Pediatrician Recommending McDonald’s?
I’m constantly fighting the media and the marketing machines that are trying to brainwash my child, telling them that junk food is "fun!" and healthy food is "gross". We all know about Ronald McDonald and cartoon characters like Shrek promoting Twinkies (with green filling! cool!). In my house, I try not to let them see too much of this marketing, and I also tell them the other side of the story. "No, we don’t want to go to McDonald’s! It will make you sick! It will make you run slower. You won’t be able to jump as high. SuperMan would never go there! Sicky sick!"
So far I feel like I’ve done a good job. My 4-year old son, Raiden, never asks to go to McDonald’s or other fast food places, and when we see one, he points and says, "Gross daddy… look! McDonald’s! Sick!". It makes a father proud. Haha.
Well, you can imagine how SHOCKED I was when my son told me about his routine trip to his doctor for a vaccine. Because Raiden didn’t cry and was such a "big boy" during his shot, his doctor gave him a prize. Guess what it was?
A gift certificate to McDonald’s for a free bag of french fries.
I’m not even joking. When I heard about it, I just about passed out.
Think about the message that this doctor is giving out (and think about how smart McDonald’s is to give this doctor these free gift certificates). Basically, his doctor (a person that knows about health and a person you can trust) just told him that eating french fries at McDonald’s is okay. It’s a good thing to do. It’s something that is worthy of being a prize to cherish and work hard for. Nevermind that french fries are full of heart-disease causing saturated fat and that dangerous childhood obesity is on the rise. He might as well have given my son a pack of cigarettes too.
Oh, and by the way… what does your doctor look like naked? Like many "health professionals", my son’s doctor is obese.
October 3, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Did you give the doctor your thoughts on this "Prize?"
October 3, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Actually, not yet since I haven’t seen him, but I promise you that I will!
October 3, 2008 at 2:24 pm
The majority of health professional are either obese or smoke like trains. I work in a hospital at it’s sickening the way nurses and Doctors look. Doctor heal thy self.
October 18, 2008 at 12:27 am
I WORKED AT MCDONALDS WHEN THE MCLEAN SANDWICH DEBUED ITSELF. THE LEANER SANDWICH LASTED A WHILE BUT EVENTUALLY WAS FORFEITED BECAUSE IT DIDN’T HAVE THE FLAVOR LIKE THE REGULAR BIGMAC. I HAVE BEEN AFTER THEM TO GET A BETTER FRYING OIL WITHOUT THE BEEF PROPERTIES IN IT. I DID SUCCEED IN GETTING THEIR PIES BAKED RATHER THAN FRYING. I REMEMBER FRYING THEM. I FELT HAPPY TO SEE THEM OFFERING BETTER CHILDREN’S MEALS WITH MILK, APPLES SLICES, SALADS (JUST GO EASY ON THE DRESSING: I FOUND OUT FROM OTHER SOURCES THAT USING JUST A LITTLE OF THE REGULAR ABSORBS MORE NUTRIENTS FOR THE BODY THAN THE DIETARY DRESSINGS. YOU CAN EVEN ADD A LITTLE WATER TO MAKE THE LITTLE AMOUNT OF DRESSING MORE SPREADABLE. IN THE LONG RUN, IF WE DON’T WATCH WHAT WE ARE PUTTING INTO OUR MOUTHS, THEN LATER ON SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD, YOU WILL BE CHARGED MONEY FOR THE MEDICINES TO ELIMINATE THE PLAQUE IN THE ARTERIES, THE DEHIBILITATION THAT COMES WITH EXCESS WEIGHT, METABOLIC SYNDROME, ETC THE WHOLE NINE YARDS) TAKE YOUR WALKS, REMAIN ACTIVE, INVEST IN NUTRISYSTEM FOR A FEW MONTHS TO GET YOUR HEART HEALTH BENEFITS, THEN REMEMBER AND LEARN THE INGREDIENTS SO YOU CAN CHOOSE BETTER. ACAI BERRY IS THE HIGHEST POWERFUL ANTIOXIDANT NEXT TO POMEGRANATE. REVIEW SUZANNE SOMERS LATEST BOOK, TAKE NOTES, AND TRY THE CURRY. IT IS SUPPOSE TO LESSEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALZHEIMERS. LET ME KNOW WHAT IS NEW, TOO. I AM ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR IT.