I was in a fast food restaurant the other day with a friend when I realized there is a specific reason for creating combination orders. I had always thought the reason for “order by the number” was for speed, but now I have a different notion.
You wouldn’t think such a simple task — standing in a fast food line and ordering food — would be such a treacherous production tinted with repressed Racial hatred; but you never know what you’ll end up ordering up when you’re stuck in a fast food line at Burger King.
Trying to live a healthy life in a chemical world is tough — so I was delighted to read last week news that the American Journal of Cardiology was taking a stand against the high fat in fast food by countering the saturated fat intake with a side of statins at checkout:
Continue reading → Conspiracy of False Hope: A Side of Statins with Your Big Mac
Eat a Big Mac. Lose your mind. Is there a link between eating fast food and Alzheimer’s? Susanne Akterin, a researcher at the Karolinska Institutet’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, believes she has found the cause-and-effect for that behavioral disease.
Continue reading → Fast Food Forgetfulness and the Poverty of Memory Loss
Oh, my! Who would’ve guessed three weeks ago that, after turning Vegan, I’d be eating at McDonalds’ again! McDonalds have been disparaged in the Vegan and Vegetarian communities for a long while as the largest purchasers of factory farmed beef in the world. Who would’ve ever guessed McDonalds would turn around and offer — in limited quantities — a beefless “burger” for those who choose to not eat meat? Well, they have, and I’m here to tell you about it.