subject: Sound The Alarms The Mcrib Is Back! [print this page] Hold on! Surely someone wants to be sure that this news is heard all over the country! Some commercials have men canceling their wedding plans so as not to miss the encore debut of the McRib sandwich. The crazy thing is that for as many reports come out highlighting all the negativity surrounding the unhealthy components of the McRib sandwich even more people will flock to McDonalds to get one. A recent article on Time magazine website painstakingly covered the very unappetizing ingredients that sounded more like a chemistry experiment than food. I must admit the article does have a point when they asked the rhetorical question if the McRib sandwich is so popular why do they keep it on the menu only for a limited time? I guess the marketing answer is to create pent-up demand. The most disturbing information is the high salt and high fat content that knowingly exist in the McRib sandwich. Lets be realistic, we all know who will be eating this. It will be children and adults who have existing concerns and issues with obesity and most likely high blood pressure. This is not to say that I think we should occupy McDonalds in a sit-down protest. But, we do need to be smarter about what we read in nutrition labels and view them as disclaimers for the food manufacturers that create the food. Why am I so up in arms about this? Mainly, because this obese and unhealthy population is increasingly more of the people who seek out cosmetic surgeons believing that they are good candidates for liposuction. Unfortunately, since any medical doctor can perform liposuction the likelihood of these patients who are not candidates being turned away is slim(no pun intended) if they have the cash. So, what happens is they proceed with liposuction and at the very least they look exactly the same, at the worst their skin has irregularities, dimples, and unevenness. What does the doctor say? Everything the patient points out as a concern after surgery is clearly stated as a possibility in the preoperative paperwork and consents that the patient signs. It is not a doctors responsibility, believe it or not, to convince a patient that they are not a good candidate for elective cosmetic surgery. When there are medical concerns that become a different level of responsibility that is a different issue. Never forget that nobody needs cosmetic surgery. And for that matter, nobody needs a McRib.
