Letters
“The attempt by McDonald’s to pass off these choices as healthy simply because they are low in calories is misleading and harmful.”
No McDonald’s in Texas Medicine
McDonald’s advertising in Texas Medi- cine magazine? (See December 2013 Texas Medicine, page 6.) What’s in next month’s issue — an ad for Marlboro? I find it alarming and disappointing to see an advertisement for a restaurant that sells the type of food that contrib- utes to obesity and diabetes — medical conditions that are regularly discussed in this reputable medical magazine. I realize that the purpose of this ad- vertising is to spread the news of Mc- Donald’s new “Healthy Choice” menu, but a more appropriate name for the menu is “Low Calorie.” Low calorie is not the same as healthy, and calling it “healthy” is misleading and dishonest. We must consider the source and qual- ity of the calories — food laden with salt, sugar, and processed chemicals can hardly be called “healthy.” It’s no secret that a chicken McNugget (which is list- ed in the advertisement as “healthy”) is less than 50 percent muscle tissue, the rest being made up of fat, blood vessels, nerves, and ground-up bone. Additional ingredients include hydrogenated soy-
bean oil and chemicals such as modified food starch, cellulose gum, and sodium acid pyrophosphate. As for the oatmeal, there is so much added sugar in the oatmeal itself, as well as in the dried fruit (sugar is the first in- gredient in the cranberry/raisin blend), that it provides 32 grams of sugar per serving — the equivalent of 11 packets of sugar. And that’s before the customer adds more brown sugar that is provided. Current science in nutrition impli- cates a diet high in refined carbohy- drates, as well as processed foods, as a major contributor to the obesity epi- demic, as well as many kinds of cancers. McDonald’s may offer some low-calorie options, but any healthy aspect is off- set by the high sugar, high sodium, and chemical additives.
The attempt by McDonald’s to pass off these choices as healthy simply be- cause they are low in calories is mislead- ing and harmful. Please don’t let a professional medi- cal society such as the Texas Medical As- sociation take their advertising dollars.
Lisa Walker, MD San Antonio
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kfortney@covhs.org January 2014 TEXAS MEDICINE 7
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