From Mike Adams' long but informative post at Natural News:(NaturalNews) Susan G. Komen for the Cure has now crossed the line into asinine idiocy thanks to its new alliance with Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), where pink buckets of fried chicken are sold under the slogan, "Buckets for the Cure." I'm not making this up.
This idea that buying fried chicken is actually going to cure cancer is one of the most utterly idiotic health ideas yet witnessed in American pop culture. Komen for the Cure is so far gone from reality that the organization apparently doesn't even think twice about suggesting such an absurd idea.
Eat more fried chicken, folks, and then what? Loading up on that kind of a diet is more likely to cause you to kick the bucket than to find a cure for cancer.
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What other chemical ingredients might you find in KFC foods? The company actually publishes a list of ingredients for its menu items. I went through that list and found all the following ingredients on the KFC menu:
Partially hydrogenated soybean oil (contains trans fats)
High-Fructose Corn Syrup (linked to diabetes)
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) (linked to cancer)
Titanium Dioxide (used in sunscreen)
Yellow #5 (chemical coloring)
Propylene Glycol (used as antifreeze in RVs)
Rendered Beef Fat (gross)
Red #40 (another chemical coloring)
Sodium nitrite (linked to pancreatic cancer)
Soy Protein Concentrate (may be processed with hexane)
Sugar (refined)
Sodium Benzoate (chemical preservative)
Hydrolyzed Corn, Soy and Wheat Protein (may contain hidden MSG)
Beef Extract (eww)
Corn Syrup Solids (more processed sugars)
Liquid Margarine
Sodium Caseinate
Autolyzed Yeast Extract (another hidden source of MSG)...
and lots more. Read the ingredients yourself at:http://www.kfc.com/nutrition/pdf/kf...
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"Buckets for the Cure"
Now KFC is offering yet another new example of pinkwashing: selling pink buckets of fried chicken to "end breast cancer forever."
In an ironic twist, KFC's "Buckets for the Cure" campaign urges people to buy buckets of unhealthy food to help cure a disease that kills women.
The American Institute for Cancer Research says there is "convincing evidence" that excess body fat increases the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer.
Obesity is also tied to shorter survival rates for women who develop breast cancer.
Like most fast food chains, KFC has an overwhelming presence in communities known to have poor health outcomes, and the Susan G. Komen Foundation certainly must know that such social inequities effect breast cancer mortality rates.
Given all this, "Buckets for the Cure" is a particularly disturbing pinkwashing partnership.
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Did I read the word 'OBESITY'?
Uh-oh, better watch out, or you'll have this harradan 'up in arms'...erm...
...I guess she is already, huh?
(Just a question: Why does she wear low-cut tops and long sleeves lately when she's around children? Just wondering?)
