Clog your arteries while getting ripped off!
rafiki
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,575909,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a4:g4:r6:c0.000000:b0:z5
LOS ANGELES — Moviergoers who tuck into a medium popcorn and a soft
drink could be eating the equivalent of three McDonald's quarter-
pounder burgers topped with a dozen scoops of butter, according to a
U.S. study.
A laboratory analysis of snacks sold at U.S. cinemas and commissioned
by the Center for Science and Public Interest found a medium popcorn
and soft drink contained 1,160 calories and three days' worth — 60
grams — of saturated fat.
"Who expects about 1,500 calories and three days' worth of heart-
stopping fat in a popcorn and soda combo? That's the saturated fat of
a stick of butter and the calories of two sticks of butter," said CSPI
senior nutritionist Jayne Hurley in a statement.
"You might think you're getting Bambi, but you're really getting
Godzilla."
She said even sharing a small portion of popcorn between two people
would mean consuming a day's worth of saturated fat, the kind that
clogs arteries and is linked to heart disease.
Hurley said every tablespoon of "buttery" oil topping adds another 130
calories according to the study published in Nutrition Action
Healthletter.
"Asking for topping is like asking for oil on French fries or potato
chips," she added.
--rafiki
Thank you drive through.
Lord Gow 333, not a White House approved poster!
"rafiki" <fi...@erols.com> wrote in message
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Movie Popcorn + Soda = 3 McDonald's Burgers
LOS ANGELES � Moviergoers who tuck into a medium popcorn and a soft
drink could be eating the equivalent of three McDonald's quarter-
pounder burgers topped with a dozen scoops of butter, according to a
U.S. study.
A laboratory analysis of snacks sold at U.S. cinemas and commissioned
by the Center for Science and Public Interest
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Anemic vegans with a fax machine and the internet.
LG (barely goes to the movies, and never buys popcorn)
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None will improve your lot if you yourself do not. - lunatic hypocrite
Bertolt Brecht, 1933
m.balarama
<lord...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "rafiki" <fi...@erols.com> wrote in message
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> news:9ea4707d-d852-49c3...@p8g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> Movie Popcorn + Soda = 3 McDonald's Burgers
>
>
> LOS ANGELES — Moviergoers who tuck into a medium popcorn and a soft
> drink could be eating the equivalent of three McDonald's quarter-
> pounder burgers topped with a dozen scoops of butter, according to a
> U.S. study.
>
> A laboratory analysis of snacks sold at U.S. cinemas and commissioned
> by the Center for Science and Public Interest
>
> ~~~~
RichA
happen to catch who orders coffee served specific ways? The poor or
the underclass universally order, "triple-triple" or "double-double."
Which means triple or double cream and sugar. Watch the better off,
you get more of "cream, no sugar" "milk, no sugar" or "black." It's
as if the poor take the extras, the things bad for your health simply
because they are free. The reality is that they've probably been
brought up on a crappy diet of fast-food and junk snacks and this is
reflected in their choices of how they take coffee. People worried
about the constituents in popcorn and fountain drinks should wean
themselves off it in stages. No butter on popcorn, water or diet pop
in-place of sugared pop.
trijcomm
Coffee shops are hardly the place to make your poor vs. rich diet
argument.