Parents we are “friends” with fed our daughter fast food. Twice.

[Anonymous]

I know 80 year olds who eat fast food every day at McDonald’s and they have no health problems at all but I know vegans who are falling apart at 50.

It’s all random.

You aren’t some moral food Olympics champion for not eating junk food or feeding your kids it.

News flash: those kids are the ones sneaking and eating all the junk food and chips and candy they can get their hands on when away from their overbearing parents

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Anonymous wrote:Kids should eat junk food and dessert because they can enjoy it while they’re young and burn it fast . They have the metabolism for it unlike us as adults.

Everything in moderation but There’s absolutely nothing wrong with junk food. Your kid will grow up and hate you for such deprivation of small treats .

That statement is a dangerous lie and every bit of current research on gut biome, obesity, dementia, heart disease and cancer is proving that lie - except of course the ‘research’ funded by Big Tobacco/Big Food.

Oh, didn’t you know that Big Tobacco owns a major stake in Big Food and that they have been engineering junk food for addictive purposes for decades now? They employ chemists, nutritionists, psychologists, etc. to help them understand how to get Americans to overeat food that causes major health issues and chronic disease.

And guess what? They also own major stakes in Big Pharma, too - to peddle the drugs that treat the diseases you got by eating the junk food they pushed on you exactly the same way those guys in The Wire pushed heroin et al.

If you think I’m nuts, you’re naive and being taken for a ride.

Fast food isn’t any worse than the pesticides put in plants .

Plants emit toxins when picked as a defense mechanism and we ingest anti nutrients like phytates and such in legumes and plants that don’t exist in meat .

The point being every food has a downside. Fast food isn’t any worse than organic salads.

I’m sorry but you are nearly science illiterate. There is no point in talking to someone so out of touch with basic biology.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids should eat junk food and dessert because they can enjoy it while they’re young and burn it fast . They have the metabolism for it unlike us as adults.

Everything in moderation but There’s absolutely nothing wrong with junk food. Your kid will grow up and hate you for such deprivation of small treats .

That statement is a dangerous lie and every bit of current research on gut biome, obesity, dementia, heart disease and cancer is proving that lie - except of course the ‘research’ funded by Big Tobacco/Big Food.

Oh, didn’t you know that Big Tobacco owns a major stake in Big Food and that they have been engineering junk food for addictive purposes for decades now? They employ chemists, nutritionists, psychologists, etc. to help them understand how to get Americans to overeat food that causes major health issues and chronic disease.

And guess what? They also own major stakes in Big Pharma, too - to peddle the drugs that treat the diseases you got by eating the junk food they pushed on you exactly the same way those guys in The Wire pushed heroin et al.

If you think I’m nuts, you’re naive and being taken for a ride.

Fast food isn’t any worse than the pesticides put in plants .

Plants emit toxins when picked as a defense mechanism and we ingest anti nutrients like phytates and such in legumes and plants that don’t exist in meat .

The point being every food has a downside. Fast food isn’t any worse than organic salads.

I’m sorry but you are nearly science illiterate. There is no point in talking to someone so out of touch with basic biology.

I bet you she saw a tictok somewhere that told her that garbage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know 80 year olds who eat fast food every day at McDonald’s and they have no health problems at all but I know vegans who are falling apart at 50.

It’s all random.

You aren’t some moral food Olympics champion for not eating junk food or feeding your kids it.

News flash: those kids are the ones sneaking and eating all the junk food and chips and candy they can get their hands on when away from their overbearing parents

To be fair, the octogenarians eating at McD didn’t grow up eating it. They were likely fed 3 home-cooked meals per day, grocery stores weren’t a processed snack food cornucopia, candy and soda were rare treats, desserts were homemade. Kids now are eating fast food multiple times per week or more plus all the garbage they are given in school, parties, after sports, pretty much everywhere…

What you eat the first 3/4 of your life matters a lot more than what you eat in the last 1/4.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, your behavior is going to cost your daughter friendships. Word will get around that you guys are nuts and invites for your daughter will dry up. Not worth it to deal with you.

