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The "MacStatin": Fast Food With Some Ketchup, Salt, and a Statin to Go
August 13, 2010 (Updated August 17, 2010) (London, United Kingdom) — Pushing the envelope of primary prevention to a point few cardiologists are likely to be comfortable with, a group of British cardiologists are proposing a rather radical strategy to neutralize the risk of cardiovascular disease caused by unhealthy eating habits.
They suggest that fast-food restaurants, such as McDonald's, offer customers a statin to go with their meal, one that could be found alongside the salt, sugar, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The statin, they say, could be sprinkled atop customers' Quarter Pounders, into their milkshakes, or onto their supersized French fries to offset the mounds of fat found in these unhealthy meals [1].
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They suggest that fast-food restaurants, such as McDonald's, offer customers a statin to go with their meal, one that could be found alongside the salt, sugar, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The statin, they say, could be sprinkled atop customers' Quarter Pounders, into their milkshakes, or onto their supersized French fries to offset the mounds of fat found in these unhealthy meals [1].
More at Medscape
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Comment by Caterina Genova on August 27, 2010 at 1:47am -
Hi eveyone. Really I disagree to give MacStatin........I think that it might not be advantageous for people .....of course it is easier to take a pill than to refuse food's temptation. In this way we destroy the most important requirement to get a better quality of life that is eating healthy food.... and to do physical exsercise...............Maybe in the future.....these raccomandatons might be changed.... But...I don't believe this. Thanks. Good-bye. Dr Caterina Genova
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