You maybe thought it was food?

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You maybe thought it was food?

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I think what she's saying is that because of the composition of McDonald's food, the body doesn't metabolize it, and the food material remains in the body instead of being expelled, leading to obesity. As she says: "Once it gets in our thighs, there's no breakdown. It doesn't go anywhere."

In fairness, I wonder if that's actually a plausible description of what happens in the body? I have the impression (perhaps mistaken) that obesity is a bit more complicated than that.
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She makes some good points, but isn't she kind of chubby herself?
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TheDhamma wrote:She makes some good points, but isn't she kind of chubby herself?
I thought that when I watched it earlier!
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