I was flipping through the local paper that lands on my porch every week and I bumped into this ad for an upcoming event. It’s being billed as a ‘wellness fair’ which is a good thing, unless they’re offering us a hot dog (no doubt buying the cheap kind in bulk filled with nitrates plus everything-but-the-squeal plopped on top of a no-fiber-no-nutritive white fluff bun), potato chips (loaded with fat, cholesterol and one more bad habit we Americans enjoy too much of) and soda (between 8-12 teaspoons of sugar in a single serving), oh and I forgot the ice cream (can’t imagine they’d be forking over the dough to serve us the natural kind, which means we’ll be downing everything from emulsifiers like glycerol monostearate to gums such as methylcellulose along with the citrates and phosphates to do their job, along with a another pile of white sugar). All this to munch for a mere four bucks while we learn about how to live longer and healthier!?! What do they think is causing the weight gain, high blood pressure, heart disease and premature death we’ll be hearing about?
Friends, don’t be fooled by the standard American diet. It’s killing our nation and is responsible for the majority of soaring medical costs in our nation for diseases like diabetes, formerly called ‘adult-onset diabetes’ but now a rampant childhood disease resulting more often than not from lifestyle choices like sitting on the couch watching TV (instead of playing outside with friends), while eating hot dogs on white buns with chips, coke and ice cream rather than a fresh green salad, steamed veggies and baked chicken.
There should be one more comment on this notice: CAUTION! We will be serving hot dogs, sweetened drinks, chips and ice cream which have been scientifically proven to shorten the life span of the average American.
Thanks, I had to rant.
September 25th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
That ad was hilarious!!
October 12th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Just catching up on your blog and had to leave a comment on this one! I worked as a pharmacist for Sam’s Club for a while and patients would roll up to the pharmacy window in one of those automated handicap shopping carts with the basket loaded with 5lb packages of Jimmy Dean sausage and HUGE bags of chips and boxes upon boxes of those prepared frozen entrees. They would drop off prescriptions for High Blood Pressure, Congestive Heart Failure, Kidney Failure, etc, etc. It killed me! Hey funny to remember it was while I was working there that I listened to a tape of one of your teachings at CCCI (back in 2004) and you were talking about working moms. I got so mad I turned the tape off and stood back for a few minutes steaming before I turned it back on. Well….a month later we made a major decision to give up my “career” and the money for me to stay home with our first child who was 8 months old. At the time I was making twice as much as my husband and so began living on a very tight budget. God is SO FAITHFUL!!!! We were able to get out of debt during that time…it can be done! And God has ALWAYS provided…three children later. Thank you Denise for loving and obeying God so passionately! Your teaching saved me from the insanity at Sam’s Club!!!
And more importantly helped us begin a journey that changed the course of our lives as a family!
October 13th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Awww, Catherine, you’ve got me laughing so loud the whole house is echoing, nearly crying as your story wrapped up…you really made my day. Thanks for taking the time to share such fun and encouraging words with me. Hugs, denise