Fried Chicken Healthy! (yeah right)

noel · Post by **noel** » November 10, 2003, 3:32 pm

KFC seems to think so anyway...

http://slate.msn.com/id/2090861/

I miss eating fried chicken, but the health concerns are too great to even consider it. My favorite part of the article was the following:

In a particularly brilliant maneuver, KFC's press release further suggests that you can make its chicken even more healthy by removing the skin.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » November 10, 2003, 3:50 pm

It's also an aphrodisiac! Rub this stuff all over yourself and walk through a food court of your local mall.

You'll be a magnet for slim impaired chicks!!

icknay · Post by **icknay** » November 10, 2003, 5:39 pm

Fried chicken owns all.

noel · Post by **noel** » November 10, 2003, 5:51 pm

If by 'owns' you mean, "Will eventually make your heart stop." You're spot on!

masteen · Post by **masteen** » November 10, 2003, 6:49 pm

Aranuil wrote:If by 'owns' you mean, "Will eventually make your heart stop." You're spot on!

So by eliminating fried chicken from your diet, you're going to live forever, right Aranuil?

noel · Post by **noel** » November 10, 2003, 7:31 pm

Why the hell anyone would want to live forever is unbeknownst to me, but if I can spare myself some form of heart disease or heart attack by eating healthily, then yeah I'll do that.

Post by **Xouqoa** » November 10, 2003, 7:45 pm

Eating healthy is all well and good, but it's no guarantee you won't die of some horrible death. There's just too many diseases out there. I don't suggest eating KFC every day of the week, but once in a while isn't going to hurt you. Besides, it's gooooood. (Especially the popcorn chicken!)

I'd take a heart attack over cancer anyday, in terms of ways to go at least.

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » November 10, 2003, 9:10 pm

Nothing is ever 100%, you can eat healthy and get run over by a bus tomorrow. My Grandmother smoked for over 70 (she died at age 87)years with no problems while a girl I went to chuch with died of lung cancer recently at the age of 32. Same for eating healthy. I DO think you should watch your colesterol etc... and try to eat a balanced diet but...
as Xouqua suggests I wouldn't eat it everyday, probably not even once a week. But twice a month, some good'ole FRIED Chicken can do the body good

... at least you taste buds.

Marb

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » November 10, 2003, 10:17 pm

I was shocked when I saw the KFC commercials running this weekend talking about how healthy it was, and then at the end was about half a screen of fine print. I only caught something about not counting cholesterol before it was gone.

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » November 11, 2003, 1:21 am

the dude who didnt eat fried chicken for long term health risk is the dude who died in a horrible freak accident while at a nearby protein shake bar, while the heroine addict across the street laughs while downing a few big macks

noel · Post by **noel** » November 11, 2003, 1:54 am

Xzion wrote:the dude who didnt eat fried chicken for long term health risk is the dude who died in a horrible freak accident while at a nearby protein shake bar, while the heroine addict across the street laughs while downing a few big macks

I'll take my chances...

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » November 11, 2003, 10:46 am

What was funny about it was that they were comparing it to a freakin Whopper. A quarter pound of bacon grease is healthier than a Whopper for crying out loud.

the dude who didnt eat fried chicken for long term health risk is the dude who died in a horrible freak accident while at a nearby protein shake bar, while the heroine addict across the street laughs while downing a few big macks

Yeah, and the healthy person was living full of energy and life while the other was sloth-like, strung-out, and a wreck when not high. Quality of life > Length of life

However, I'm not going to stop eating the pure blessedness that is fried chicken every so often. Hell, if you eat it all of the time, it's not really considered a treat any longer so the once or twice a month rule sounds reasonable