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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, MARCH 28, 1986
Johnson's and Kentucky Fried Chicken.... About 37 percent of
the fat in McDonald's Chicken McNuggets and Burger King's
chicken fillet sandwich and over 40 percent of that in the two
chains' fish was saturated. "Quite simply," says Sacks, "the
favorable fatty-acid content in chicken and fish is destroyed
by the cooking process, which involves the addition of beef
tallow•••• "
A portion of frozen french fries, which are fried and then
sprayed with more fat before freezing so they will "fry" in the
consumer's oven, had about half the fat contained in fast-food
fries••••
Scientists disagree on precisely what different fats do to the
body and exactly how the effects come about, but some studies
show that polyunsaturated fats, such as safflower oil, both
decrease the body's ability to manufacture cholesterol and, up
to a point, increase the rate of breakdown and excretion of
cholesterol from the body.
Other studies suggest that mono
unsaturated olive oil also lowers blood cholesterol levels••••
The companies dispensing beef-fried foods continue to find new
outlets. According to a Washington, D.C., advocacy group, the
Food Research and Action Center, a school cafeteria in
Lexington, Massachusetts, gets some of its food from
McDonald's. In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the chain attempted
to build an outlet right inside a school but was denied
permission.
In Miami its competitor is rolling out mobile
restaurants, called Burger King Expresses, which will be sent
around to college campuses.
So far, the big chains have remained above the fray over fat,
emphasizing the positive instead of disclaiming the negative.
In so doing, they stick to their most powerful weapon:
advertising.
In 1984 alone, McDonald's, Burger King and
Wendy's together spent $457 million on network and local
television slots.... No advertisement, however, is likely to
outdo the Wendy's commercial in which the chain's former star,
Clara Peller, peeked into a giant-size, scantily filled bun and
complained loudly, "Where's the beef?" As we know now, it's in
the chicken, fish and french fries.
If our allegedly Judeo-Christian society would simply follow the
instructions concerning consumption of fats given in Leviticus 3:17 and
7:23, we could avoid much of the cholesterol buildup problem.
--Gene Hogberg, News Bureau