Win a year supply of McDonalds!
Win a year supply of McDonalds!
MyOffers.co.uk are offering one "lucky" participant the opportunity to win a year supply of McDonald. Can't get enough of your Big Macs? they ask. Never fear! They then go on to state that McDonalds stock a whole range of healthier options too, drawing attention to their salads and fruit drinks.
In all honesty, who out of those of us who try to eat healthily as much as possible would touch a year supply of McDonalds with a barge pole? Even their "healthy option" (why yes, a salad IS healthy, provide you don't drench it in a salad dressing that is more calorific than a Big Mac...) is not exactly the best, nutritionally speaking. It's therefore likely to be the type of person that eats McDonalds fairly regularly anyway that would go for this kind of promotion.
In 2004 Morgan Spurlock made a documentary called 'Super Size Me'. For a period of 30 days he existed purely on food and other products purchased from McDonalds, and documented they physical and psychological effects. He visited the restaurant 3 times a day, sampling everything on the menu at least once, and super sized his meal whenever he was asked. He consumed an average of 5000kcal per day. The recommended amount is 2500kcal per day, for an average male.
In 30 days Morgan went from a healthy 84.1kg (he stood 6 feet 2 inches tall) to 95.2kg (an increase of 13%), placing him in the 'overweight' category of the Body Mass Index. He experienced mood swings, sexual dysfunction, and liver damage. It took him 14 months to lose the weight he gained.
So that's the effect of eating nothing but McDonalds for a month. Multiply that by 12, you've got serious problems. One of the doctors monitoring Morgan said that the amount of fast food he consumed in 30 days was equivalent to the recommended amount over 8 years. So in a year of eating nothing but McDonalds you would consume the equivalent of 96 years worth of fast food at a 'safe' level. That's more than a lifetime's fast food in a year.
I admit - on the page I've linked to they don't qualify how much they regard as a 'year supply'. However, it's not unreasonable to hypothesise that it's at least a meal a day. Whilst not as bad as the above intake, it's still pretty horrific. Does the Government have a duty to the health of the population to prevent this kind of thing going on? Should people be allowed to abuse their bodies in this way, and have the tax payer foot the bill for the inevitable effects on health?
In all honesty, who out of those of us who try to eat healthily as much as possible would touch a year supply of McDonalds with a barge pole? Even their "healthy option" (why yes, a salad IS healthy, provide you don't drench it in a salad dressing that is more calorific than a Big Mac...) is not exactly the best, nutritionally speaking. It's therefore likely to be the type of person that eats McDonalds fairly regularly anyway that would go for this kind of promotion.
In 2004 Morgan Spurlock made a documentary called 'Super Size Me'. For a period of 30 days he existed purely on food and other products purchased from McDonalds, and documented they physical and psychological effects. He visited the restaurant 3 times a day, sampling everything on the menu at least once, and super sized his meal whenever he was asked. He consumed an average of 5000kcal per day. The recommended amount is 2500kcal per day, for an average male.
In 30 days Morgan went from a healthy 84.1kg (he stood 6 feet 2 inches tall) to 95.2kg (an increase of 13%), placing him in the 'overweight' category of the Body Mass Index. He experienced mood swings, sexual dysfunction, and liver damage. It took him 14 months to lose the weight he gained.
So that's the effect of eating nothing but McDonalds for a month. Multiply that by 12, you've got serious problems. One of the doctors monitoring Morgan said that the amount of fast food he consumed in 30 days was equivalent to the recommended amount over 8 years. So in a year of eating nothing but McDonalds you would consume the equivalent of 96 years worth of fast food at a 'safe' level. That's more than a lifetime's fast food in a year.
I admit - on the page I've linked to they don't qualify how much they regard as a 'year supply'. However, it's not unreasonable to hypothesise that it's at least a meal a day. Whilst not as bad as the above intake, it's still pretty horrific. Does the Government have a duty to the health of the population to prevent this kind of thing going on? Should people be allowed to abuse their bodies in this way, and have the tax payer foot the bill for the inevitable effects on health?
Labels: McDonalds, obesity, poor nutrition, Super Size Me
posted by Ben @ 12:39
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