tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post8805258493092152663..comments2010-05-24T04:01:03.530-07:00Comments on Many Ideas: Death match: Big Macs vs. Unprotected SexLeDoporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13847811219191643234noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post-25231593230537719132007-02-14T08:10:00.000-08:002007-02-14T08:10:00.000-08:00Let me respond to your list.1. Fast food meals typ...Let me respond to your list.<BR/><BR/>1. Fast food meals typically replace one meal, not three, so 1825 calories is 1025 more than a reasonably-sized dinner of 800 calories. Sorry if this wasn't clear.<BR/><BR/>2. Morgan Spurlock nearly came down with liver failure after 90 consecutive fast food meals. I don't think it's an exaggeration to guess that 300 consecutive meals would kill you.<BR/><BR/>3. You're right that unless you're obese, a little extra fat isn't going to hurt that much. However, every bit hurts a little, and many Americans are on the brink of being dangerously obese. By my rough-and-ready calculation (which is probably accurate to within a factor of 10 at least), each fast food meal you eat has about a 94 in a million chance of killing you.<BR/><BR/>Sorry if I wasn't more clear. I hope this comment helps.LeDoporehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13847811219191643234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999963944248120727.post-16640878923468617292007-02-14T01:15:00.000-08:002007-02-14T01:15:00.000-08:00Errors in the article:1. "as many as 1825 calories...Errors in the article:<BR/>1. "as many as 1825 calories - 1025 too many for an 1800 calorie-a-day diet"<BR/>--> no, it's actually only 25 extra calories, which is negligible.<BR/><BR/>2. "suppose Morgan Spurlock had spent 100 days ... Then we could estimate the risk of eating a Big Mac™ to be 1 in 300 (for 300 meals)."<BR/>--> just how did you come to this conclusion?! The reasoning behind simply beats me!<BR/><BR/>Plus, it is not a risk, it's a "critical mass". It's a completely different story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com