What is WRONG with these people?
In one of the most irresponsible and outrageous public health proposals in human history, British researchers say fast food restaurants should give out statins with each meal.
"We've worked out that in terms of your likelihood of having a heart attack, taking a statin can reduce your risk to more or less the same degree as a fast food meal increases it," Dr. Darrel Francis of the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London said in a statement.
More specifically, Francis and friends have actually calculated that a statin will "neutralize" the effects of a cheeseburger and milkshake.
I guess they didn't want fries with that.
This is an absurdist approach to public health and any doctor who really advocates this should be stripped of his license and banished.
This new proposal in the American Journal of Cardiology sends the feel-good message these junk-food junkies have been looking for: You can stuff your face with dog turds on a sesame seed bun and you'll be fine if you just take some pills along with them.
So with that in mind, why stop at statins?
Heck, if you're going to eat those heat-lamp lumps, you'll need some proton pump inhibitors for your acid reflux, antidepressants for your junk-fueled mood swings, an anti-obesity pill to keep your waistline in check, and an aspirin for your carb-induced headache (and to help prevent a heart attack, of course).
Hold on, because I'm not done: Then, throw in a pill for the post-meal blood pressure surge, an antibiotic for any bacteria in the factory-farmed "meat" patty and, of course, a diabetes drug -- because that's where these meals lead anyway.
When does it end?
If you REALLY want to know how you should eat (no drugs necessary), keep reading for the latest in diet research.
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