Dangers of Resturant Food. May I take your Order?

zaharah · 1 Dangers of Resturant Food. May I take your Order? Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:53 am

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Assalimu Alaikum to my brothers and sisters here in the forum and a great big welcome to all.

Im just wondering.... How often do you eat out or order from the local resturants and fast food places of your choice?
Vote and tell where you eat most at.

Zaharah

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zaharah · 2 Re: Dangers of Resturant Food. May I take your Order? Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:58 am

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Assalimu Alaikum sisters
please watch this movie. It is on the dangers of fast food eating. I was so shocked as well as u would be. So after watching this a few years ago and a few life style changes, Im proud to say that my family and I NO longer eat out. We buy fresh and cook everything at home.
May Allah be pleased..

zaharah · 3 Re: Dangers of Resturant Food. May I take your Order? Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:02 am

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Most of us now know the documentary film "Super Size Me", in which film maker Morgan Spurlock set out to investigate whether or not there was any substance behind these warnings. His journey took him around the US on a fact finding mission during which he also put his own body on the line, living on nothing but McDonald's for an entire month with three simple rules:

1) No options: he could only eat what was available over the counter
2) No super sizing unless offered
3) No excuses: he had to eat every item on the menu at least once

Prior to the journey, he'd been thoroughly checked medically and found to be in good health but within the course of a month, his health disintegrated rapidly and he had chest pains and trouble breathing. He also suffered from depression, insomnia and the shakes. His liver functions deteriorated and his liver specialist begged him to quit 20 days into the experiment. But he persevered and finished 25 pounds heavier and much poorer.

Wa alaikum as salams

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See link: http://www.naturalhealthweb.com/articles/Poole2.html

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CheeseCake · 4 Re: Dangers of Resturant Food. May I take your Order? Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:13 am

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Hey I remember this post VERY WELL!! And until now I cant forget watching the whole movie. I was
Now I share this with my family and friends.
This advice from sis Zaharah honestly changed my diet at all. I was crazy at restaurant food and would order every day if I can offer for it.. but may Allah reward my sis,, she educated of the danger of restaurant food and how it affects even your heart and feelings..
so until today I still share with people this and talk about the movie. Now my problem is cheesecake

zaharah · 5 Re: Dangers of Resturant Food. May I take your Order? Fri Sep 17, 2010 5:40 pm

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Assalimu Alaikum Sis, ROFL now we both may be hooked on Cheesecake! ROFL sis that cheesecake looks so good. But let us All do this in moderation, Insha Allah bounce

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Now my problem is cheesecake

Cheesecake's Quote... lol!

sister that is funny Laughing

Assalimu Alaikum sisters, this is a wonderful and helpful post. I too watched the Movie SuperSize Me
It was breath taking and a real eye opener affraid

With my work schedule, i usually take my lunch with me, but on days im in a rush I eat outside of the home. BUT only healthy choices. Yes those bad foods are cheaper and the smell good (sometimes) But I refuse them. SO when i do have to eat out, it is only HEALTHY CHOICES for Aisha

zaharah · 7 Re: Dangers of Resturant Food. May I take your Order? Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:44 pm

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Because Canola oil is so cheap, it is now widely used in the food industry.
Please see our Post on Canola Oil Genetically Manipulated

Dangers of Resturant Food. May I take your Order? Why_no10

WE HAVE ALL BEEN WARNED STOP AND FOLLOW ANOTHER DIRECTION

•Directly promotes heart disease
•Promotes cancers: breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer
•Results in low birth weight infants
•Raises LDL (bad) cholesterol and lower HDL (good) cholesterol
•Raises blood sugar levels and promotes weight gain
•Interferes with the absorption of essential fatty acids and DHA
•Impairs brain function and damages brain cells
•Accelerates tumor growth
•Accelerates the progress of type-2 diabetes
•Raises serum cholesterol
•Impairs immune system function
•Promotes attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
•Impairs development of the brains of fetuses
•Causes gallbladder disease
•Causes liver disease
•Causes 30,000 deaths per year in the United States alone
•Clogs blood, makes blood cells stick together
•Blocks the body's creation of natural pain-reducing hormones (eicosanoids)
•Causes the creation of free radicals that promote inflammation
•Creates nutritional deficiencies of healthy oils and essential fatty acids (EFAs)
•Promotes cystic fibrosis
•Lowers essential fatty acids in the breast milk of nursing mothers
•Clogs artery walls and promotes atherosclerosis
•Cause gum disease and rotted teeth
•Lowers tissue oxygen intake
•Causes infertility
•Directly damages blood vessels
•Causes high blood pressure
•Weaken cell walls and compromises cellular structure
•Causes dandruff and acne

http://www.purica.com/holistic_living/healthy_lifestyle/diet_and_nutrition/hydrogenated_oils.htm

http://www.aspartame.ca/page_oho3.htm

Aisha · 8 Re: Dangers of Resturant Food. May I take your Order? Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:04 pm

