Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Oprah: REthink KFC! Say NO to Free Chicken!

I am so angry at Oprah right now. How dare she promote such an unhealthy product to the millions of people who trust her. She had an opportunity to create a real discussion on health and food availability. Instead she hands out coupons to KFC's new grilled chicken. The chickens are not raised in anywhere close to a healthy or sustainable way. The meat is bad quality and full of antibiotics. The Meat is marinated in MSG, Palm oil, Soy and sugar. The sides are even worse. If Oprah wanted to get behind something how about Oprah sponsored co-ops in the inner city neighborhoods that can't get a grocery store. How about getting behind the struggling non-profits trying to get locally grown produce in the schools. How about coupons for vegetables, meat or fruit! Oprah, millions of people especially poor people are going to use these coupons and internalize the idea, "heah, Oprah says it's healthy"

Fresh Chicken Marinated with: Salt, Sodium Phosphate, and Monosodium Glutamate Seasoned with:
Maltodextrin, Salt, Bleached Wheat Flour, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and Cottonseed Oil, Monosodium
Glutamate, Spices, Palm Oil, Natural Flavor, Garlic Powder, Soy Sauce (Soybean, Wheat, Salt), Chicken
Fat, Chicken Broth, Autolyzed Yeast, Beef Powder, Rendered Beef Fat, Extractives of Turmeric, Dehydrated
Carrot, Onion Powder, and Not More Than 2% Each of Calcium Silicate and Silicon Dioxide Added as
Anticaking Agents.
Contains Wheat and Soy.

This is NOT healthy and you need to apologize. This kind of food is killing people. This doesn't mean, say you are sorry and give money to some overseas charity. No! You need to say you are sorry and support health at HOME.

2 comments:

Dianna said...

I was so confused when she offered free fast food. I'm waiting for someone to offer free healthy food.

quotidianlight said...

Dianna, you know I was HOT. Sent her a scathing e-mail with just that suggestion. How many co-ops could have been started with the money spent on that nasty fast food chicken!?!? lol