Seriously, these two restaurants can kill you. They are just as bad as crack or meth, and if
you eat at these places for an extended period of time, you are going to kill yourself.
I have a close family member who got depressed in 2001. He was 57 at the time.
After finally getting his meds right, he found a way to live. And that way was to
drive his truck every day to McDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chicken every day for
8 years. Yes, he ate fast food every day for 8 years. Except for the occasional
family get together, xmas, July 4th etc.
Also he refused to exercise, or leave his house except to go get his fast food.
One day he had a heart attack, or two even. He couldn't breath. He was taken
to the hospital.
After tests, and a cath exam to look at his heart the diagnosis was given. Nearly every
part of his heart had blockage. Not just one spot, but multiple arteries, with more
than one spot of blockage on each artery. Even secondary vessels had blockage.
The heart doctor explained that his heart was weak. It was only pumping at 25%
of what a normal heart could. The heart needed a major overhall. An open heart
surgery to fix the problem. But the heart was too weak, too damaged. He
had a 30% chance of dying during the procedure.
So the heart surgeon turned him down, stating "He was a bad candidate for
surgery." Without the surgery my relative was given about a year to live.
And he didn't smoke, he didn't drink, he used to exercise and was very active
before the depression. But then he didn't exercise at all, and just ate the fast
food every day for eight years. This added up to a ruined heart.
They kept him in the hospital for about week, got the meds set right, and
then sent him home, with instructions not to exercise or do any straining
work. He is super weak and can't even walk around a grocery store without
getting winded.
The most surprising thing to me is that fast food not only can really wreck your health. It
can kill you. I knew it wasn't good for you, made you fat, and gave you pimples.
But to think that McDonald's and KFC could actually wreck your heart, well
I was surprised. I'm sure no exercise didn't help, but it really blows my mind
that the wrong kind of food can actually kill you.
Maybe we need a war on Fast Food. Since marijuana can't kill you, no matter
how much you smoke, yet it is made to be the bad guy, the scapegoat. But
McDonald's is a sponsor of sporting events and many other things, like they
are good for your life.
So don't take your kids to these places, because all you are doing is damaging
their bodies, with the nasty high fat food these places sell. I have witnessed the
proof positive that eating this shit can and will kill you.
I see the effects up close. This man did not have heart disease in his family. In fact
they all were a hardy bunch who lived into their late 80's. Now my relative is
65 and he has a year to live because he wrecked his heart so bad that it is
beyond repair.
We really are what we eat. We can eat to live, or live to eat. This is what he did, eating was
his only joy, he loved the KFC chicken, and it is gonna kill him in the end. It is really sad,
but so avoidable. Lessons learned are lessons shared.