Comments on: 15 Reasons Never to Let Anyone You Love Near a McDonald's

By: Aubz

Aubz — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:13:15 +0000

Whoever wrote this article needs some lessons in persuasive prose. It is littered with outlandish statements and generalizations which only serve to damage the author’s credibility. The blatant bias on the author’s behalf makes it difficult for any astute reader to take their points seriously.

By: cata munoz

cata munoz — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:09:52 +0000

thank u veryy much! I always loved mcdonnalds, but know i will never eat it again! i will tell all my friends about this, please send me emails about other damaging fast foods and stuff like that, i am 14 years old and will never eat a mcdonnalds patty ever again, or french fries, or nothin! jaja is kentucky fried chicken also so damagind?

By: hanz

hanz — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:01:41 +0000

McD is a very visible and almost too accessible for just about anybody to patronise them. ideally, all of us should be well informed of the harm that fast food does to the human body through persistent consumption. it is for the sake of this large majority of ill-informed folks that something of a national regulatory nature that should be worked out on.

By: pb

pb — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:15:07 +0000

Mcdonalds rocks, you damn hippies!

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:07:26 +0000

MmmMmm, this article makes me want to eat McDonalds more.

By: Dr. David Secord

Dr. David Secord — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:59:42 +0000

Propaganda in any form is dishonest. Listing a bunch of ingredients and making it sound ominous assumes that the reader is too stupid to figure out that listing a bunch of chemical names isn’t necessarily foreboding or inherently dangerous. I remember reading a nice article about whether ‘natural’ foods were safer and better in News and World Report some years back. The PhD writing the article listed some of the more dangerous chemicals on the planet—and how they were contained in things like carrots. He then went on to explain that we don’t die from eating carrots because our liver is able to detoxify that substance (or substances). My pharmacology professor once defined a poison as “too much of something” and illustrated this by pointing out how many people die from water intoxication each year, or how many premature infants in the premi ward suffer lung damage from being on pure oxygen. Too much of something is what is dangerous, not necessarily just consuming a chemical or preservative itself.

As the best source for vitamin B12 is animal protein and B12 is absolutely essential for healthy erythrocytes (red blood cells), being a strict vegetarian is somewhat stupid. Instead of having your RBC’s last for the normal 120 days, the RBC formed without B12 lasts for about 14 days. Does that sound healthy? If we aren’t supposed to consume animal protein as it is “unnatural”, why does our body have the enzyme to break down animal protein? If we are truly meant to only consume vegetable matter, and the bulk of that is cellulose, why don’t we have the enzyme to break down cellulose? What is ‘natural’ about a diet that consumes so much bulk that passes through you untouched? “Moderation in all things” comes from the Greek history and refers to eating, exercising and life in general. Being afraid of the unknown and letting it paralyze you and run your life is silly.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:30:09 +0000

im not gonna lie… reading this article made me want to get a #4 with big mac sauce on it. It just sounded so damn delicious while reading this article… anyone else feel this way?

By: Alvy Singer

Alvy Singer — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:06:15 +0000

Yesterday I read Newsweek Magazines top 500 list of the best Green companies — McDonalds ranked in the top 25 in part because of their resistance to using meat from companies that destroy the rain forest. Good article, tho.

By: Scott McKinley

Scott McKinley — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:29:23 +0000

This article is more emotional than factual. It relies on bad analogies and false conclusions. There is nothing about McDonalds that does not apply to someone making a hamburger in the comfort of their own home.

Just a few comments on some of the specific claims to show why I think it is more sensational than factual.

The burger that will not rot. This just looks fake. The “I’m loving it” logo wasn’t until after 2003. Just toss out a bun in the sunlight and watch it for a few days. Maybe it could be done with a freezer.

Super Size Me experiment has been done many times. No one suffered like the host of that movie. It also wasn’t the food, it was the sheer number of calories.

A toy hummer is a lot more environmentally friendly than a real one. It just seems petty to pick on McDonalds for this.

I could go on. I think the big problem is that it too easy to gobble up a lot of calories in one sitting. I am worried that the government will one day do something to “protect” us in a way that we lose liberty.

By: tony

tony — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:42:54 +0000

After all that reading im feeling hungry! i think i’ll try a big mac! Beef chips and a coke! mmmmmmmmmmmmm im loving it