Fast Food Milkshakes Exposed

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Renaissance Man — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:01:25 GMT

Marymarg,

You need to come out from behind your Alice in Wonderland view of the world, and enter the real world, warts and all.
The Internet now gives us access to almost everything, and links can take us almost anywhere, so just because you came across a link containing some profanity, thru a link on mercola.com, your childish grandstanding, and overly sanctimonious pretense of being
verbally violated, and threatening not to visit this site again, I suspect is an attempt to conceal a prudish hypocrite.
I'm sure your comments will not be missed!

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Gone from the USA — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:56:52 GMT

Only 59?

I sure am glad I moved from a "civilized" country (the Chicago area) to a more "primitive" one 10 years ago.
Come join the legal immigration of the country to the south!

Fortunately we have strawberry and raspberry farms close and I know one of the owners. One quart containers in the freezer and I have strawberry or raspberry shakes all year round. No blueberries $&^#.
Take my bucket to the farmer next door for the milk. No hormones used on his cows. Fresh honey available in many local stores.
Free range chickens and eggs from a friend.
Many local fruits and veggies available.

Trouble is that US attitudes are invading where I live (about 40,000 US people here now) and the number of natural, organic foods is starting to shrink.

Still no fast food outlets within 25 miles, but rumor is a Wal-Mart is coming to town by next year.

Might be time to move farther from the American community or to the farm in my fallback country which is farther away from the US and it's MOFMIGC (medical-oil-financial-military-industrial-government complex). Add your own letters. Just remember that in the US it's spelled MONEY.

"Better living through chemistry" Remember that slogan?
Haven't seen it in a while. Wonder why?

I wish wellness to all those stuck in the US and hope changes can be made against the pervasive, powerful, entrenched interests who don't want things changed. Good luck.

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seg — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:02:34 GMT

Most Mercola.com subscribers should know by now that fast foods restaurants and their affiliates are strictly off limits, cept of course you want to use their "facilities" (washrooms), and even then make sure you watch your step cause you never know you might just step in a pile a toxic something, that might make you glow in the dark.

Bottom line is just stay to hell away from these "death traps" cause there's absolutely nothing remotely half descent in the places to sustain your health. Let your health and wealth be their demise......

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C Ed Wright — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:59:13 GMT

I would like to propose a small change to this Vital Votes software, so that the most recent new comment appears at the top, and each new one likewise.

The reason for this is so that when each of us rechecks the comments, the new ones are at the top so we don't have to scroll all the way down through those we saw before, possibly missing the newest ones amidst the now-familiar older ones that we've already seen and perhaps replied to previously. Also some people get right on this the moment they get Doc's new daily e-mail, and some of us don't or can't.

I know I would like to be able to go back after a day or so & see what's new if anything without having to review the whole megillah after most others have moved on.

Anyone want to second this motion?

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C Ed Wright — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:22:38 GMT

Okay, let's break this all down to the painfully obvious:

REAL FOOD causes GOOD NUTRITION.

LAB CHEMICALS cause CANCER. (Most of them, anyway.)

Now, all real food happens to be composed of chemicals, and most have long scary unpronounceable names, except to chemistry majors & scientists. But when these scary-sounding unpronounceable chemicals naturally occur in naturally-formed real foods, they are untainted by toxic impurities the way artificial synthetic chemical ingredients tend to be, and other vital, sometimes actually toxin-neutralizing, naturally-occurring companion chemicals are missing from the lab cocktails called synthetic or artificial ingredients. The infamous Agent Orange is a classic example: The correctly made pure Agent Orange was relatively harmless except to the vegetation it was used on, but it wasn't correctly made & pure, it was contaminated with dioxins because one of its chemical components was likewise contaminated, and the dioxins simply remained intact in the new mix. Who knows what contaminants piggyback the 59 freakfood chemical ingredients? NO ONE!

On the other hand our bodies are pre-equipped to deal properly with all naturally occurring REAL FOOD chemical mixes including 'impurities.'

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C Ed Wright — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:22:20 GMT

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C Ed Wright — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:21:48 GMT

Sorry about the doubel-post, but there was a Software Malfunction that made it seem like it didn't submit. (Let's see if I can get rid of the duplicate..., and maybe this, too -- if you still see it, I couldn't, obviously)

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WeeBleats — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:50:54 GMT

I have purebred Toggenburg dairy goats. If you really want something good, try a raw goat's milk milkshake - of course the ice cream is made with goat's cream and milk, too. Use fresh, ripe, raw berries and mash them well before putting in the ice cream freezer.

Billie R. Paxton
HalleluYah Toggs

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Brigitte Hill — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:57:25 GMT

I once noticed that the sign in one of fast food resturants said "Strawberry Shake." So I asked if it was a Strawberry Milkshake. They couldn't answer which gave me my answer. I make my own MILKshakes now.

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MNLisaB — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:39:57 GMT

About 35 years ago the great food critic Mimi Sheraton (then with New York Magazine) reviewed the food found at MacDonald. Her comment about the MacDonald's strawberry shake was simply, "It tasted like aerated Kaopectate."

Enough said.

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Jess — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:51:58 GMT

**YUCK!!**

From McDonald's.com "nutrition" page:

(http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_controller.nutrition.categories.ingredients.index.html):

Strawberry Triple Thick® Shake:
Vanilla Reduced Fat Ice Cream: Milk, sugar, cream, nonfat milk solids, corn syrup solids, mono- and diglycerides, guar gum, dextrose, sodium citrate, artificial vanilla flavor, sodium phosphate, carrageenan, disodium phosphate, cellulose gum, vitamin A palmitate. CONTAINS: MILK. Strawberry Syrup: Sugar, water, corn syrup, strawberries, high fructose corn syrup, natural (botanical source) and artificial flavors, pectin, citric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate (preservative), caramel color, calcium chloride, red 40. May contain small amounts of other shake flavors served at the restaurant, including egg ingredients when Egg Nog Shakes are available.

And also from thier website: (http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_controller.nutrition.index1.html)
Strawberry Triple Thick® Shake:
16 oz: 560 calories; 120 from fat; 40% DV saturated fat! 97 grams of carbohydrates!!!
21 oz: 740 calories; 160 from fat; 53% DV saturated fat! 128 grams of carbohydrates!!!
32 oz: 1110 calories; 240 from fat; 80% DV saturated fat! 194 grams of carbohydrates!!!

of course, no fiber at all.

Would you like some cellulite and heart heart disease with your order?

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Bikin Mom — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:34:30 GMT

Luci cracks me up!! I love how she presents this horrid information in a cheery but matter-of-fact manner. So glad I never have to be tempted by those shakes now!! Luci can you somehow convince me to stay away from the corn syrup (chocolate mochas) from the local coffee shop in the same non-acusatory manner? They look REALLY good!

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annapavlova42 — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:56:38 GMT

I discontinued eating fast food, 14 years ago. Why? Because back then the food and drinks began to tast, smell and look bad.

This is not new. Glad it finally hit the fan. These fast food places, ALL OF THEM, need to be put out of business.

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curious7 — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:08:11 GMT

If you cannot pronounce it, then it does not belong in your mouth. God only knows what the Alchemist have come up with now.

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Cara_Shelton — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:28:05 GMT

Thanks Lucy for your helpful information. You communicate your message clearly and in an uplifting manner. I love your accent ! Please excuse any rude comments about your communication skills and your beautiful accent. YOU GO GIRL !!!