Anti fast food is really not an uncommon dieting restriction in UMC and highly educated parenting circles. But maybe it causes social issues in whatever proletariat orbit you’re steeping in.

NP. This comment just screams “I grew up LMC”

Taking your kids to McDonald’s screams family history of diabetes, heart disease & cancer, plus ignorance and child neglect.

I used to take my DD to McDonald's as a treat, after her PT sessions. She would work hard and it was painful, and this was a way to make the experience more pleasant for her. She's a middle schooler now and eats mostly healthy foods with occasional indulgences, same as when she was a kid. Except, no one is telling her how to eat, she makes good choices.

Wonder what OP (assuming not a troll) will do, when it turns out that they serve pizza and cake at practically every birthday party. Maybe her kid will not be invited, or she will forbid her from going. Or pack her a kale salad to eat at the party.

Are you people really this dull or are you coping and rationalizing because your family regularly consumes garbage? There is nothing wrong with good fresh homemade pizza made with organic ingredients and olive oil. And there is nothing wrong with a good homemade cake made with organic flour and butter. Once-in-a-while organic treats are not the same as the exhaustive list of chemical, preservative, GMO, and antibiotic-filled garbage found in the average fast food meal.

You do realize that “organic” is a random food label that doesn’t mean anything, right? The only difference between things that are labeled as “organic” and those that aren’t is the price.

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Anonymous wrote:From a food poisoning veteran who has more than enough globally adventurous eating under her belt, McD's hot foods are some of the safest things you can eat when traveling or on the go. They do not undercook anything, overcooked more like. It's also pretty consistent from country to country.

Wow, you travel internationally and choose to eat McDonald’s in foreign countries??

There are countless safe places to eat in any developed country and also developing countries. Sure, avoid street food if you are risk averse - but one needn’t resort to McDonald’s!

What a waste of opportunity to eat McDonald’s while traveling abroad.

You are clearly a tourist and not a traveler. I've had enough hole-in-the-wall restaurant diarrhea in my life.

[Anonymous]

This is great satire!

I laughed a little. I can’t believe people are taking it seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:From a food poisoning veteran who has more than enough globally adventurous eating under her belt, McD's hot foods are some of the safest things you can eat when traveling or on the go. They do not undercook anything, overcooked more like. It's also pretty consistent from country to country.

Wow, you travel internationally and choose to eat McDonald’s in foreign countries??

There are countless safe places to eat in any developed country and also developing countries. Sure, avoid street food if you are risk averse - but one needn’t resort to McDonald’s!

What a waste of opportunity to eat McDonald’s while traveling abroad.

You are clearly a tourist and not a traveler. I've had enough hole-in-the-wall restaurant diarrhea in my life.

No dear, I am a traveler. And I’ve had more hole in the wall diarrhea from American diners and taquerias than from restaurants I’ve visited outside this country - and yes, I’ve been outside this country.

This whole notion that everywhere else is a hotbed of food poisoning (because ‘those people’ are unclean and don’t know how to prepare food safely) is more than a little bit xenophobic. No surprise from a certain DCUM element.

[Anonymous]

This reminds me of the time my college roommate and I babysat for her 4 and 6 year old nieces while their parents were out of town. We took them to McDonalds and were oblivious to the fact that they weren’t allowed fast food. I saw them three years later at our graduation and the first they said to me was, “Remember when you and aunt Jessica took us to McDonald’s? Can we go again?” Jessica told me that they both developed eating disorders in high school. Must have been just a coincidence.

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Anonymous wrote:So we don’t think OP is a troll?

I think clearly they are a version of troll more accurately called a fiction writer who makes stuff up to bait people who respond to certain trigger topics and this one is successful as most of them are but the debate is somewhat interesting so not much harm done.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I think you deserve a break today. Others may not agree with your stance, but I'm loving it. It's easy to get good food, fast. You just start with better ingredients, and make sure they're always fresh, never frozen.

