Happy Meals

I personally don't understand why parents reward/bribe their children with Happy Meals or candy. What about a trip to the park or something other than food? What really sucks is that nuggets are served to school kids in combination with the other delightfully sickening items such as, pizza, hot dogs, waffles, spaghetti, french toast sticks and fried chicken! Ever think about the behavioral challenges when students are stuffed full of processed garbage?

In the February 2010 issue of Men's Health, David Zinczenko writes:

"You’d think that a breaded lump of chicken would be pretty simple. Mostly, it would contain bread and chicken. But the McNugget and its peers at other fast-food restaurants are much more complicated creatures than that.

The “meat” in the McNugget alone contains seven ingredients, some of which are made up of yet more ingredients. (Nope, it’s not just chicken. It’s also such nonchicken-related stuff as water, wheat starch, dextrose, safflower oil, and sodium phosphates.) The “meat” also contains something called “autolyzed yeast extract.” Then add another 20 ingredients that make up the breading, and you have the industrial chemical—I mean, fast-food meal—called the McNugget. Still, McDonald’s is practically all-natural compared to Wendy’s Chicken Nuggets, with 30 ingredients, and Burger King Chicken Fries, with a whopping 35 ingredients."

That's all for now. I was hesitant to post this because I know a bunch of people who let their kids eat this "stuff". Don't take it personally- it's my opinion and I'm not judging. Sheesh.