Thursday, June 23, 2011
Buy a half-gallon of sugar water at KFC, and a dollar goes to diabetes research...REALLY?!
I honestly didn't believe this one was for real at first. No way even KFC, purveyors of a sandwich that uses fried meat as a delivery mechanism for fried meat, would seriously market a soda size called the "mega jug." And even if they did, they'd never have the chutzpah to donate "mega jug" dollars to juvenile diabetes research.
Sadly, I had totally underestimated KFC's capacity for irony. The mega jug is a half gallon of soda, and this is a real local promotion. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation defends it thus: "JDRF supports research for type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease that results when the immune system attacks the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin, therefore requiring a child or adult with the disease to depend on insulin treatment for the rest of their lives.
It is a common misconception that type 1 diabetes is caused by obesity or eating too much junk food or sweets." OK, yes, this is true. Overdosing on sugar does not cause type 1 diabetes, but there's still some pretty effed-up irony in this promotion. First of all, anyone who read the Babysitter's Club books knows that people with type 1 diabetes have to strictly regulate their sugar intake -- meaning that this ad boils down to "Benefit sick kids by enjoying something they can't!"
If you're going to go that route, why not go whole hog and make it a "drink this soda in front of a child with diabetes, making over-the-top yummy noises, and we'll give that kid a dollar" Reprinted from Grist Listfundraiser? Also, of course, sugar consumption IS connected to type 2 diabetes.
The two diseases are different, but as the name might indicate, they are not unrelated -- both have to do with pancreas function and insulin production. You drink half a gallon of soda on the regular, and your chances of perma-f*cking your insulin regulation are going to shoot right up (giving you a unique sense of kinship with the children you're helping, granted). So this is basically equivalent to a "smoke cigarettes to raise money for colon cancer" promotion.
Reprinted from Grist List
WOD
It's A Bear
For Time
10 Bear Complex 95/65
30 KB Swings 24kg/16kg
20 Lateral Box Jumps 20'
20 bear Complex
10 KB Swings
30 Lateral Box Jumps
30 Bear Complex
20 KB Swings
10 Lateral Box Jumps
* The bear complex is a squat clean into a thruster into a back squat into an overhead press, then back to the ground to start all over...that is 1 rep...enjoy!! Muhahahahaha!
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