Heart Surgeon Doesn't Think McDonald's Should Be In Hospital Some Say It's Personal Decision To Eat Big Macs POSTED: 4:27 pm EST December 13, 2004 CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Clinic is the superstar of heart health. Year after year, the hospital is rated No. 1. But there's a McDonald's in the middle of the heart center and the new chief executive officer and world-renowned heart surgeon is wondering why, NewsChannel5’s Alicia Booth reported. Dr. Toby Cosgrove said it doesn’t belong ...

man looses weight eating mc's aussie chick Dec 05, 09:33 PM [ Reply ] here in australia a man ate from the healthy menu for 30 days, did some excersise and lost a considerable amount of weight. ppl need to take responsibility for what they eat and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to realise that eating crap everyday won't cause you to have health issues. If you eat fast food in moderation and also excersise and have a balanced diet then you will be fine.... re: man looses weight ...

Just Say McNO to McCRAP! JoeMaggard Dec 05, 09:00 PM [ Reply ] Why would Parents allow their children to ingest food that causes heart disease, diabetes, obesity and possibly cancer? Are the effects of this McCrap worth a sweatshop toy? Or does McDonald's target the very segments of society--minorities and children--who they know are the least likely to make wise and informed eating choices? Food for thought, ATB Joe www.ronaldmcdonaldusa.blogspot.com re: Just Say McNO to McCRAP! la D...

McDonalds to Change Menu To Prolong CEO Lifespan In an attempt to prolong the tenure of their chief executives McDonalds corp. announced sweeping changes to their menus worldwide. Fat filled hamburgers will be replaced with healthy chick-pea-and-parsley burgers, beef-fat fries with wholemeal pita breads, while sugar loaded shakes are set to dissapear being replaced with freshly squeezed juice. A major advertising operation is planned to reflect the food changes. The re-branded entity w...

God Bless Charlie Bell JoeMaggard Nov 23, 11:04 AM [ Reply ] Today Charlie Bell stepped down from the top spot at McDonald's Corp. My issues with McDonald's are pretty well known gang, but today I feel sad for a scrappy kid from a subburb of Sydney who climbed to the top of McDonald's, only to have that Golden Prize snatched away by cancer. The lesson in all this is very clear it seems to me...Your health is worth more than all the riches in the world. Maybe this is one thing we can all a...

Texas Woman's Death Probed for Mad Cow Tie By Associated Press November 22, 2004, 7:24 AM EST BEAUMONT, Texas -- The family of a Beaumont, Texas, woman is waiting for test results to find out if she died from a form of an affliction connected to mad cow disease. Burnell Baize, 71, died Oct. 16 of the rare Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which eats holes in the brain and always causes death, the Beaumont Enterprise reported Sunday. There are two forms of the disease. One type is c...

US almost has a cow David Usborne November 21 2004 at 03:37PM New York - Consumer groups and the beef industry in the United States are mobilising to avert any public panic over the nation's food supply after officials at the department of agriculture revealed they had uncovered a possible case of mad cow disease. The government admitted that preliminary screening for the neurological ailment, which can be transmitted in a different and usually fatal form to humans, had p...

Food Firms Will Still Target Children By Tom Whitehead, PA A ban on junk food adverts on early evening television will simply see firms target children in other ways, a branding expert warned tonight. The millions of pounds companies spend urging youngsters to buy their products will still be directed towards them, just not on television, Stephen Cheliotis said. Mr Cheliotis, chairman of the independent Superbrands Council, said the move could see a rise in sponsored children’s ...

Sunday, November 14, 2004 Junk Food Ads Banned Junk Food Adverts 'Banished During Children's Tv' By James Lyons, PA Political Correspondent Junk food adverts will be banished beyond the 9pm watershed an attempt to fight Britain’s obesity crisis, it emerged tonight. A ban during children’s TV had been widely expected when the Government produces its health White Paper next week. But Health Secretary Dr John Reid is set to go further after Ofcom figures showed 70% of viewing by ...

To JoeMaggard DrS Nov 07, 11:58 PM [ Reply ] I am wodering...If McDonalds will not hire fat actors for commercials (this seems to violate the truth in advertising priciple to me)--have they ever tactfully persuaded any overweight employees to seek employment elsewhere? Is there anyway to find out? Or do they figure that once they entice a person into the store the sale is a done deal? How can a civilization that can land men on the mone, create computers and cell phones be so damn ignoran...

McDonald's slammed for trans fats By CBC Staff 11/1/04 TORONTO - A nutrition advocacy group is slamming McDonald's Restaurants for failing to get trans fats out of its cooking oil. The company vowed it would eliminate trans fats from its menu two years ago, but still uses the same cooking oil as then. So the U.S.-based Center for Science in the Public Interest launched an ad campaign this fall to call the fast food giant on its broken promise, taking out full-page ads in newspap...

EXCLUSIVE Small Mac and skinny fries FULL NEWS INDEX By CLODAGH HARTLEY McDONALD’S has been accused of super-sized hypocrisy after banning fat people from new TV ads. In a leaked memo, the casting company providing actors was told to ensure they were all were small fry. The importance of having no fat people was even outlined in capital letters. It read: “Because this is McDonald’s, it is important that all artists submitted to us are NOT FAT OR OVERWEIGHT in any wa...

McDonalds Has Responsibility turbo Nov 05, 11:46 AM [ Reply ] McDonalds and the other fast food companies have an undeniable responsibility for the widening of the American waistline. Yes, it is each individual's responsibility to make healthy choices and eat things that are good for them. However, some people simply have not had access to information that would educate them on the dangers of fast food and the importance of good nutrition. These same people probably have children...

Feds looked into human mad cow cases in NY By Steve Mitchell Medical Correspondent Published 10/29/2004 2:15 PM WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Federal officials have investigated 20 cases for possible human mad cow disease in the last 10 years in New York, where state officials currently are looking into a cluster of five cases of a related disease, United Press International has learned. Five cases of what initially appeared to be a fatal, incurable brain illness known as Creutzfeld...

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