Never eating Mickey D's again...
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every time junk crap food posts go up there a few really really cool people that will be awesome rebels who will tell you they eat it and are proud of eating it. WOW!
all it really means if they truly eat this processed garbage is they arent really serious about their health. thats ok...thats fine..its your choice...but it dont make you a rebel or a cool dude.
It's not like we eat it every.single.day I eat McDonald's like twice a year!0 -
Anything is fine in moderation. Relax champ.every time junk crap food posts go up there a few really really cool people that will be awesome rebels who will tell you they eat it and are proud of eating it. WOW!
all it really means if they truly eat this processed garbage is they arent really serious about their health. thats ok...thats fine..its your choice...but it dont make you a rebel or a cool dude.0 -
I'm in the UK and I don't hate Jamie Oliver or what they did to school dinners-in fct, I love the fact that I know my children can go to school and have a healthy meal on days when I am working late so I am assured they have had a hot meal for the day.
Personally, one of the reasons why I am limiting my own (and 2 childrens' ) fast food intake is because it is laden with sodium, sugar and fat. Once and a while is ok-everything in moderation!
My sister works as a primary school teacher and she tells me that the school meals are pretty tasteless now due to all the changes being made for health reason. BUT, the kids seem to still eat them quite happily so that can only be a good thing that they are used to eating nutritous food that isn't laden with salt and will be accustomed to how that tastes rather than craving high fat, high salt, high sugar foods.
What Jamie Oliver did was definately a good thing. It is just unfortunate that the budgets given to Councils to provide school meals are small because if the school cooks had a bit more money to play with I'm sure they could give the food more flavour with using herbs and spices and so forth since the unhealthy but flavourful ingredients have been reduced/taken out.0 -
My generation *hate* him with a passion. He took away the turkey twizzlers, sausages, things we enjoyed & left us with Salad & mashed potato!
But I think you'll find schools have started putting the old stuff back on the menu to save parents delivering take-out to the kids over the school fence.
im not a food nazi, but SERIOSULY? are you reading your own posts?
Not only am I "reading" them but I'm typing them too, huh who would'a guessed?!
I'm 18 & most kids my age hate Jamie Oliver for making school dinners healthy because we liked the food we had.
I miss turkey twizzlers OKAY!
and no where in your logic do you think the change to junk being sold in schools has contributed to the massive childhood obesity problem in the UK?
The responsibility at that point is the government and local authorities, if the only food available is home cooked and nutritious they will eat it, the parents passing things through the gates are guilty of abuse.
its that simple.0 -
Wow, really? Abuse? I think I need to leave this thread alone before I lose more IQ points.
My generation *hate* him with a passion. He took away the turkey twizzlers, sausages, things we enjoyed & left us with Salad & mashed potato!
But I think you'll find schools have started putting the old stuff back on the menu to save parents delivering take-out to the kids over the school fence.
im not a food nazi, but SERIOSULY? are you reading your own posts?
Not only am I "reading" them but I'm typing them too, huh who would'a guessed?!
I'm 18 & most kids my age hate Jamie Oliver for making school dinners healthy because we liked the food we had.
I miss turkey twizzlers OKAY!
and no where in your logic do you think the change to junk being sold in schools has contributed to the massive childhood obesity problem in the UK?
The responsibility at that point is the government and local authorities, if the only food available is home cooked and nutritious they will eat it, the parents passing things through the gates are guilty of abuse.
its that simple.0 -
I'm in the UK and I don't hate Jamie Oliver or what they did to school dinners-in fct, I love the fact that I know my children can go to school and have a healthy meal on days when I am working late so I am assured they have had a hot meal for the day.
Personally, one of the reasons why I am limiting my own (and 2 childrens' ) fast food intake is because it is laden with sodium, sugar and fat. Once and a while is ok-everything in moderation!
My sister works as a primary school teacher and she tells me that the school meals are pretty tasteless now due to all the changes being made for health reason. BUT, the kids seem to still eat them quite happily so that can only be a good thing that they are used to eating nutritous food that isn't laden with salt and will be accustomed to how that tastes rather than craving high fat, high salt, high sugar foods.
What Jamie Oliver did was definately a good thing. It is just unfortunate that the budgets given to Councils to provide school meals are small because if the school cooks had a bit more money to play with I'm sure they could give the food more flavour with using herbs and spices and so forth since the unhealthy but flavourful ingredients have been reduced/taken out.
agree completely, the way to fix it is with grow your own schemes being introduced in EVERY school to teach self suffiency and provide veg/fruit to the kitchens.
