Keep your hands (and Olestra) off my fries!
Keep your hands (and Olestra) off my fries
What is the world coming to? Who among us thought that the day would come when fast food establishments became health and nutrition conscious?
By February 2003, all 13,000 domestic McDonald�s locations will have changed the fat that they use to cook their french fries to an oil that will do less damage to your diet.
The oil being used now causes a high level of trans fatty acids. And those increase the body�s bad cholesterol while reducing its level of good cholesterol. While that may sound good, experts are quick to point out french fries are still high in fat.
Who out there actually thought any different?
I wonder if they will eventually have to place a label on each box of fries warning you of the potential side effects of the new oil. Haven�t heard anything about that, but we all know what happened when those smart folks at Procter & Gamble decided to mess with the oil used for potato chips and created the product Olestra. They were just bad. They smelled bad, they tasted bad and when they came out with the warning that they could do some pretty nasty stuff to your digestive system, they all but went away.
I, for one, am not a big eater of fast food. But there are days when nothing but a hit of McDonald�s french fries will do. Not Burger King, not Wendy�s, not Arby�s. Just McDonald�s.
So I wonder what will happen when they mess with what, to me, is a great product. Hot, crisp, salty, high-in-fat fries. Just exactly what you expect from a fast food establishment.
When I want healthy combined with fast, I�ll eat one of the many low fat choices offered by Subway.
But when I want melt-in-your-mouth, as-much-fat-as-possible, salt-to-clog any artery fries, I�ll head to McDonald�s.
Unless by next February my choice ends up being Olestra in a fried form.
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