How gross is fast food to you

Fast food doesn't gross me out because most foods don't gross me out to begin with. I don't believe in demonizing food because I've already experienced an unhealthy relationship with food in various manners and I'm done with that. A healthy mindset isn't achieved by being uptight and cultish about the foods you eat. The only foods I stay away from and find gross are the ones I just don't like....like okra & brussel sprouts. Jalapenos, tabasco sauce, and wasabi are just fabulous.

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I still don't see how it's false advertising which was your original argument. And when you think about it, McD's may not be the "best" choice for some, but the meals do have protein and other nutrients that someone living in poverty and not eating enough could benefit from. So I'm not sure why they're so evil for selling affordable food to impoverished areas.

I'm not going to read a whole book for me to accept the one point as accurate. I also don't eat fast food anymore for reasons stated earlier so I don't need the "push."

What they're saying is actually true. These companies pay "food scientists" hundreds of millions of dollars annually to sit in laboratories and devise new and devious ways to legally addict their consumers to their products. Soft drink manufacturers do it, fast food chains do it, even household names like Kellogg's and Nestle do it. Fast food chains are FAR more guilty of this than most, as their entire business revolves around people becoming dependent on their product and returning daily.

I can't do much to convince you; frankly, I wouldn't trust any links you threw at me over the internet, so I wouldn't expect you to trust mine. However, you can do your own research. They use all kinds of chemical engineering and have precise formulas to set off the brain's receptors JUST right to force you to feel a certain way when you ingest their products. I'm not exaggerating, and it's 100% for real. Take a read:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Or read this excerpt:

has shown that the ingredients in junk food, especially vegetable-based oils, act on the brain in similar ways to marijuana, inducing hunger by causing the body to produce substances called endocannabinoids. Simply put, our bodies are biologically wired to seek out high fat, high salt, high sugar foods – so-called hyper-palatable foods – and the corporations that feed us are profiting from those instincts, all the while putting our health at risk. And that risk has been quantified, and the toll taken by overconsumption of processed foods is well documented. Obesity-related illness accounts for roughly $190 billion in additional health care spending in the U.S., with most of these costs being borne by those of lower socio-economic status. Our health care system is becoming over-burdened by those who are addicted to junk. In a way, American taxpayers are footing the bill for corporate manipulation of food.

From this article:
http://www.policymic.com/articles/28009/the-science-behind-your-likely-addiction-to-junk-food

These are internet articles, and people love to say "you can't trust what you read on the internet" - so if you don't believe it, go research it yourself. The book the other poster recommended is a great one, with thousands of interesting, cited, factual findings.

Nine out of 10 people in line at the grocery store are obese, too. Maybe you shouldn't shop there, either. :-)

Depends what grocery store! Thank you for the input:)

Every one I've ever been in.

Nine out of 10 people in line at the grocery store are obese, too. Maybe you shouldn't shop there, either. :-)

Depends what grocery store! Thank you for the input:)

Every one I've ever been in.

This is statistically unlikely. I don't know what country is referred to in the post(s) above, but < 1/2 of Americans are obese. I don't know of a country that has a 90% obesity rate, so it would be very unlikely that every grocery store in any area would happen to have 90% obese clientele at the time one individual chose to shop there.

I have a rule if it comes in a Styrofoam/cardboard box and you eat it while driving down the road, it can’t be good for you.

Nine out of 10 people in line at the grocery store are obese, too. Maybe you shouldn't shop there, either. :-)

Depends what grocery store! Thank you for the input:)

Every one I've ever been in.

This is statistically unlikely. I don't know what country is referred to in the post(s) above, but < 1/2 of Americans are obese. I don't know of a country that has a 90% obesity rate, so it would be very unlikely that every grocery store in any area would happen to have 90% obese clientele at the time one individual chose to shop there.

Same with a fast foot joint then too, right?

So they spend money to make people want to buy their food. So? Don't most businesses spend tons of money to make sure their product is the most appealing?

Respectfully, I think there's a rather substantial difference between purposefully manipulating the contents of an ingested item in order to physically addict the user and Apple redesigning their newest iPhone with beveled edges and upgraded speakers.

It may look like simple product marketing, but it's truly an ethical debate. Imagine if Crest started putting Heroin in their mouthwash so that you'd never want to use another brand again. Mind you, I'm not saying that these companies are drugging us with harmful or illegal substances, because they're not. I'm just saying that they're purposefully manipulating the human brain into craving and desiring their product. This isn't a matter of liking the way it tastes leading to you buying the product (akin to liking the way the new iPhone looks leading to you buying the iPhone), this is a matter of a company intentionally causing a physical addiction to their product to force you to buy it again. Take a look at the tobacco industry - same gig, except tobacco is taxed out the *kitten*, illegal for minors and illegal to advertise.

Respectfully, until they start pumping crack or meth into my burger it is no different than the movie posters that use certain colors and sharp to be more eye-catching and invoke certain emotion in us.