James martin did an interesting show along similar lines in Scarborough hospital
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Yeah, after a visit to the ER on Monday, I had a taste for a small fry and chicken sandwich with cheese. It was tasty. Did I feel an ounce of guilt, yeah, but I got over it...0
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Wow, really? Abuse? I think I need to leave this thread alone before I lose more IQ points.
Youve seen the British show? the parents passing their massively unhealthy spoilt children fish and chips through the school gates because they were having tantrums about being given healthy food at school? what else is it.0 -
That's not what I was insinutating-they are unhealthy and I think you know that.0
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My generation *hate* him with a passion. He took away the turkey twizzlers, sausages, things we enjoyed & left us with Salad & mashed potato!
But I think you'll find schools have started putting the old stuff back on the menu to save parents delivering take-out to the kids over the school fence.
im not a food nazi, but SERIOSULY? are you reading your own posts?
Not only am I "reading" them but I'm typing them too, huh who would'a guessed?!
I'm 18 & most kids my age hate Jamie Oliver for making school dinners healthy because we liked the food we had.
I miss turkey twizzlers OKAY!
and no where in your logic do you think the change to junk being sold in schools has contributed to the massive childhood obesity problem in the UK?
The responsibility at that point is the government and local authorities, if the only food available is home cooked and nutritious they will eat it, the parents passing things through the gates are guilty of abuse.
its that simple.
He didn't need to take away everything we actually liked though, he could have incorporated into the menu.
Everything is fine in moderation.0 -
Gotta disagree here. I eat junk food weekly, but not like eating a whole Mcdonald's meal. I'll just have a cheeseburger. And I'm very serious about my health. I get checkups every year, I push my body to it's limits, I get the rest I need, and I make sure to get in my essentials each and everyday. But part of my health is to enjoy my life. If I was stuck eating "health food" for the rest of my life, I'd be unhappy because I want that pizza or cheeseburger or fried chicken occasionally. Not enjoying foods you like can leave some depressed. I enjoy my life. Now I want a Mcrib.every time junk crap food posts go up there a few really really cool people that will be awesome rebels who will tell you they eat it and are proud of eating it. WOW!
all it really means if they truly eat this processed garbage is they arent really serious about their health. thats ok...thats fine..its your choice...but it dont make you a rebel or a cool dude.
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Oh My that looks delicious. YUMM0
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James martin did an interesting show along similar lines in Scarborough hospital
Mmmm, James Martin. That man LOVES his butter!
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turkey twizzlers, deep fried processed frozen carp isnt. certainly not to children.
kids like what theyre brought up eating. parents shouldnt be such ridiculous push overs.0 -
Couldn't really give one to be honest, they were lush!0 -
I love Snopes.0 -
Wow, so much ignorance and fear mongering in this thread. Either eat fast food or don't, but you don't have to resort to ridiculously false stories with zero basis of fact to make a point that it's unhealthy.
Heres some more factual (still disgusting info)
http://www.good.is/post/chicken-nuggets-is-that-how-they-re-made-a-good-fact-check/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKSoiDtdi9s 0 -
Gotta disagree here. I eat junk food weekly, but not like eating a whole Mcdonald's meal. I'll just have a cheeseburger. And I'm very serious about my health. I get checkups every year, I push my body to it's limits, I get the rest I need, and I make sure to get in my essentials each and everyday. But part of my health is to enjoy my life. If I was stuck eating "health food" for the rest of my life, I'd be unhappy because I want that pizza or cheeseburger or fried chicken occasionally. Not enjoying foods you like can leave some depressed. I enjoy my life. Now I want a Mcrib.every time junk crap food posts go up there a few really really cool people that will be awesome rebels who will tell you they eat it and are proud of eating it. WOW!
all it really means if they truly eat this processed garbage is they arent really serious about their health. thats ok...thats fine..its your choice...but it dont make you a rebel or a cool dude.
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IDEA Fitness member
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it has nothing to do with enjoying foods you like. I love a good pizza. I am talking about fast food crap that is so processed and laden with additives just to make it tasty (and cheap).
I even love fried chicken if its made properly. but give me a break....mdonalds type processed crap is not the same as foods we enjoy so that deprivation argument doesnt work0 -
That's not what I was insinutating-they are unhealthy and I think you know that.