If you look at it as BOTH sides wanting what's best for growing kids, whether that's quality time or quality food, then it's not really a conflict at all -- where's the beef? Granted, some PPs think that you should defer to the hosting family about food rules when your child is a guest, but I think you should stay strong and have it your way. You rule!

There’s nothing wrong with frozen vegetables. It’s canned ones that have fewer nutrients.

You missed it by a mile, PP. Read it again, thinking about some of your favorite ad slogans.

https://www.wendys.com/blog/wendys-fresh-never-frozen-beef-faq

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Anonymous wrote:I had a suite mate in college who grew up with extremely strict food rules. For the first two weeks of college she ate nothing but cookies and Lucky Charms. Teaching your kid about sometimes foods is appropriate.

Had classmates in middle school who came from the same "sugar free" family. Cannot even tell you how much candy they ate at school. I don't remember if the teachers were aware of either the restriction or the sugar consumption.

Saw an interview of a girl who was raised on "The Farm", the hippie commune in Tennessee now famous for their midwives. Said she once found a gum wrapper and carried it around with her sniffing it fondly.

+1

I am a teacher and I student I had years ago was never allowed processed food or sugar at home. He lived off of chocolate all day at school. He was like a sugar fiend every time some had some candy. I opened a bag of M and Ms and he asked for one. He poured almost the whole damn bag in his hand.

And you’re sharing this anecdote because you got off on corrupting him and undermining his parents and their nutrition choices?

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Anonymous wrote:I had a suite mate in college who grew up with extremely strict food rules. For the first two weeks of college she ate nothing but cookies and Lucky Charms. Teaching your kid about sometimes foods is appropriate.

Had classmates in middle school who came from the same "sugar free" family. Cannot even tell you how much candy they ate at school. I don't remember if the teachers were aware of either the restriction or the sugar consumption.

Saw an interview of a girl who was raised on "The Farm", the hippie commune in Tennessee now famous for their midwives. Said she once found a gum wrapper and carried it around with her sniffing it fondly.

+1

I am a teacher and I student I had years ago was never allowed processed food or sugar at home. He lived off of chocolate all day at school. He was like a sugar fiend every time some had some candy. I opened a bag of M and Ms and he asked for one. He poured almost the whole damn bag in his hand.

And you’re sharing this anecdote because you got off on corrupting him and undermining his parents and their nutrition choices?

I believe they added that this was a high school student. Last I checked, teachers aren't policing high schoolers' diet choices.

[Anonymous]

There is NO WAY this post is real. No way!

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Anonymous wrote:From a food poisoning veteran who has more than enough globally adventurous eating under her belt, McD's hot foods are some of the safest things you can eat when traveling or on the go. They do not undercook anything, overcooked more like. It's also pretty consistent from country to country.

Wow, you travel internationally and choose to eat McDonald’s in foreign countries??

There are countless safe places to eat in any developed country and also developing countries. Sure, avoid street food if you are risk averse - but one needn’t resort to McDonald’s!

What a waste of opportunity to eat McDonald’s while traveling abroad.

You are clearly a tourist and not a traveler. I've had enough hole-in-the-wall restaurant diarrhea in my life.

No dear, I am a traveler. And I’ve had more hole in the wall diarrhea from American diners and taquerias than from restaurants I’ve visited outside this country - and yes, I’ve been outside this country.

This whole notion that everywhere else is a hotbed of food poisoning (because ‘those people’ are unclean and don’t know how to prepare food safely) is more than a little bit xenophobic. No surprise from a certain DCUM element.

So let’s recap. PP and I have traveled extensively, tried the food, got sick in a lot of places and are now more careful. You will keep having the shits everywhere you go because you need to virtue signal how non xenophobic you are. You are so smart!! And so woke. 😂😂😂