Beat Fast-food Brainwash!

In our culture, We-Become brand conscious at an early age, often to the detriment of our health. researchers from Stanford conducted a taste test with 63 preschoolers, Children were presented with two food options - a McDonald"s hamburger wrapped in paper showing the golden arches and an identical McDonald burger wrapped in plain paper..or two bags of McDonald fries, one with the logo and the other without...or various other choices. Results: Four out of five times the children said they preferred the taste of foods they thought were from McDonald - even when sampling the milk and carrots.

The food industry spends more than $10 billion yearly to market to children in the US. I believe that once kids are brainwashed into craving fast foods high in fat,salt and/or sugar, it becomes and ingrained habit. No wonder so many Americans, young and old are overweight.

I urge you to watch a movie called super-size me. Then go to www.foodmatters.com and purchase this extremely informative documentary. It may just change the way you view food.

Small fact: It is illegal in Europe to market such things to children. As Americans, why are we not following suit?

Source: Bottomline with dr. Mark Stengler