McDonalds Doesn't Decompose?!? Eeewwww!

I'm sure some of us have come across the McDonalds article that was posted the other day on yahoo regarding the happy meal that just won't decompose!! I was shocked to see that somebody had kept their happy meal on their shelf at home for 6 months just to see what happens. Well sure enough....not much happened!! The burger, the bun and fries didn't grown any mold and barely changed in size or shape! If after 6 months a McDonalds burger won't decompose, imagine what's happening inside your body?! Imagine the effects it will have on digestive and intestinal health?! I tell people all the time....we need to eat foods that nourish us, and clearly, McDonalds isn't one of those foods. Aside from the burger providing you with some protein, it's the quality of the protein that we need to question.

I've been a non-supporter of McDonald's for a long time now and I'll be honest....every now and again I get the urge to go eat a Big Mac. That urge normally comes when it's a late night out, and I'm with friends who just HAVE to eat McDonalds at 2am! BUT...I won't do it! Nope...not me! Aside from the lack of nutrition and the poor quality, I just can't justify supporting an industry that is making people sick! An industry that is purchasing cheap cheap cheap ingredients!

View this link to see the 6 month old McDonald's happy meal- http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s//yahoocanada/101013/canada/mcdonald_s_happy_meal_resists_decomposition_for_six_months

Forget 6 months!! This link is from a lady whose kept a McDonald's burger since 1996! - http://bestofmotherearth.com/2008/09/24/1996-mcdonalds-hamburger.html

I'm sure some of you may have also recently seen the photo of the mechanically separated meat that 'is no longer' used in the McNuggets. View this link to see the pictures and article that was originally posted by the Huffington Post - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/04/mechanically-separated-meat-chicken-mcnugget-photo_n_749893.html

Hope I haven't ruined your appetite?!

Have a McHappy Day!!

Upcoming Orthomolecular Seminars

I've included a link below to the Orthomolecular website so you can check out the upcoming seminars being held this month. The Orthomolecular Society puts on amazing information sessions every month and I want to do my best to get the word out there about this organization and their consistent efforts to inform the public about nutritional therapies to treat disease. (To the right, you'll notice one of the MANY ads used by the Orthomolecular society- isn't it brilliant?!?!)

http://www.orthomed.org/isf/pubinfosessions.html - This link has information for 2upcoming public information sessions:
October 29th - Integrative Medicine for Anxiety
November 17th - Metal Toxicity
FYI- THE INFERTILITY SEMINAR FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED


http://www.orthomed.org/csom/media/Poster2010.pdf - This link has more information regarding the Anxiety Seminar, presented by Dr. James Greenblatt who is a dually certified adult and child psychiatrist. I am really looking forward to this seminar in particular, as I feel we rarely hear about alternative treatments for mental health.

I hope you can make it out to one (if not all) of these information sessions and gain some knowledge and insight into the Orthomolecular approach to disease.

Hope to see you there!