Day 275 - 08 Jul 96 - Page 19


     
     1        animal products and salt and low in fibre, vitamins and
     2        minerals is linked with cancers of the breast and bowel and
     3        heart disease.  I have also read articles and books
     4        concerning food additives and the possible side effects of
     5        those additives.  This includes the book "E for Additives"
     6        by Morris Hanson".  I have had that book for, well, I do
     7        not know how long, but I had it for quite a few years
     8        before we got the writs.  It was something I was interested
     9        in.  This includes -- sorry, I have read that.
    10
    11             "I have read the McDonald's pamphlet "McDonald's Food,
    12        the Facts" and I have seen that in a large number of the
    13        items sold by McDonald's."  Sorry -- "and have seen that a
    14        large number of the items sold by McDonald's contain
    15        additives, some of which are listed in "E for Additives" as
    16        having a risk of side effects and some prohibited in food
    17        intended for babies and young children.  I have also read
    18        articles about food poisoning which stated that meat was
    19        responsible for the majority of the cases of food
    20        poisoning.  I do recollect reading from time to time
    21        articles about how minced beef and chicken were particular
    22        areas of concern with regards to food poisoning.  Minced
    23        beef, because of the fact that the surface, the original
    24        surface, area then becomes kind of ground up and is then
    25        part of the internal part of the meat product rather than
    26        being on the surface and exposed to the heat source.
    27
    28             "I have also read reports of people suffering from
    29        food poisoning after having consumed McDonald's food.  I
    30        have seen a number of McDonald's advertisements, many of
    31        them aimed at children, and I think it is fair to say that
    32        they portray McDonald's as a "happy circus-like place where
    33        burgers and chips are provided for anybody at any hour of
    34        the day".
    35
    36             Obviously, the reference to "circus-like" is because
    37        of the clown, because that is generally where clowns are
    38        seen in circuses.  From my own experiences of being with
    39        children and of their behaviour and habits, and from my own
    40        recollection of my childhood, I also think it is fair to
    41        say that children are more interested in gimmicks, games
    42        and fun and in sugary and processed foods than they are in
    43        obtaining a healthy diet.  In addition, I think it is fair
    44        to say that children who have not participated in a certain
    45        event or watched what other children have watched or have
    46        not had the experience that other children have had can
    47        feel they are different to others and thus feel that they
    48        are not somehow normal."
    49
    50             By way of example, my best friend at school was a
    51        vegetarian.  She used to get a bit of stick and, you know,
    52        people would say things like "how weird" and, you know,
    53        sometimes she would feel funny about the fact that she was
    54        vegetarian even though she was, you know, she was a
    55        vegetarian because she was concerned about animals.  The
    56        other example would be in terms of, sort of, television
    57        programmes, and things like that, there would be a regular
    58        discussion about what was seen the night before on TV and
    59        if you weren't the person, if you weren't a person, who had
    60        watched that particular programme then you would feel left

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