The "MacStatin": Fast food with some ketchup, salt, and a statin to go
AUGUST 13, 2010 |
- Pushing the envelope of primary prevention to a point few cardiologists are likely to be comfortable with, a group of British cardiologists are proposing a rather radical strategy to neutralize the risk of cardiovascular disease caused by unhealthy eating habits.London, UK
They suggest that fast-food restaurants, such as McDonald's, offer customers a statin to go with their meal, one that could be found alongside the salt, sugar, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The statin, they say, could be sprinkled atop customers' Quarter Pounders, into their milkshakes, or onto their supersized French fries to offset the mounds of fat found in these unhealthy meals [1].
Källa: Heartwire, där artikeln avslutas med:
Dr Roger Blumenthal (Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, Baltimore, MA) told heartwire that his preference to the MacStatin is a menu approach that lists the total calories, as well as the saturated- and trans-fat content of each food item, along with average recommended intake for adults and teenagers.
"That will get people thinking," said Blumenthal. "McDonald's could also hand out top-quality pedometers and encourage folks to walk 10 000-plus steps a day, most days of the week."
Ett alternativ skulle kanske vara att ansvarstagande snabbmatsrestauranger alltid ligger minst 10000 steg bort.
Postat i: Allmänt Permalink Kommentarer [0]