You said "Ok. Consider this-you may not have to count your calories if you hadn't had a childhood filled with 'Turkey Twizzlers'. "
You where calling me fat!
Of course I know they're unhealthy, it's not like I ate a plate of 10 a day!0 -
Ok. Consider this-you may not have to count your calories if you hadn't had a childhood filled with 'Turkey Twizzlers'.
Oh thanks, that's nice of you. Actually I was a skinny child thanks to the fact that I had an eating disorder at the age of 7.
I got "fat" (yeah I know that's what you really wanted to call me) thanks to BULLYING & comfort eating.
Gotta love the kids that wear their eating disorders like a badge of honour.
Excuse me? A badge of honour? How dare you!0 -
*food Fight*0
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Let me guess, you have no kids.turkey twizzlers, deep fried processed frozen carp isnt. certainly not to children.
kids like what theyre brought up eating. parents shouldnt be such ridiculous push overs.0 -
Ok. Consider this-you may not have to count your calories if you hadn't had a childhood filled with 'Turkey Twizzlers'.
Oh thanks, that's nice of you. Actually I was a skinny child thanks to the fact that I had an eating disorder at the age of 7.
I got "fat" (yeah I know that's what you really wanted to call me) thanks to BULLYING & comfort eating.
Gotta love the kids that wear their eating disorders like a badge of honour.
Excuse me? A badge of honour? How dare you!
oh, you probably think "thanks" actually means that I thank my ED, well I don't, it's called sarcasm, idiot.0 -
No. I have no idea what size you are. This is a calorie counting site.0
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Let me guess, you have no kids.
i have 9 nieces and nephews, ranging from 1 to 18 years old.
i also know that as a child i ate the home cooked healthy food my parents ate or i went hungry. it was *that* simple.0 -
Just gonna throw this out there. Not ALL fast food is mechanically separated chicken. I work at Chick Fil A and I can vouch for the fact we use actual chicken breasts.0
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This stuff hasn't been used for years....
Have a look at this article in last week Uk Daily Mail...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2092127/Jamie-Oliver-Victory-McDonalds-stops-using-pink-slime-burger-recipe.html?ito=feeds-newsxml0 -
McSick n' Nasty
Can You Guess What McDonald’s Food Item This Is?
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/400300_2488086642197_1253623952_31953782_699234660_n.jpg
Say hello to mechanically separated chicken. It’s what all fast-food chicken is made – things like chicken nuggets and patties. Also, the processed frozen chicken in the stores is made from ...it.
Basically, the entire chicken is smashed and pressed through a sieve — bones, eyes, guts, and all. it comes out looking like this.
There’s more: because it’s crawling with bacteria, it will be washed with ammonia, soaked in it, actually. Then, because it tastes gross, it will be re flavored artificially. Then, because it is weirdly pink, it will be dyed with artificial color.
Think about that next time you pull through the drive thru or feed your kids fast food
That may be what they are using in the US, but in Canada they cannot use it without specifically stating it on the packaging. I believe that even in the US McD's has stopped using it as well, but I could be wrong. Basically McD's has become the whipping boy for health nuts who want to say they are the blame for the bad health of a nation that basically eat too much and does too little. You are welcome to not shop there, just as others like myself are able to shop there.0 -
Gotta disagree here. I eat junk food weekly, but not like eating a whole Mcdonald's meal. I'll just have a cheeseburger. And I'm very serious about my health. I get checkups every year, I push my body to it's limits, I get the rest I need, and I make sure to get in my essentials each and everyday. But part of my health is to enjoy my life. If I was stuck eating "health food" for the rest of my life, I'd be unhappy because I want that pizza or cheeseburger or fried chicken occasionally. Not enjoying foods you like can leave some depressed. I enjoy my life. Now I want a Mcrib.every time junk crap food posts go up there a few really really cool people that will be awesome rebels who will tell you they eat it and are proud of eating it. WOW!
all it really means if they truly eat this processed garbage is they arent really serious about their health. thats ok...thats fine..its your choice...but it dont make you a rebel or a cool dude.
A.C.E. Certified Personal Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
it has nothing to do with enjoying foods you like. I love a good pizza. I am talking about fast food crap that is so processed and laden with additives just to make it tasty (and cheap).
I even love fried chicken if its made properly. but give me a break....mdonalds type processed crap is not the same as foods we enjoy so that deprivation argument doesnt work
I had it just this one time, I promise....:ohwell:0
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