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https://www.alternet.org/2019/11/trumps-self-destructive-diet-psychiatrist-explains-how-unhealthy-food-choices-may-affect-presidents-mental-health/snip of article:
President Donald Trumps well-documented eating habits are far from what a nutritionist would deem ideal. The most powerful man in the world often skips breakfast. When he does eat the most important meal of the day, he opts for bacon, McDonalds Egg McMuffins or made in the USA cereals high in sugar.
When Trump visits McDonalds for lunch or dinner, his go-to order for one meal two Big Macs, two Filet-O-Fish and a chocolate shake clocks in at 2,390 calories. He might chase that with up to 12 Diet Cokes a day. The presidents love of the iconic American fast-food chain is reportedly motivated at least in part by a fear of being poisoned. Thats just one quirk in a highly quirky diet.
Let's hope his insides revolt.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)leftieNanner
(15,179 posts)Because that food, even if it's prepared properly, will actually poison you. Not in the immediate polonium way, but ultimately all that crap is poison.
The Donald is truly an idiot.
bdamomma
(63,931 posts)it he thinks he's a fucking child. 12 diet cokes hmm......if Coke had their old recipe he would "coked" up.
http://factmyth.com/factoids/coca-cola-used-to-have-cocaine-in-it/
dem4decades
(11,307 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)Ilsa
(61,705 posts)thing McDs makes, IMO. Fries would help!
How does he avoid kidney stones drinking that much cola?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Theirs are the only ones that I will eat without catsup. I only eat fast food maybe 5 times per year, but I did eat an Impossible Whopper and fries at BK last week, the fries were still good. Maybe is is just the texture of the BK fries that I find pleasing, their texture is different.
Ilsa
(61,705 posts)It's just that I don't like much of anything at McDs, except their fries, which are better than the rest of the menu. But BK is better on hamburgers and fries.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Their breakfasts were fairly decent, though I have not had one in around 6 years. Their orange juice was pretty good.
robbob
(3,538 posts)to do fries. Fresh potatoes, peeled, cut and blanched, then deep fried to golden crispness. You can actually TASTE the potatoes. Those uniform potatoes paste sticks that McDs serves are an abomination. When I moved to Boston all the fries seemed to follow that model, then to add insult to injury they tossed them in some salty/herb mix to cover up the complete lack of flavour. I just couldnt find real fries and couldnt figure out the problem; fresh potatoes cooked up in clean oil. Not rocket science!
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I figured that BK blanched their fries and tried that once, the results were not good. I think that I may have let them boil too long. I think that it may help if the oil is "conditioned" a bit, fresh oil seems to not brown well.
robbob
(3,538 posts)Things I did not know include type of potatoes used, brining the potatoes in salted water and, of course, the proper way to blanch and then finish cooking the fries:
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.chowhound.com/post/fries-1029042/amp
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Who would have guessed that French decendants could do French fries. Move over freedom fries.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)unless they are thick cut and breaded with seasoned breading before frying. You are right, I have not gotten good fries in Boston when I am there on business, except at BK once or twice.
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)Maybe he DOES have good genes. O.o
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)leftieNanner
(15,179 posts)Dr. Ronnie (I'm sorry, but what professional adult uses his little kid name??) Jackson must have missed it. Or Donnie gave him a lollipop and asked him to let it slide.
Chellee
(2,102 posts)The lollipop in question being 'head of the VA.'
sarge43
(28,946 posts)Polish the turd. Don't fuck up. Get it? Got it? Good. Otherwise, Diago Garcia is looking good this time of year.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)You know what he does to 'losers"
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Freddie
(9,275 posts)Unfortunately, good genes usually win over bad habits.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)fierywoman
(7,697 posts)JHB
(37,163 posts)Because if it was 20 years, then 73-year-old Donnie is right on schedule.
fierywoman
(7,697 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,874 posts)A doctor told me years ago that it is easy to wreck your health with food, drink, smoke etc.
He said that exercise and annual physicals were important, but the single most important thing to help you live a long life is genetics.
LiberalFighter
(51,170 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)life, who doesn't exercise, who downs two six-packs of diet coke a day, who is always hopped up on Adderall and god knows what else and who has serious anger issues is still alive at his age. His luck has got to run out soon.
As far as I'm concerned, it can't run out soon enough.
bdamomma
(63,931 posts)nt.
lpbk2713
(42,769 posts)"Extra grease please."
Is just repulsive. Sorry, to those who like it. (My husband included).
I don't think he has to request extra grease, because it's always served that way. There aren't even any sides that have any nutritional value.
