Alan wrote:
> "Earl Evleth" wrote in message
> news:C20B6A51.D3268%evleth@wanadoo.fr...
>> Prince Charles says ban McDonald's food
>> Wed Feb 28, 3:32 AM ET
>>
>> LONDON - Prince Charles suggested Tuesday on a visit to the United Arab
>> Emirates that banning McDonald's fast food was crucial for improving
>> people's diets, a British news agency reported.
>>
>> Charles made the comments while visiting the Imperial College London
>> Diabetes Center in Abu Dhabi for the launch of a public health campaign,
>> The
>> Press Association reported.
>>
>> "Have you got anywhere with McDonald's? Have you tried getting it banned?
>> That's the key," Charles was quoted as asking one of the center's
>> nutritionists.
>>
>> A McDonald's spokesman, Nick Hindle, called the remark disappointing. He
>> said other members of the royal family "have probably got a more
>> up-to-date
>> picture of us," alluding to reports that Charles' son, Prince Harry, was
>> spotted eating a chicken burger at McDonald's in 2005.
>>
>> "This appears to be an off-the-cuff remark, in our opinion," Hindle said.
>> "It does not reflect our menu or where we are as a business."
>>
>> The Oak Brook, Illinois-based McDonald's Corp. took steps last year to
>> display nutrition facts on its packaging and vary its menu to counter
>> charges that its food is unhealthy and contributes to obesity. There are
>> 25
>> McDonald's franchises in the United Arab Emirates.
>>
>> Charles, who is first in line to the British throne, is an active advocate
>> of organic food and in 1986 set up a farm on his Highgrove Estate that
>> does
>> not use artificial pesticides or fertilizers.
>>
>> The prince was in the United Arab Emirates with his wife, Camilla, as part
>> of a tour of Gulf countries.
>>
>> The United Arab Emirates has the world's second highest number of diabetes
>> cases per capita, with more than 20 percent of those aged 20 to 79 already
>> diagnosed with the illness, while 40 percent of the population are at
>> risk.
>>
>
> AH!!!! CHARLES COCKED UP JUST LIKE HIS DEAR OLD DAD DOES according to the
> daily mail today (see page 7) a big mac contains 229 calories AND a duchy
> origional organic cornish pasty contains 264 calories --- ENGAGE BRAIN
> BEFORE OPERATING MOUTH CHARLES
>
>
Who said anything about calories? What about nutritional value, salt
content, fat content? |