The ugly truth about 'Fast Food'

Share location: England. Current Season: Spring. Hot Topic: Summer bodies.

And instead of blogging about diets and gym routines I thought I'd share something everyone should be interested in, their health! The ugly truth about those quick and easy fast foods everyone loves having.

It's so much more than "fattening" and somehow it's the only aspect you consider when you're in line for your favourite Mc D's burger.
It's so much more than "I'll go for a run tomorrow."
It's about health & respecting your body.

1. HAIR IN FOOD 

In the course of a year, the average customer would consume about 12 hairs.
(Pubic hairs are included in this. Don't ask me how.

2. AMMONIA CLEANED MEAT 

The beef that is used in fast food stops have come from slaughterhouses. This beef is the trimming, can come from thousands of different cows, is very fatty, and comes from a place where bacteria could grow. FDA allows ammonia gas to be used to get rid of these toxins. 

(QUICK FACT: The global production of ammonia for 2012 is anticipated to be 198 million tonnes, a 35% increase over the estimated 2006 global output of 146.5 million tonnes.)

3. FRENCH FRIES 

Which I love, and wish I didn't. Most fast food places have been known to dip their fries in sugar because it adds crisp-ness.
So now we have high carb, oily, fatty AND sugary too. 

4. SALADS 

Are meant to be healthy and good for you, right? W R O N G 

Fast food places use anti-freeze to keep salads crisp for longer. Effects of anti-freeze, skin and eye irritation, find more here. 

• In 1972, we spent 3 billion a year on fast food - today we spend more than $110 billion
• McDonald's feeds more than 46 million people a day - more than the entire population of Spain
• You would have to walk for seven hours straight to burn off a Super Sized Coke, fry and Big Mac
• Diabetes will cut 17-27 years off your life
• McDonald's operates more than 30,000 restaurants in more then 100 countries on 6 continents

Calories in a McDonalds, big tasty: 804 kcal
Calories in McDs large fries: 486 kcal
Calories in McDs large Coca-Cola: 226 kcal
Calories in a Mcflurry: 327 kcal
Calories in a Milk Shake: 506 kcal

Thats brings you to a lovely total of 2349 kcal! YUCK!!!

Running, without stopping for an hour burns roughly 470kcal.
That's 5 hours straight on the treadmill before you burn off the above McDs meal.

Thinking twice before the big red M gets a visit from me again!

Alternative:

A friend for life, Happy Birthday.

Happy Birthday to a special friend <3 

It was the end of April in 1994 and a little girl was born. 

Her mother had a special friend who was also pregnant, due only a short month later.

I can only assume the mothers, as such good friends, 

hoped their first borns could be too. 

 On the 28th of May 1994 another little girl was born. 

And from that day, "April" & "May" were guaranteed to have a friend for life. 

To My dearest Tamara.  (Fallops)

Although we were infants in the start, we just had that mutual understanding and connection that no matter where in the world life might take us, we'd survive and sustain a beautiful friendship. 

6 935 days of friendship. 

6 935 days the world has been blessed with you. 

Stay true to yourself and I have no doubt that your combination of beauty & intelligence will carry on enchanting those around you for years to come.

Thank you for all our moments, from crunchies & cranberry-juice to dedicated Matric study partners. We made it through better than we thought.

Never let anyone tell you that you can't do it, becuase I feel you've proven yourself time and time again that you can. 

I love you very much. 

Let's travel sometime?  

Wise words from Dr.Seuss

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

by Dr. Seuss

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own.  And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.

You'll look up and down streets.  Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

And you may not find any
you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course,
you'll head straight out of town.

It's opener there
in the wide open air.

Out there things can happen
and frequently do
to people as brainy
and footsy as you.

And when things start to happen,
don't worry.  Don't stew.
Just go right along.
You'll start happening too.

OH!
THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!

You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers
who soar to high heights.

You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you'll be the best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

Except when you don't
Because, sometimes, you won't.

I'm sorry to say so
but, sadly, it's true
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.

You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch.

You'll come down from the Lurch
with an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then,
that you'll be in a Slump.

And when you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.

You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted.  But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out?  Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?

And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.

You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place...

...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.

Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.

NO!
That's not for you!

Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying.
You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.

With banner flip-flapping,
once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!

Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored.  there are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame!  You'll be famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.

Except when they don't.
Because, sometimes, they won't.

I'm afraid that some times
you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.

All Alone!
Whether you like it or not,
Alone will be something
you'll be quite a lot.

And when you're alone, there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.

But on you will go
though the weather be foul
On you will go
though your enemies prowl
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though your arms may get sore
and your sneakers may leak.

On and on you will hike
and I know you'll hike far
and face up to your problems
whatever they are.

You'll get mixed up, of course,
as you already know.
You'll get mixed up
with many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life's
a Great Balancing Act.
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)

KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!

So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!
 

              

I was once a dedicated blogger.

Hello people who occasionally read my blog.
I apologies for not giving you much to read about the past 2 months. I seem to have lost a lot of the dedication I once had for blogging. Things have been busy, lots has changed and I just haven't made time for myself to sit down and do something that use to once make me so happy. So that's about to change.

Since no one in the world would be interested in reading a 10 page blog about the things I've done and learnt over the past 8 weeks, I thought a simple bullet update would suffice.

Things I've done since 30 March 2013:
(Largely summarised.) 

-Move from South Africa to England. (Left my mom also know as home.)
-Visit Falmouth, Cornwall, England.
-Visit London, England. Twice. Blessed.
-Visit Ibiza, Spain.
-Turn 19.
-Get accepted in to University. Hello September 2013.
-Grow up.
-Gain strength & courage.
-Miss home.

Things I've learnt since 30 March 2013:

-Flights are OFTEN delayed. Be prepared.
-I'm a cry baby.
-Everything is expensive. Find coupons.
-There's beauty in everything.
-South African meal portions are WAY too big.
-Do what makes YOU happy. (Or don't complain.)
-"The hand that gives, is the hand that gathers."
-Speak up. With respect.
-Be grateful.
-Make the most of every situations, especially the bad ones.
-Enjoy getting lost.
-Today is always over very quickly.
-Right now.
-Live LIGHT. Especially when you're on a gap year.
-Be serious when you're old.
-Follow your dreams, they know the way.
-Listen to more happy music.
-Observe children, and then learn from them.
- ie. Have faith. Laugh more.
-Find what inspires you and cling to it.
-Pray often. It helps.
-Leave pride behind.
-Learn new languages. After all, communication is key.

and most importantly, -Never be ashamed to tell the world how much you love your mother. She has done more for you than anyone else ever has, or will.

The farewell party's treats. 

Hello Big Ben. 

Ibiza with my Uncle, Aunt & Cousins. 

Celebrating my 19th Birthday at Alton Towers. 

"Because I'd rather have flowers in my hair than diamonds around my neck"