The things we consume…

Good morning, Netizens…

Now that the damage to my body has been done, that I am a Type-II Diabetic with high colesterol collateral and resulting damage to my heart, I have a confession to make. I probably did it to myself from slurping down approximately 2000+ calorie Dairy Queen chocolate milk shakes as a younger man. Oh, these weren’t your typical over-the-counter milk shakes by any means. These were chocolate malted milk shakes with peanut butter and a banana thrown in for good measure. An article which appeared in Men’s Health Magazine lists what it believes to be the drinks containing the most calories.

According to the article, drinking this delightful milk shake would be the same as ingesting 68 strips of bacon or 30 chocolate chip cookies in one sitting. McDonald’s large Triple Thick Chocolate Shake comes in a distant third with 1,160 calories or the equivalent of 13 of the fast food chain’s hot apple pies.

Granted, at age 60-something, the damage to my body has been done already, and I have learned from the stupidity of my ways. It is one of the reasons I support requiring restaurants to openly list the calorie content of all foods they sell. It might cost them a few bucks to openly advertise the calorie content of their foods, while they are at it, maybe they should calculate and list the cholesterol content, too.

Old codgers such as myself have to live with the sins of our past, but perhaps, through education, we can prevent the next generation from repeating our errors.

Dave