"Healthy" Fast Food Is No Better for Your Heart

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Yomamafofun — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:31:25 GMT

wonder what Mercola thinks about this (guy lost 80 lbs eating primarily 'healthy' foods at McDs news.yahoo.com/.../mcfit_diet

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petersim81 — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:45:57 GMT

Exactly! Diet has little or no known effect on cardio problems.

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curious7 — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:29:21 GMT

Healthy, and Fast Food. An "Oxy-Moron." You think? Food cannot be fast and good, unless it is raw, you know like apples, oranges, bananas, carrots, onions, greens, and the like. As for what the greater part of the world calls a veggie burger, that does not compute. Yet another deception.

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philiphiss — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:39:13 GMT

As you say, there is no surprise. I might add.... A veggie burger's ingredients can vary considerably (anywhere from something resembling healthy to almost poison), most are soy based (high protein). So immediately we have a problem when you add the bun. The digestive process of starch and protein tend to conflict lessening the benefits of the two when combined. Further the bun probably consisted of bleached flour, sugar, salt, and a bunch of chemicals. The salad may well have been full of preservatives and the salad dressing..... Needless to say when you add "fruit" and what they call "orange juice" into the digestive process, you are asking for trouble. Keep it simple.

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KathieJamisonCote — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:59:00 GMT

Off subject - Dr. M, you are losing valuable folks with knowledge to those who like to ding points........isn't there another way to screen those who vote and if someone is constantly dinging others, maybe there's something underlying in their reasons for being a Vital Voter ?!?!?! This forum is to help educate others seeking knowledge about their health and the foods they consume and the lifestyles they lead. Personally, with today's newletter - 9/8 this was the first time I'd seen this particular article and most of the posters prior to me all had negative points -Why is that? Their info is pertinent and correct. Josh Rubin has left and I think others are getting a irritated with this also. I think if someone dings negative too often, they should be banned from voting unless they can give good reason for their contrary opinion. Good Luck!

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labrat — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:01:16 GMT

I highly question that measuring so-called "endothelial dysfunction" as measured by FMD tells us anything about what's good for our hearts. Don't be fooled by research fueled by this latest surrogate marker. They really haven't clue whether or not any acute findings have any significance or not. It's just another hypothesis. I have seen no proof that "ED" causes heart disease, just a whole lot of hot air and rampant speculation. Read the studies and papers - more of the same mumbo-jumbo - "suggests", "may", "could", etc, etc.,etc.

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still.learning — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:01:47 GMT

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rablpn — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:49:44 GMT

The researchers didn't check endothelial function after eating "slow food" so it's difficult to know what the true effect of fast food really is. Intuitively, it makes sense but the sample was extremely small. I would like to see a larger study that looks at endothelian changes following consumption of individual foods rather than meals. For example, in the "healthy" meal, it might be the soy in the veggie burger, not the yogurt and fruit, that causes the changes.It might also be the salad dressing and not the salad. Intriguing study, though.

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mmc88121 — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:17:10 GMT

Fruit flavored yogurt and Orange juice just sound awful. I can not have milk products and citrus products at the same time, it gives me indigestion. I wonder if they had given the people the choice of regular or organic foods.

Mary

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foxtroter_203 — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:23:07 GMT

All the meals were higher in carbohydrate than a "balanced diet" should be. Higher carbohydrate means higher insulin response. The higher the insulin the more damage done.