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Pope John said it best, "Capitalism Without Responsibility"

Fast Food's Hidden Dangers

Jeffrey Zurlinden, RN, MS

Every day, about one-quarter of American adults eat at fast-food restaurants. Cheap, tasty, and convenient, fast food is loaded with saturated fat and calories, and it's low in fiber and nutrients. Thanks in large part to fast food, half of America's adults and one-quarter of its children are obese, double the rate of a generation ago. Even some popular chicken nuggets, which many consumers consider a healthier alternative, are flavored with beef extract and contain twice as much fat, ounce for ounce, as a ham burger.

Besides the long-term health risks of a high-fat, high-calorie diet, fast-food chains have indirectly changed the way cattle are fed, slaughtered, and processed, making meatpacking the most dangerous job in America and increasing the risk of large-scale food poisoning. In his new book, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, Eric Schlosser describes fast food's hidden dangers.

A Lifetime of Fast Food

Although most of the health problems related to fast food aren't felt until middle age -- obesity and diabetes are at an all-time high --- the damage starts before children enter kindergarten. Hoping to shape eating habits, fast-food chains market heavily to children. About 96% of American school-aged children recognize Ronald McDonald, second only to Santa Claus. Almost every American child eats at a McDonald's® at least once a month.

Fast food runs on cheap labor, usually supplied by teenagers. Child labor laws that restrict work schedules are often ignored at fast-food chains. Although part-time employment can teach teenagers responsibility, teenage boys who work long hours are more likely to abuse drugs and get into trouhle. They also risk getting hurt: Each year about 20,000 teenagers suffer work-related injuries, about twice the adult rate.

Meatpacking Factories: Injuries and Food Poisoning

To keep meat prices low, most slaughterhouses have moved out of big cities and into small towns. Instead of hiring skilled, unionized workers, meatpacking plants frequently recruit recent immigrants who are willing to work hard for low pay on assembly lines that turn living cattle into frozen hamburger at record speed. To keep up the pace, plant workers often abuse methamphetamine. Meatpacking has become the most hazardous occupation in the US, with three times the injury rate of factory work. Each year, at least one-third of all meatpackers are injured on the job.

Concentrating cattle into large feedlots and herding them through processing assembly lines operated by poorly trained employees increase the risk of large-scale food poisoning. Manure gets mixed with meat, contaminating it with salmonella and Escherichia coli 0157:H7. Schlosser reports a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) study that found 78.6% of ground beef contained microbes spread primarily by fecal material. Because of current processing methods, each contaminated carcass is distributed to a large number of people. The typical frozen hamburger that is used in fast-food restaurants contains meat from dozens or hundreds of cattle, multiplying the risk of food poisoning.

E. coli 0157:H7 is one of the worst forms of food poisoning. Usually spread through undercooked hamburgers, it's difficult to treat. Although antibiotics kill the bacteria, they release a toxin that produces dreadful complications. About 4% of people infected with E. coli 0157:H7 develop hemolytic uremic syndrome, and about 5% of children who develop the syndrome die. E. coli 0157:H7 has become the leading cause of renal failure among American kids.

Meat also can become poisoned as it's processed into hot dogs or bologna. The US Food and Drug Administration and the USDA recently warned that children under six and pregnant women should avoid hot dogs and sandwich meats unless they're thoroughly cooked, due to the risk of Listeria monocytogenes infection. Once mixed into food, L. monocytogenes continues to multiply, despite refrigeration. Usually, it causes mild flu-like symptoms, but it can turn deadly in young children. Pregnant women are 20 times more susceptible to infection, which may lead to miscarriage or stillbirth. Each year, L. monocytogenes causes 2,500 serious illnesses and 500 deaths. As food processing is concentrated among fewer and fewer facilities, large-scale contamination becomes more likely. Last year, for example, agricultural giant Cargill recalled almost 17 million pounds of processed poultry products due to the risk of L. monocytogenes.

Jeffrey Zurlinden, RN, MS, is a Nursing Spectrum contributing writer.

Bibliography

Kilman S. Listeria outbreak in Cargill turkey poses problems for meat industry. Wall Street Journal. December 20, 2000:84.
Kulman 1. Pregnant women get no bologna -- or shark or brie. U.S. News & World Report. 2001; 1 30(4}:52.
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Schiosser E. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin; 2001.
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Dangers of Resturant Food. May I take your Order?

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