Fast Food............Yummy or Not?

My opinion of fast food: Many people like fast food because it tastes good and is convenient, but what they don't think about is how unhealthy it is for them. An excellent source of information is the book "Chew On This" (Everything You Don't Want To Know About Fast Food), by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson.

They write:

....companies that sell fast-food don't want you to think about it. They don't want you to know where it comes from and how it's made. They just want you to buy it...........people should know what lies beneath the shiny happy surface of every fast-food restaurant. They should know what really lurks between those sesame seed buns. As the old saying goes: 'you are whatyou eat.'

What are the "yummy" ingredients in a strawberry milkshake from a fast-food restaurant?

...milkfat and nonfat milk, sugar, sweet whey, high fructose corn syrup, guar gum, mono- and diglycerides, cellulose gum, sodium phosphate, carageenan, citric acid, red food coloring #40 ( carmine, which is made from bugs ) and artificial strawberry flavoring.

Conclusion: On top of that, artificial strawberry flavoring has about 40 more ingredients. Ick. Here's my recipe for a strawberry smoothie: fresh strawberries, vanilla yogurt, two percent milk, and a ripe banana.

TECHNORATI TAGS: FAST FOOD, JUNK FOOD, HEALTH, CHEW ON THIS, ERIC SCHLOSSER, CHARLES WILSON