YUCK!
Eat some more Donnie! Pack your arteries!
BannonsLiver
(16,508 posts)But their customer service is actively and apparently proudly awful in every conceivable way. I guess The best bet is to make your own and not eat the processed shit.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)bluestarone
(17,067 posts)Only reason i can think of that this asshole is still breathing.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)anti-Christ will arrive in a form that many Christians will exult. If one considers Trump's horrible eating habits that somehow don't seem to affect his health and the fact that most White evangelicals adore him, it would be in line with scripture if he is the anti-Christ or it's precursor.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)By this time, I dont even care how.
Just GTFO, MF.
budkin
(6,722 posts)Holy shit... how the hell is he still alive!?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I have not eaten at McDonalds in years. But I could never even choke down one Big Mac. That dude does two and two fish sandwiches and one of their shakes. If his golden toilet could talk. That asshole must have constipation that would stop a train. He must pop a laxative daily to help him poop.
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)First, I'm not sure I believe that.
Second, has he heard of the new Popeye's Chicken Sandwich?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)To me it doesn't look great. Even if I did eat a fried chicken sandwich, I prefer one that is less crunchy. I like Wendy's top chicken sandwich. I usually order grilled chicken (but only at Zaxby's, because the other chains suck bad at doing grilled chicken).
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)A 4- paragraph review of it made me want to try one, badly. I avoided trying one for the same reason I've avoided trying crystal meth, heroin, and cocaine. It's a good gamble for them too, because there are enough people curious/addicted enough to make this particular food fad worthwhile.
Also, the thing looks like a salt lick to me.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Cha
(297,799 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,811 posts)The stress will kill him.
Stress is one of the causes of Heart attacks as well as strokes. Stress is an overall health killer.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Guess we can keep hoping.
But I wish I had a buck for every thread like this.
bdamomma
(63,931 posts)be rich huh?
cwydro
(51,308 posts)But still sad, pissed off, enraged, sickened...yeah...you get the picture lol.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)I think it is the only thing that makes his empty shell of nothingness feel alive.
chowder66
(9,087 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Maybe we could be rid of that jackass.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,899 posts)Beartracks
(12,821 posts)The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)She eats like a stereotypical teenager. Junk food all day long, and plenty of it. How she has lived this long with her diet is beyond me. Some people can just eat like that and soldier on.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)don't even cough, people who have spent years in highly toxic environments, the obese etc.
Mariana
(14,861 posts)That "You're more likely to die early if you do that" means the same thing as "You absolutely will die early if you do that". There are plenty of outliers, and it goes the other way, too - people who die young of natural causes who did all the right things to stay healthy.
BannonsLiver
(16,508 posts)If he was human hed be dead by now.
bdamomma
(63,931 posts)well we know he's not human.
Polybius
(15,507 posts)"The most important meal of the day" is debated now, and has been debunked by some of today's nutritionists and dietitians.
ecstatic
(32,745 posts)Eating breakfast keeps me focused on eating throughout the day; but when I skip breakfast, I don't even think about eating until at least 2 or 3pm. My erratic eating pattern has increased my metabolism significantly.
dalton99a
(81,636 posts)as insurance against malnutrition
Ilsa
(61,705 posts)The savings would encourage him to eat there more often.
I wonder if his "spiritual advisor" Paula (*cough* heretic) White likes the same food?
GoCubsGo
(32,097 posts)He's a ticking time bomb, thanks to his diet. His dinner, alone, is higher than my daily caloric intake. After drinking 12 Diet Cokes a day, I'm not surprised that he wears dentures. That stuff has the pH of battery acid. All of that aspartame has probably warped his brain even more than it already is.
ecstatic
(32,745 posts)A few weeks ago, I ran out of food and didn't feel like going shopping or cooking. I leaned heavily on bacon and cheese for like 2 days in a row. My brain performed flawlessly for several days after that. YMMV.
John Fante
(3,479 posts)He's a clown like Ronald, a thief like the hamburgler, and he's shaped like Grimace.
Tarc
(10,478 posts)I try not to do too much fast food, but a few times a month we'll go. 2 plain ol' hamburgers and half of a large fries does it for me just fine.
Initech
(100,108 posts)That level of dehydration can make you stupid.
LiberalFighter
(51,170 posts)And spit in his food?
miyazaki
(2,253 posts)But I'm sure they don't serve Big Macs.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)on cremation, IMMEDIATELY after the open casket viewing.
We can't be too certain...
Ya know what I mean, Vern?