http://bestwellnessconsultant.com/2008/09/28/The-1996-mcdonalds-hamburger-karen-hanrahan-best-wellness-consultant.aspx

fabulous conversation going on here…

They’re not defending McDs, they’re collectively clutching their heads and saying “Ow, my science! You hurt me in my science!”

And McD burgers do taste different in different places around the world. I remember eating at a McD in Thailand and no question the burgers tasted different.

Yeah, I agree 100%. I’m no fan of McDonalds, but such laughably bad reasoning is only ammo for the other side. This is pretty bad “journalism” by a pretty bad “educator.” Especially as the woman posting this has no formal degree or training other than her own experience. Add to that the fact that she has no idea what the word “nutrition” means, and this becomes a glaring example of absurd and easily dismissed criticism, of something that absolutely deserves criticism of the well thought out variety. This is such an awful post. How this made boingboing is beyond me.

seriously, though, this sounds like fear mongering. #7 says it all, in my opinion.

Frankly, it wouldn’t matter if a commenter IS a shill (and fortunately my posting history clears me of that ridiculous accusation), if what they’re saying is, in fact, *accurate*.

In any case, the McBurger provides a fair amount of protein and carbohydrate, both useful to the cell. The human body is not some delicate temple subject to defilement so easily, it’s an engine designed to find use in whatever gunk you might hunt or gather.

I do. And some of the most ‘eloquent’ defenders of McDonalds are first-time commenters. Companies like McDonalds really do pay people to look for stories and astroturf them.

Yeah, honey AND water. The low amount of water in honey is the reason it lasts so long. Just because it’s not a solid doesn’t mean it has a lot of water in it.

Hmmmm, well I just had to throw out almost half a loaf of bread (kept in a bag in a cupboard)due to it looking like Bagpuss but blue rather than pink :)

Don’t think ‘leaving it on a counter’ will make it just go stale…

This generally happens with bread that is moist, and when it’s sealed in a plastic bag the bread can’t dry out, as any evaporation is trapped inside the bag. Try leaving a couple of slices out on the counter, in the open air where they can dry out. My stepfather does this all the time to create breadcrumbs to feed to the birds in his backyard. It *never* goes moldy.

Also, I love that Karen came here to praise Cory for posting this here, yet fails to acknowledge any of the negative comments criticizing her.

Ever read Morgan Spurlock’s book “Don’t Eat This Book?”

There are letters from a guy that’s collected Cheeseburgers from McDonald’s and left them sitting on his heater in his lounge room. It’s just words so no one can be sure of it’s authenticity but apparently they all look pretty much the same. One a year for about 7 years if my memory is correct.

I’d say why Spurlocks experiment on the video doesn’t have the same effect is because of the jars. The moisture builds up (you can see it all over the jars) that’s what’s causing the mold.

…Quite a few shills for McD from the looks of things. I wonder how much they’re getting paid for each post, or is it just part of their job?

Oh lord. Did you even LOOK at the posting history of these so called shills? You know that BB has that feature, right? You think that people are signing up months and years in advance, to act as sleeper agents in case somebody posts something against McDonald’s here?

Antinous, I’ve been wanting to ask this for a while now, of both you and Takuan. Do you guys ever get to comment just to comment? Or does being moderators constrain you or take up too much time for you to have any fun any more?

Seriously, just asking. Mods around here do a bang-up job AFAIC. Just wondering how “y’all” are holding up under the stress.

Honey doesn’t go bad. Ever. There have been jars of honey found in Egyptian tombs that are thousands of years old and still safe to eat. Just because it doesn’t go bad doesn’t make it automatically evil.

Last Monday I had a god day at the casino and treated myself to a Rib Eye steak aged 15 days. It was the best steak I ever had. I tell people the meat was aged 15 days and they freak out. They don’t have a clue. They can’t believe it cost $58, they would have thrown it away.

This is just scare tactics, plain and simple. Next up, Blue Cheese!

McDonalds is evil. They target children, They sell unhealthy, addictive, expensive slop disguised as food. They destroy the Earth with pollution and misplaced resources. They defile cuisine. They encourage sloth of mind, heart, spirit and body. They purvey disease. They tart up their overall detriment with token charity. Death to the Empire of the Evil Clown!

I’ll be happy to be on the other side of the upcoming election.

Me too, my brother.