 12:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ambericaI forgot to pack a lunch today like I had planned on doing, so I was forced to go out and buy something for lunch. I went to McDonald's because that Asian Salad is pretty tasty, and I got it with grilled chicken breast and that awesome "all-natural" Newman's Own Sesame Ginger dressing. The only option for this dressing is LOW FAT and I will now TELL you why I HATE this.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY LOADED WITH HIGH-FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP.
This is disgusting and unforgiveable. And if you don't know why, or don't care, then you freakin' deserve whatever health you get in life. OK I'll tell you. It raises LDL levels, it makes your body create more fat, and it suppresses chemicals that tell your body that you've eaten enough. It gunks up your liver and everything else. And it's bad for your teeth I bet, too. Just Google it - there's a ton of really scary stuff out there. And if you want to see something even MORE scary, go ahead and look at the ingredients on all the food in your house and see how many of them include it. Go on, I'll wait..... Pretty scary, huh?
We've already switched from "enriched wheat flour" to WHOLE wheat flour in our house (mostly), and from margarine to butter, and I am doing my damnedest to stay away from HFCS now. The stuff is wicked wicked evil bad. Problem is, it's in just about EVERYTHING. And hey guess what - it was just starting to be used WAY more in the 1980s right about when our obesity rates shot up.
Makes you go AAAAUUUGHH!!!! o.O
IT IS ABSOLUTELY LOADED WITH HIGH-FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP.
This is disgusting and unforgiveable. And if you don't know why, or don't care, then you freakin' deserve whatever health you get in life. OK I'll tell you. It raises LDL levels, it makes your body create more fat, and it suppresses chemicals that tell your body that you've eaten enough. It gunks up your liver and everything else. And it's bad for your teeth I bet, too. Just Google it - there's a ton of really scary stuff out there. And if you want to see something even MORE scary, go ahead and look at the ingredients on all the food in your house and see how many of them include it. Go on, I'll wait..... Pretty scary, huh?
We've already switched from "enriched wheat flour" to WHOLE wheat flour in our house (mostly), and from margarine to butter, and I am doing my damnedest to stay away from HFCS now. The stuff is wicked wicked evil bad. Problem is, it's in just about EVERYTHING. And hey guess what - it was just starting to be used WAY more in the 1980s right about when our obesity rates shot up.
Makes you go AAAAUUUGHH!!!! o.O
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Date: 2006-06-01 04:29 am (UTC)and people think I'm funny when I want to grow all my own food.
*still smilin'*
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Date: 2006-06-02 02:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-02 01:26 pm (UTC)