I once read an interesting article about the calories and other health-related risks, including those pesky trans fats, of common fast food burgers. It found that while they're not exactly "healthy", they're a lot better than their reputation and that you shouldn't expect any ill effects unless you eat obscene amounts of them each day, debunking some of the claims of bogus documentaries like Super Size Me (2004).
But that would be off-topic, wouldn't it be?
Originally posted by Harrier88
I once read an interesting article about the calories and other health-related risks, including those pesky trans fats, of common fast food burgers. It found that while they're not exactly "healthy", they're a lot better than their reputation and that you shouldn't expect any ill effects unless you eat obscene amounts of them each day, debunking some of the claims of bogus documentaries like Super Size Me (2004).But that would be off-topic, wouldn't it be?
Yes! 
Originally posted by NegLP
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What is bogus in Super Size Me ? 
Haven't seen it but know the concept.
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Originally posted by MyFloXyBabY
What is bogus in Super Size Me ?
Haven't seen it but know the concept.
Response in the spoiler for the off-topic people.
The "McDonald's/fast food only for a month" experiment has been replicated a bunch of times, including some scientific studies under lab conditions, and no one suffered nearly as much as Morgan Spurlock from the Super Size Me movie.
The best example would be a study at Linköping University in Sweden, which had even harsher conditions than the ones in the movie, requiring subjects to take in even more calories per day (over 6000, Spurlock averaged around 5000) and also prohibiting physical exercise. Yeah, some people pounced on the opportunity to participate...
Results were extremely varied, with some people having to drop out after reaching the maximum allowed weight gain of 15% before the end of the study, while others coped quite well all the way through and only gained a few pounds. But no one suffered any of the psychological ailments or the serious medical risks (liver problems etc.) like Spurlock in the movie.
Other people who did milder "McDonald's only" experiments, who didn't force themselves to overeat and stuck to reasonable portions, actually reported losing weight during that time. There are a bunch of those.
Theories for Spurlock's ailments include previously undiagnosed liver problems, a too sudden transition from his vegetarian diet to fast food only*, side effects of steroids, or simply dramatic exaggeration for the sake of the movie. I don't care, but I call BS. McDonald's is pretty much the easiest target in the world anyway.
*If I remember correctly, this guy puked during his first McDonald's meal in the movie. Couldn't he have realized at that point that this wasn't going to end well, and that he's probably not the most representative person for all of this?
Either way...
The pic I posted is not random it means: we must change the topic. 
Dessert = topic change! ♠_biggrin:♠_cool:
Originally posted by Harrier88
Originally posted by VorpalF2F
But we've not even had summer yet -- High temperature locally has been 27 CLucky you...
Indeed! We had a heat wave with even 40°C last week!
Ok than you Harrier.
I had 14° yesterday and 21° today so your 27° still sounds hot to me. ♦
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Originally posted by Primrose6789
The pic I posted is not random it means: we must change the topic.
What if it was both random and a call to change the topic?
I don't even know what or where the heck Goma is
And I manage to live pretty well with it until now if I must say.
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There will be thunderstorms in Newfoundland today.
I had peanut butter and jam on toast for breakfast
The Blue Jays probably lost again
Considering that people are utterly dismayed by my schnitzel toppings and even my pizza toppings are met with some degree of skepticism, can I safely mention what I put on my tortellini today?
I had ham, mushrooms, broccoli* and some spicy tomato cream sauce, al forno.
*it was supposed to be peas, but they were all out, so we had to switch to something.
And while I was waiting, some other guy came in and ordered a Jägerschnitzel ahead of time, so there is at least some hope left for this world.
Never ever (!) invite any of us for dinner!!!
I´m sure we would appreciate it but ..... it´s really really not necessary..... 
